25
November 2025

Velázquez: Painter of Power

The Arts Society Nerja
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 18:00
Centro Cultural,
Calle Granada, Nerja, 29780
Online Event

Velásquez was a genius painter, was critical of the world around him and also closely related to Power as an artist.

It is inevitable to associate Velázquez with King Philip IV. Kings, their heirs, Princesses, and other figures of the highest nobility,would submit themselves to his scrutinizing gaze, observation and analysis as the patient submits to the accurate hand of the surgeon. Velasquez´paintings are the best way to understand the aesthetics and the discourse of power in Baroque Spain and Europe.

Manuel Parodi
Manuel Parodi was a PhD. in History and is an archaeologist. He teachers at the University of Cádiz, is a writer and a poet.He is one of our favourite local lecturers. he was lectured to us many times on eg Cádiz, The Magellan-Elcano expedition, the Phoenicians on the Costa del Sol, The Vikings in Al Andalus.