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Biography of Diego Velazquez
by Sujin Cho
Slide 2: Basic Details
Spain's greatest painter was also one of the supreme artists of all time.
Personal Information Born in June 6, 1599 at Seville Spain
Father was of noble Portuguese descent education
First painted at the age of 24 after his marriage at 19
Died at August 6, 1660
Slide 3: Timeline
1599: June 6, born 1618:Married 1623: painted portrait of Phillip IV 1629: Visit Italy, copied master pieces in Venice and
Rome. 1649: bought paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, and
Paolo Verones. 1660: Has charge of his last and greatest
ceremony--the wedding of the Infanta Maria Theresa to Louis XIV of France.
1660: Died.
Slide 4: Accomplishments
Drew a portrait of King Phillip IV.
His talented painting provided examples to other artists at those times.
Slide 5: Qualities Father took place
in politics. Diego Velazquez
has very talented skills; such as, detailed drawings.
Slide 6:How he loved art
Velazquez lived his whole life researching for art, traveling for art, and finally accomplishing his work.
Traveled especially a lot to Italy to copy great art pieces to learn his techniques
Conclusion
Velazquez is one of the greatest artists that left their work in history.
His effort towards art made his works even better.
He provided examples of art techniques to future and present artists.
Diego Velazquez is ought to be remembered.
Slide 6: Bibliography
Pioch, Nicholas. "Velazquez (or Velasquez), Diego." Webmuseum. 14 Oct 2002. 9 Feb 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez>.
Book-> none
Web Sites->
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/
Encyclopedias-> none
Bibliography: Image Sources
Pioch, Nicholas. "Velazquez (or Velasquez), Diego." Webmuseum. 14 Oct 2002. 9 Feb 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez>.
All slides from:http://
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/
Slide show created by... SUJIN! Name: Sujin Cho Class: 7A Gender: Girl Age: 7th grade Birthday: April 30th
School: Korean International School