In my new life as retiree my blog is my biggest entertainement and before anything else, I like to thank everyone of my readers and followers to stay with me over the years since November 26 2010 !!! Thank you !!! Especially my first likes from former travel forum friend Jeannette I decided to trim some of my older posts in my series Some news from Spain and condense them as not to lose the most important parts, me think, of them, Therefore, this is my new work, the condense news of my dear Spain. Hope you enjoy it as I.
Some news from Spain LXXXI July 3, 2019
The National Museums of the Prado, Reina Sofia and the Thyssen have increased the number of visitors during this first half of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data provided to the Europa Press agency by the institutions. In particular, the Museo Nacional del Prado has received 8% more visitors during the first six months of the year compared to the first half of 2018. The exhibitions that have been seen are “A painting for a nation. The shooting of Torrijos’; the exhibition dedicated to the work of Alberto Giacometti; “The Resting Cabinet of His Majesties”; “Fra Angelico and the beginnings of the Renaissance in Florence” or the recently inaugurated “Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer. Like-minded looks’, which can be visited until September 2019. The Reina Sofía has been the museum that has experienced the greatest growth in this period, with an increase of around 46% in the number of visitors, of this period since 2017. The exhibitions of “Avant-garde networks. Amauta and Latin America, 1926-1930”; “Personalien”, by the filmmaker Albert Serra or “Paris despite everything. Foreign artists, 1944-1968”, which began in November 2018 and has been until April this year. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum have noted that the museum has recorded a 9% increase in the number of visitors,in the same period this year. Among the exhibitions that visitors have seen are highlighted “Pioneers. Women of the Russian avant-garde”, “Balthus”, “Beckmann. Figures from exile”, the installations of the Indian artist Amar Kanwar or the exhibition “Balenciaga and Spanish painting”, which can be seen until 22 September 2019.
The lighthouse of (faro) Chipiona is considered the highest in Spain, with 69 meters of height from the base. It takes 344 steps (according to the data of the Provincial Council, although other sources count 322) to see the landscape from above. It is also one of the highest in the world operating today. Since its inauguration it has never ceased to function, except in 1898 during the Cuban-Spanish-American War and the Spanish Civil War, when it was off for three years. The mission was to indicate the entrance of the Guadalquivir River.
Some news from Spain LXXXII July 18, 2019
The Summer Festival of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, scenario Clece (stage), has as a theme the literature, through versioned premiere works by Lorca, Cervantes and Sophocles, in addition to those presented by contemporaries Elvira Lindo and Jesús Ruiz Mantilla. Madama Butterfly (July 25 and 27) has the leading role of the soprano Ainhoa Arteta, in the famous character of Cio-Cio San. Puccini’s dramatic opera, about the geisha in love with an American sailor, moves in this version of director Emilio López until 1940, in the middle of World War II, with Giuseppe Finzi at the head of the Verum Symphony Orchestra and produced by the Palau de les Arts of Valencia.
La Corona de Margaritas or the crown of daisies: A large family father, Maurice Denis included his children in his work in a recurrent manner. In this case, the girl is inspired by her daughter Bernadette. The mottled that is seen in both the dress of the girl and the girl respond to the years in which Denis made use of stippling, a common feature with Édouard Vuillard, with whom he shared a studio. As for the wreath of daisies that gives title to the work, it is another frequent motif in Denis’ painting. In fact, there are similarities between this work and others such as Figures in a Spring Landscape (1897) or Virgin Spring (1899). Maurice Denis 1905-1906 at the Thyssen-Bomemisza National Museum, Paseo del Prado, 8
Las Floreras or the flower girls: A contemporary flower offering, framed in a mountain landscape reminiscent of the Sierra de Gredos, where Goya spent two summers working for the infant Don Luis, is the scene represented by the painter in this canvas, also known as La Primavera (spring) . the tapestry resulting from this cardboard was part of those that would be used to decorate the dining room of El Pardo Palace. It was foreseen that the series included a total of 13 tapestries, all of them dedicated to the four seasons of the year and to other country scenes, described as paintings of jocular and pleasant subjects. However, the death of Charles III in 1788 prevented the tapestries from finally hanging on the site that had been thought for them. Francisco de Goya, 1786; Prado National Museum at Calle de Ruiz de Alarcon, 23
The commemoration of the V centenary of the first round the world sail. The naval school ship, Juan Sebastián Elcano, traces the same route that the fleet of Fernando de Magallanes made 500 years ago, to now do studies of ocean pollution by microplastics, films, documentaries, shows and a great exhibition, The longest trip, which will open the Kings in Seville on September 12. The story of the 247 men who, five centuries ago, left the port of Seville towards the unknown. Of the 247 crew that departed on August 10, 1519 with the sail boats Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria and Santiago , they only returned to Spain 34. By nationality, Spaniards were 147 of the original crew, 29 Portuguese and 27 Italians, while the rest came from several European countries: Germany, England, Greece … Almost half of the Spaniards were Andalusians, 21% were Viscaya, 6% were from Burgos and 5% from Gipuzkoa.!!!
Some news from Spain LXXXIII August 5, 2019
«Fra Angelico and the beginnings of the Renaissance in Florence» Prado Museum.; Paseo del Prado, s / n. Until September 15 2019 Of course, Fra Angelico (1390-1455) was not from Florence, but from Fiésole, an old city of Etruscan origin located eight kilometers away, which began to become a residential neighborhood. In the convent in Florence Fra Angelico contributed to make his spiritually more suitable by painting the chapter room, the cloister gallery, the altarpiece of the church and the monks’ cells. The set of frescoes that he left there, his Sistine chapel, prove not only that he was a great artist, but a man of faith fully committed to the mystery of Christ.
Some news from Spain LXXXIIII September 16, 2019
In my nostalgic heraldic area in the town of Viso del Marqués in Ciudad Real ,region of Castilla-La Mancha is the Palace of the Marquises of Santa Cruz, It was built between 1564 and 1588 by order of Álvaro de Bazán, first Marquis of Santa Cruz and admiral of The Navy, who, due to his long stays in Italy and influenced by the tastes of the time, hired a select group of Italian artists for the work of these 8,000 square meters. The Palace consists of two floors and most of its rooms, as well as the high and low galleries, including the staircase, are painted in fresco. It currently houses the Archives of the Museum of the Navy Don Álvaro de Bazán.
The palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia is located in the Spanish city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in the Andalusian province of Cádiz. It is currently home to the Casa Medina Sidonia Foundation. It was built in Renaissance style by the house of Medina Sidonia in the sixteenth century, on the structure of what appears to be an old Andalusian ribat or Alcazar of the twelfth century. The former palatine chapel of the Medina Sidonia, founded in 1493, was located. At present, there is a hostel located in the west wing of the old Muslim ribat that has nine rooms integrated in the former offices of the dukes and administrators of the House. The lodge, which is open all year and has a tea room surrounded by gardens and arched galleries, all located in the area of the Arab ribat at the end of the 11th century. The Marivent Palace is the summer residence of the Spanish Royal Family in Palma de Mallorca and although the interior of the palace is not open to the public it is possible to visit the Marivent gardens. Visitors can walk through an area of more than 9,000 square meters through which you can see more than 40 species of flora characteristic of the Mediterranean garden. Admission is free and the Government of the Balearic Islands, owner of the complex, has accommodated benches and info panels for visitor enjoyment. Like any public garden, they are open all year except the 15 days that coincide with Holy Week and from July 15 to September 15 coinciding with the visit of the kings The Palacio de Liria, of the Casa de Alba, is one of the most important private residences in Madrid. It was built between 1767 and 1785 by order of the III Duke of Berwick and Liria, Mr. Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Colón under the direction of the architect Ventura Rodríguez. In November 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, the palace suffers several fires that destroy the entire interior, leaving only its four facades standing. Most of the collection was saved and protected in different places in Madrid, such as the British Embassy, the Prado Museum and the Bank of Spain, among others.
Some news from Spain LXXXV September 20, 2019
The musical A Chorus Line, which will serve to inaugurate in a few weeks , they estimate it will be in November. The Soho Caixabank Theater, the project promoted by Antonio Banderas in Malaga, his hometown. The show can also be seen later in Bilbao, Barcelona and Madrid. I saw him on the practice routines and shoud be wonderful lots of energy and choreography! He is involved personally in the theater with private funds! And ,also trying to bring more arts away from the better known cities in Spain
Just 200 years ago, Francisco de Goya gave the first strokes of his black paintings, a series of 14 murals among which are some of his best-known works: Saturno devorando a su hijo,( Saturn devouring his son ) Perro semihundido,( Semi-sunken dog) Duelo a garrotazos (Duel with sticks), Dos viejos (Two old men) , El aquelarre (the Covern)… He painted them on the walls of his house, Quinta del Sordo, a farm he bought in 1819 on the outskirts of Madrid to escape social life, already completely deaf, sick and increasingly elusive of the convulsive political situation, presaging perhaps his future exile in Bordeaux. Maybe that’s why they came out so dark and violent. There, in Bordeaux, the painter died in 1828. See them at the Prado museum
Don Carlo, in the Teatro Real , Plaza de Isabel II ,in the last four years, the final operatic tetralogy of Giuseppe Verdi has been seen in the Teatro Real (Royal Theater), with leaps back and forth: two lucrative commissions from abroad and his two calm collaborations with Arrigo Boito inspired by Shakespeare. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Maria Agresta, Marcelo Puente, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Dmitri Belosselskiy and Luca Salsi, among others. Royal Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real. Musical direction: Nicola Luisotti. Stage direction: David McVicar. Until October 6, 2019.
CaixaForum proposes a trip through more than 200 treasures from the Assyrian empire to that of Alexander the Great: the exhibition Lujos (Luxury). From the Assyrians to Alexander the Great. The 217 precious objects that are exhibited in CaixaForum ,Paseo del Prado, 36 from September 20 to January 12, 2020.
There you go folks, a big task but a work of love to keep the best, me think of these wonderful older posts over the years, These are what I think worth keeping of my older Some news from Spain series, and I thank you, Again, hope you enjoy this post as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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