Triumph of Bacchus by
The earliest Triumph of Bacchus during Renaissance was the statue made by Italian Michelangelo in 1496. The Spanish Velazquez also made a painting with the same name. Both works were drawn from the fairy tale with the superb artistic expressive force spreading in the world.
In 1623, Velazquez came to Madrid and was appointed as the court painter. Since then, he was living in a false court ritual and had the opportunity to contact the Royal rich art collection. He praised Venice Titian and absorbed the abundant colors of Flander's master Rubens. In 1628, when Rubens came to Spain the second time, the painter had the pleasure of meeting him and directly observed Rubens painting techniques (Rubens painted a portrait of a king, and copied Titian's painting). The direct guidance of Rubens made a great inspiration to him. This Triumph of Bacchus was completed under the influence of Venice Titian and Rubens's skills.
Triumph Of Bacchus was based on the Roman mythology. Bacchus was Dionysus in Greek mythology. According to the legend, he pioneered the use of grape wine, and spread the methods of the grape growing and honey gathering to the whole world. But Velazquez used the Spanish peasant image and its way of life to represent this scene. These figures wore the hat and the thick coat and were drinking in high spirit. They were saluting to the young bacchus. The bacchus was half naked and wearing a hat with wings and giving a person back to the audience with flowers. His eyes were squinting out of this Baroque painting. There was only the optimistic life and farmer's enthusiastic character. There was no the bacchus in the legend. All of this was just a life scene that the Spanish farmers drank during rest. Appreciation of this painting made people reminiscent of the humorous philosophical spirit described in Cervantes in his "Autobiography of Don Quixote".
In 1622, Velazquez visited Madrid for the first time to see its art treasures and to make useful contacts. Then he went to Toledo to see works by El Greco and other painters, including Pedro de Orrente and Juan Sanchez Cotan. In the spring of 1623, Velazquez was summoned to court by the powerful Prime Minister, Count-Duke of Olivares, and received his first commission for a portrait of Philip IV. The success of this picture brought the artist an appointment as court painter and the privilege of becoming the only artist permitted to paint the king in the future. In 1628, Peter Paul Rubens came to the court in Madrid on diplomatic business. Velazquez often visited him at work.
In 1623, Velazquez came to Madrid and was appointed as the court painter. Since then, he was living in a false court ritual and had the opportunity to contact the Royal rich art collection. He praised Venice Titian and absorbed the abundant colors of Flander's master Rubens. In 1628, when Rubens came to Spain the second time, the painter had the pleasure of meeting him and directly observed Rubens painting techniques (Rubens painted a portrait of a king, and copied Titian's painting). The direct guidance of Rubens made a great inspiration to him. This Triumph of Bacchus was completed under the influence of Venice Titian and Rubens's skills.
Triumph Of Bacchus was based on the Roman mythology. Bacchus was Dionysus in Greek mythology. According to the legend, he pioneered the use of grape wine, and spread the methods of the grape growing and honey gathering to the whole world. But Velazquez used the Spanish peasant image and its way of life to represent this scene. These figures wore the hat and the thick coat and were drinking in high spirit. They were saluting to the young bacchus. The bacchus was half naked and wearing a hat with wings and giving a person back to the audience with flowers. His eyes were squinting out of this Baroque painting. There was only the optimistic life and farmer's enthusiastic character. There was no the bacchus in the legend. All of this was just a life scene that the Spanish farmers drank during rest. Appreciation of this painting made people reminiscent of the humorous philosophical spirit described in Cervantes in his "Autobiography of Don Quixote".
In 1622, Velazquez visited Madrid for the first time to see its art treasures and to make useful contacts. Then he went to Toledo to see works by El Greco and other painters, including Pedro de Orrente and Juan Sanchez Cotan. In the spring of 1623, Velazquez was summoned to court by the powerful Prime Minister, Count-Duke of Olivares, and received his first commission for a portrait of Philip IV. The success of this picture brought the artist an appointment as court painter and the privilege of becoming the only artist permitted to paint the king in the future. In 1628, Peter Paul Rubens came to the court in Madrid on diplomatic business. Velazquez often visited him at work.
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