El Prado

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain This ...

      We went to El Prado today, it was pretty much, wild.  J.k. We saw three main artists thanks to our awesome tour guide Ines.  She talked about Velazquez, Goya and El Greco.  I pretty much only managed to stay ...

... decorated with all sorts of extravagant furniture, paintings and artwork. After that we made our way over to the Museo Nacional del Prado, which is Spain's premier art museum. It has all sorts of paintings by some of Spain's great artists such as ...

... not sure what all would need to take place in there for such a small country--seemed excessive....Then we entered el museo Prado--wow!! Goya's work was extensive and impressive...my favorites including Saturn Devouring his Child, The Naked Maja and the ...

Finally, I visited the Prado. It is big. And crowded. And has a lot of amazing art. I wandered through it and thought about all the places I had visited, all of the people I had said goodbye to, and of course, about all of the art surrounding me. As ...

Taos Pueblo has a certain allure for me. I am not sure why this pueblo, more than any other, has such a grasp. I think it may have something to do with the scenery; the majestic mountains and peaceful creek which make up the pueblo. But more than that, I ...

Mom here: Well, we left CO Springs on Thursday morning and headed South to New Mexico.  Luckily, no adventures on the road this time.  :) We arrived at Taos Pueblo around 3pm.  After paying an entry fee for ourselves and our camera (!), we ...

... , no le damos bola. Sino la pondríamos para adelante (lo aclaramos para que nadie de la familia llame a la Interpol o algo por el estilo). El Prado es la antítesis del Sofía: está todo ordenado por arte holandés, flamenco, español e italiano, con ...

... , no le damos bola. Sino la pondríamos para adelante (lo aclaramos para que nadie de la familia llame a la Interpol o algo por el estilo). El Prado es la antítesis del Sofía: está todo ordenado por arte holandés, flamenco, español e italiano, con ...

We went to the museum and went to the infamous Plaza Mayor in Madrid.   ...

... this does mean that most of his most famous brand of painting, cubism, was not present (most of it can be found in Madrid's Prado, or so I hear). But it was fascinating to see his development; he started as a honed, highly-trained, traditional artist, and ...

I got to go the National Prado Museum yesterday, which was very cool. It is an art museum, and I actually got to see some oil paintings that I have discussed in my university classes. One of them is "Las Meninas" by Diego Velázquez. Standing in front of ...

... our bearings. We began by once again going down the Paseo de Castellana, and on to the Paseo de Recoletos and the Paseo del Prado, admiring the fountains and monuments in the squares, and the other signs of the grand city that Madrid is, as we went. One ...

... recommended!) On Saturday, we visited the El Museo de Arte Thyssen-Bornemisza, which contains a smaller collection than the Prado, but one that comprises a broader scope of paintings. In particular, they have more American and impressionist works, and ...