The Prado: Spanish Culture and Leisure, 1819-1939

by Eugenia Afinoguénova

Book Overview

The Prado takes an unconventional look at Spain's most iconic art museum. Focusing on the Prado as a space of urban leisure, Eugenia Afinogu nova highlights the political history of the museum's relation to the monarchy, the church, and the liberal nation-state, as well as its role as an extension of Madrid's social center, the Prado Promenade.

Rather than assume that visitors agreed about how to interpret the museum, Afinogu nova...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271078588
• ISBN13: 9780271078588
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"