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Was Velazquez All That Great? II
Critics for years and years considered Velazquez “just a portrait painter”. They said: “Portrait painters do likenesses, not art. They make a nice oval of a lady’s face and paint her in pretty clothes. Unless she dislikes the color of … Continue reading
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