Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday I spent the day in Madrid, mainly looking at art and walking around. The main reason for going was to see a very interesting exhibition at the Prado, of Dutch and Spanish 17th century paintings called Parallel Visions. The idea was that the style of painting in the two countries was very similar and in effect represented a pan-European culture, despite the nationalist narrative in the Netherlands following its independence from the Spanish kind in 1648. Thanks to loans from the Rijksmuseum and other Dutch and European museums, the Prado has been able to produce a really compelling exhibition with many striking juxtapositions. I took the high-speed train to Madrid and walked from the Atocha station to the Prado. There is always a long queue to get in, but I am a member of the Amigos del Prado, so I get in for free, and even more important, I get to use a separate member entrance: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vtkZFGv/A Photography is not allowed inside the Prado, so some of these images are less than perfect since I had to take them quickly and on the sly. One of the many impressive hallways in the Prado: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dqTNJh5/A