Well-Manored was
inspired by the paintings of Phillip IV's
court by Diego Velasquez. Young
princesses were looked upon as commodities to build empires and provide
future
heirs. Malaspina’s Great Books declares
in Velasquez’s portraits of the infantas found in Vienna,
Madrid, and Paris
collections, “…a strange picture, indeed, of
the eternal feminine is presented by these young figures, paralyzed by
etiquette, deformed by ridiculous and extravagant fashions.”[1]
[1]
“ Diego
Redriquuez de Silva y Velazques ( 1599 – 1660)”Malaspina Great Books at
www.malaspina.com/site/person
