The Cambridge Companion to Velazquez (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: a brief history of Velazquez literature Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruit; 2. Becoming an artist in seventeenth-century Spain Zahira Veliz; 3. Velazquez and Italy Jonathan Brown; 4. Velazquez and the North Alexander Vergara; 5. 'Sacred and terrifying gazes': languages and images of power in Early Modern Spain Antonio Feros; 6. Court women in the Spain of Velazquez Magdalena S. Sanchez; 7. Spanish religious life in the age of Velazquez Sara T. Nalle; 8. Velazquez and two poets of the Baroque: Luis de Gongora and Francisco de Quevedo Lia Schwartz; 9. Calderon de la Barca, playwright at court Margaret R. Greer; 10. Three paintings, a double lyre, opera, and Eliche's Venus: Velazquez and music in the Royal Court in Madrid Louise K. Stein.