Born in Seville, in 1599, Diego Velázquez would become one of the greatest painters of the Baroque era. A contemporary of artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, he rose from ...

The Museo del Prado’s thematic routes are intended to encourage a new way of looking at the Museum. To achieve this, the Prado requests the collaboration of professionals from outside the institution ...

The painting — a paragon of Baroque sophistication — has ... Novelist John Banville looks at Diego Velazquez's 'Vulcan's ...

The pictures, they look at you,” Banville says, turning away from the glare of Diego Velázquez, looking down from Las Meninas ...

The pictures, they look at you,” Banville said turning away from the glare of Diego ... also Velazquez, stepping back from his canvas and looking straight down at the viewer. The painting ...

That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he’s been invited to browse anytime as part of a month-long literary ...

they look at you,” Banville said turning away from the glare of Diego Velázquez himself looking down from the Spaniard's greatest work, “ Las Meninas.” The huge 17th-century painting shows ...

Foster + Partners' design is powerful architecture within a historical context, and unlike contemporary museum designs by ...

For Irish novelist John Banville, the captivating eyes in the paintings at Spain's Prado Museum offer an intense connection ...