Item Number: 117413 Title: Los animales del Prado Author: Reboiras, Ramon Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788484802266 Description: Madrid: Museo del Nacional Prado, 2011. 17cm., hardcover, 65pp. illus., most in color. Spanish text. Summary: The Museo del Prado, with this small bestiary, aims to introduce you to the animal kingdom, inseparable from the evolution of the history of painting. Through 30 paintings of different ages, this book gives an expanded vision of dogs and cats, cockatoos and parrots, horses, lizards, flies and pigeons composing a lively scene from San Baudelio de Berlanga fresco paintings to Goya's ‘Dog Half-sumerged'. The animals have never been a predominant part of the painting and have always occupied a sencondary place beside dukes an emperors, infants and saints, kings and queens, but in this book they are in a fitting foreground will make arise your interesting in the nature of art and in those restless eyes that surprise us in many masterpieces. And we are sure it will also make your visit to the Prado so special as visiting a fantastic zoo. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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