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Painting an experience. las meninas, consciousness ; and the aesthetic mode. paintings are usually paintings of things: a room in a palace, a prin- ; cess, a dog.
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RonChrisleyPaintinganExperienceLasMeninas,ConsciousnessandtheAestheticModePaintingsareusuallypaintingsofthings:aroominapalace,aprin-cess,adog.Butwhatwoulditbetopaintnotthosethings,buttheexperienceofseeingthosethings?LasMeninasissufficientlysophis-ticatedandmasterfullyexecutedtohelpusexplorethisquestion.Ofcourse,therearemanykindsofpaintings:someabstract,someconceptual,somewithmoretraditionalsubjects.Letusstartwithafocusonnaturalisticallydepictivepaintings:paintingsthataimtocauseanexperienceintheviewerthatissimilartotheexperiencetheviewer(orsomeoneelse)mighthaveweretheytosee,inawaynotmediatedbypaint,thesubjectofthepainting.Ofcourse,manyorevenmostpaintingsdonotstrictlyadheretothisaim;indeed,theirart-istryandexpressivenessoftenconsistinthewaysinwhichthisaimissubverted.Forexample,noviewerofthescenethatLasMeninasdepicts—notevenKingPhilipIVandQueenMarianathemselves—wouldseewhatVelasquezpaintsinthemirroronthebackwall.Otherartists,suchasEscherandMagritte,areevenmoreblatantintheirtransgressionof...
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6765Michel foucault, the order of things
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Las meninas. 1. the painter is standing a little back from his canvas [1]. he is glancing at his model; perhaps he is considering.
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Menina 2/maid of honour 2/maria agustina: a female attendant to the infanta. (in the painting, the one on the left). (she also impersonates the ghost of the ...
9075Joel snyder and ted cohen source: critical inquiry, vol. 7, no. 2
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By j snyder · 1980 · cited by 7 — velazquez's las meninas is paradoxical, according to john searle.' there has accumulated a staggering literature discussing the mysteries of this painting ...
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