The Prado Museum

by Blanch, Santiago Alcolea

• ISBN13: 9788434311763
• ISBN10: 8434311763
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Poligrafa Ediciones Sa

Summary

"Renowned as the largest art gallery in the world, the Prado houses sculptures, drawings, coins, and other works of art - but it is its incomparable collection of paintings which had drawn fame worldwide. This third edition of The Prado Museum introduces the latest of the museum's acquisitions."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The Royal Collections	p. 9
The Antecedents to Thepainting Museum	p. 13
The Royal Collections Open	p. 13
The Educational Ideals of the Enlightenment	p. 13
The First Project for a Royal Museum in Madrid	p. 14
The Josephine Museum	p. 14
The Ferdinandine Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts	p. 15
The Prado Museum	p. 17
Conception (1816-1818)	p. 17
The Building	p. 19
Preliminary Preparations (1818-1819)	p. 20
Ferdinand VII: Inauguration and Early Days of The Royal Painting Museum (1819-1833)	p. 22
Isabella II (1833-1868)	p. 28
The Liberal Period (1868-1873)	p. 33
The First Republic (1873-1874)	p. 36
Monarchy Restored (1875-1931)	p. 37
The Second Republic (1931-1936)	p. 45
The Civil War (1936-1939)	p. 46
Dictatorship (1939-1975)	p. 50
Democracy (1976-Present)	p. 56
Painting Collections	p. 84
The Spanish School	p. 86
The Italian School	p. 236
The Flemish School	p. 292
The German School	p. 348
The Dutch School	p. 356
The French School	p. 364
The British School	p. 386
Selected Bibliography	p. 393
Index of Names	p. 395
List of Plates	p. 401
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