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A close up  
   

A close up

I should also mention that this painting is of the king's yougest daughter(hello, ME) and she's thirsty so her servants get her a drink. She has just walked in on Valazquez painting. That's Valazquez on the left, he's the first painter(i think or it was just very rare) that put himself into the picture. And if you can see in the mirror in the back, the King and Queen are posing which gives the idea that you are standing with them. Also Valazquez didn't paint the red mark on his coat until right before he died, because he had finally gotten into soe Spanish thing that wouldn't let him in for the longest because his father was Porteguese. Okay, this is basically the only paiting I remember anything about, and now you know it all!!
Classes Start...

January 17th 2006
So classes started yesterday. I decided that I don't think I'm going to like the classes I chose. So of course I have a required 6 credit intensive language class, which I actually love. Then only 2 other classes, worth 4 credits each to have a 14 credit load. They two classes I enrolled in originally are, Culture of Spain:An Anthropology Perspective, and Garcia Lorca: Theater and Poetry. Bec ... read more
Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

Spanish Flag Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more
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