The Ladies-In-Waiting

In 1656, Diego Velázquez, leading figure in the Spanish Golden Age of painting, created one of the most enigmatic works in the history of art: Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-Waiting). This graphic novel, written and drawn by two of Spain's most sophisticated comics creators, examines its legacy as one of the first paintings to explore the relationship among the viewer, reality, and unreality. (It guest stars Cano, Salvador Dalí, Zurbarán, and many others.) Olivares's art moves from clear line to expressionistic; from pen nib to brush stokes; from one color palette to another, as The Ladies-in-Waiting uses fiction to explore the ties among artists and patrons, the past and the present, institutions and audiences, creators and creativity.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 08/22/2017
ISBN: 9781683960126
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.40w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/20/2017