The Prado - Spanish Culture and Leisure, 1819–1939

Explores the history of Spain's most iconic art museum. 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.

About the author

Eugenia Afinoguénova is Professor of Spanish and Spanish Culture at Marquette University. She is the co-editor of Spain Is (Still) Different: Tourism and Discourse in Spanish Identity and the author of El idiota superviviente: Artes y letras españolas frente a la “muerte del hombre,” 1969–1990.

Summary

Explores the history of Spain’s most iconic art museum. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Eugenia Afinoguaenova, Eugenia Afinoguenova, Eugenia (Professor of Spanish Afinoguenova, Eugenia Afinoguénova
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2017
• EAN: 9780271078571
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07857-1
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; European History, Spain, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Spanish Civil War, Zoos & Wildlife Parks, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain