Comenius Bilateral 201315 Prado Museum Visit

1. Comenius Bilateral Spain/ Italy 2013-2015 IESPJP Rivas/ Alessandro Volta de Perugia
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Comenius Bilateral Spain/ Italy 2013-2015
IESPJP Rivas/ Alessandro Volta de Perugia
Octubre de 2014
Prado`s Museum. Short introduction for our visit
We will visit the museum on Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, it is not possible to
explain these masterpieces in detail inside the museum but instead of this, we will tell
you all that you may need in advance (or that we can) before the visit.
We will focus on the next paintings:
1- El descendimiento de la cruz (The descent of the cross), Roger van der Weyden.
Probably, this is the most important Flemish painting about the descent of
Christ´s body, finished in the first half of the 15th century.
2- El jardín de las delicias (The garden of Earthly Delights), Hyeronimus Bosch (El
Bosco). An amazing Flemish work, showing an incredible vision of Heaven, the
Earth and the Hell.
3- La fragua (Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan), Diego Velázquez. A popular vision of
the famous myth in which Apollo tells Vulcan that Mars is cheating him with
Venus, Vulcan´s wife.
4- Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez. The best-known masterpiece of Prado´s
Museum, representing the royal Spaniard family around Velázquez.
5- Carlos V en la batalla de Mühlberg (Equestrian portrait of Charles V), Tiziano.
Portrait of Charles V, as German emperor, painted in the Roman way to show
his power.
6- Los fusilamientos del Tres de mayo (The Third of May 1808), Francisco de Goya.
A terrible vision of the Spanish Independence War against Napoleon´s troops.
7- Saturno devorando a sus hijos (Saturn devouring his son), Francisco de Goya. A
creepy idea about the myth of Saturn during the last years of Goya´s life.