I did find a reference to it at wikipedia afterall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas
Thanks for the reference, John, but could you please tell us what
"bedegones" are? Must be librarian lingo?? I haven't heard of this term nor
could I find it in the dictionary or wikipedia.
Looks like a very significant word!
Dianne
Hummm, scratch a librarian and get more answer than you want ;-)
The "Fable of Arachne" is that Arachne committed hubris by claiming she was
a better weaver than the patron Goddess of weaving, Athena. Complete text
available at Encyclopedia Mythica
(http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/arachne.html).
Current research is that Velazquez named the painting after the fable, which
is represented in the scene in the background of the painting. The
foreground harkens back to his use of bedegones from earlier in his career.
And I'll stop there.
John Sandstrom
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Ulrike Bogdan
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [fibernet] "weaving" puzzle
Hi Holly,
I think the Problem is, that Velasquez called the picture: "La Fabula de
Aracné" ("The Story of Arachne" you know about Arachne who was a better
spinner than Athene and was transformed into a spider by the wrath of the
Goddess) and someone in the meantime made the mistake to misnomed it "The
Weavers".
BTW in German it is called "Die Spinnerinnen" ("The Spinners")
best wishes
Ulrike from Germany
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