【西班牙】普拉多美術館(The Pardo )~典藏西班牙藝術品之最－Julia's Blog

記得訪問馬德里核子科學研究中心第五天早上,

中心主任問我有沒去過普拉多美術館?

我說未曾去過, 他說來到馬德里,

不去西班牙最著名的普拉多美術館 ,相當可惜

於是他安排了司機, 載我去參觀普拉多美術館.

美術館內收藏非常豐富, 涵蓋第7 世紀至第19 世紀

的繪畫, 素描,雕刻, 雕塑....雖然深被

那些精彩的作品所吸引,但是館內禁止攝影,

故離開前我在美術館買了一本

A BASIC GUIDE TO THE PRADO

a view of the museum according to styles

181 illustraions; 100 in color .

The Prado National Museum is located in one of

the most representative neoclassical buildings

in Madrid.

Its construction began in 1785 by Juan de Villanueva.

The museum has the best collection of Spanish artwork,

a significant representation of Flamenco and

Italian paintings as well as beautiful German,

French and English paintings.

Its collection is also complemented with

numerous sculptures.

The Prado Museum, along with the Thyssen Museum

and the Reina Sofia Museum, form a part of

the Art Walk (Paseo del Arte),

the largest concentration of artwork on the planet.

The Prado National Museum collections

The art collection of the Prado Museum is one of the best in the world.

One must not forget the Spanish monarchy was

the most consolidated of Europe for many centuries.

The kings had the biggest artists of every period at their service.

The works on exhibit at the Prado Museum range from the 7th

century to the middle of the 19th.

The collection has 8,600 paintings, 5,000 drawings,

2,000 engravings, 2,000 decorative pieces, 1,000 coins

and medallions and 800 sculptures. However,

due to spatial problems just a small portion of this

is open for pubic viewing.

Spanish paintings (7th to 19th century)

History's most important painters are on exhibit here:

Velazquez, Murillo, Ribera, Zurbaran, El Greco, Goya, etc.

There is also medieval and renaissance art on exhibit.

~~ La Meninas ~~by Diego Velazquez

~~ The Clothed Maja ~~ by Francisco Goya

~~ The Third of May 1808~~ by Francisco Goya

Flamenco paintings (15th to 18th century)

The Royal Collection contains a large number of works

proceeding from Finland and the Netherlands.

The highlights include works from El Bosco, Brueghel,

Van der Weyden, Van Dick and Jordanes.

Italian paintings (14th to 16th century)

The extension of this collection was determined by the

judgment of Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) and

his successor Philip II. Works from the first

Renaissance painters

like Fra Angelico, Mantenga, Boticelli and

Rafael are on exhibit.

The Venetian school is represented by Tiziano, Tintoretto,

Veronis and Bassano.

German paintings (15th to 19th century)
Represented by works of Albrecht Dürer, Cranach the Old, Grien

and Mengs. The collection is not very extensive, but the quality

is unquestionable.

French paintings

  The Bourbons insisted on bringing French painters to the Court,
  and their works became part of the Royal Collection. Poussin,
  Rana, Rigaud and van Loo are some of them.

The Delfín Treasure

This is the name of the group of gems and jewelry that Philip V

   inherited from his father, El Delfín of France.
   In 1919 some of pieces were stolen in a mysterious white glove
   robbery. The works that were able to be recuperated had lost
  some of the precious stones that had adorned them.

Sculpture

  Spread throughout the museum, one can admire the classic Greek
  and Roman sculptures brought from Italy to adorn royal palaces
  and gardens just as they were when carried by the first Austrias.