Corte - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:40:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Corte - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Velázquez: a brilliant painter in the service of Philip IV https://historylab.es/velazquez-a-brilliant-painter-in-the-service-of-philip-iv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=velazquez-a-brilliant-painter-in-the-service-of-philip-iv Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:53:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/velazquez-un-pintor-genial-al-servicio-de-felipe-iv/ Short video clips about Velázquez and his work

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]]> Videoclips in which Velázquez’s pictorial career is dealt with very briefly. It also summarises another longer documentary on his life and work in the RNE Documentos collection, to which we refer to https://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/documentos-rne/documentos-rne-velazquez-pintor-genial-servicio-felipe-iv-08-12-18/4878613/. Special mention is made of his life and his relationship with the Court and the King, the support of the Monarch and the role played by the painter in creating an image of the Monarchy and power.

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]]> Letter of La Vauyugon in Montmorin https://historylab.es/letter-of-la-vauyugon-in-montmorin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-of-la-vauyugon-in-montmorin Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:29 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carta-de-la-vauyugon-a-montmorin/ Letter in which La Vauyugon expresses to Montmorin the new political panorama that opens up with the death of Charles III and the ascendancy of Marie-Louise of Parma in the politics of the kingdom

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]]> The Parmesan princess Maria Luisa, wife of Charles IV, was characterised as a woman who was active in the political affairs of the kingdom. Her attitude contrasted sharply with the indolent disposition of Charles IV, who lacked his father’s political disposition. In fact, if we look at Goya’s work (The Family of Charles IV, 1800), we can see the importance of the queen, whom the painter places at the centre of the composition on account of her political power and influence. Her vicissitudes and involvement in the politics of the kingdom were linked to her alliance with Godoy, who was Charles IV’s favourite. The enormous power that Godoy was accumulating thanks to the favour of Charles III and Maria Luisa was a cause for suspicion on the part of the pretender to the throne Ferdinand. His party, the Fernandine party, made up mainly of his confessor and other courtiers, decided to slander the queen. It was suggested that she was having an affair with Godoy, which gradually tarnished her image, although to this day there is no proof that such an affair ever existed.

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