Today we negotiated the Madrid bus system and it
was largely a successful experience. Our first museum was the Reina Sofia Museum and the highlight was
Picasso’s Guernica – a statement on the horror of war during the Spanish Civil
War. It is a very large work, stark and powerful.
We spent a long 4.5 hours at the Prado on our
second visit, not able to take photographs but it was quite amazing. To be honest, I was a
bit sick of religious paintings at the end (but they were very good).
Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.
Velazquez's most famous work Las Meninhas. The painting has the artist in it, the Royal children and the King and Queen in a mirror, watching the scene. Our tour guide from our first visit suggested looking at the painting through one eye and closing your hand like a telescope and with perspective it looked 3D.
Ruben's The Judgement of Paris
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