Las meninas

By Javier Olivares and Santiago García

Book Overview

In 1656, Diego Vel?zquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, written and drawn by two of Spain's most sophisticated comics creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality, and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Salvador Dal?, Zurbar?n, and many others.) Olivares's art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from pen nib to brush stokes; from one color palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683960122
• ISBN13: 9781683960126
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher