Madrid: Understanding Art through a visit to the Prado Museum

Madrid: Understanding Art through a visit to the Prado Museum

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Understand Art as a Specialist would and learn to appreciate it. Enjoy a detailed tour in small private groups.

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Highlights

Understands the evolution of painting in Europe
Visit the Prado Museum and learn about art and history
Discover artists such as Goya, Velázquez or El Greco.
Understanding art in order to be able to apply that knowledge in other museums

Description

Many people do not visit museums because they say that, beyond observing the beauty of the paintings, they do not understand the art. And when something is not understood, not only is it not appreciated or enjoyed as much, but it can even get boring. If this is your case, this is the tour for you! For this reason, in this guided visit to the Prado Museum we will learn to UNDERSTAND ART by tracing how painting evolved in Europe, from the walls of churches in the 13th century (and yes, you read that right, there are walls of churches inside this museum), to important paintings of the 20th century. We will learn about painting from different regions (Flemish, Italian, and of course, Spanish) and talk about important artists such as Bosch, Fra Angelico, Raphael, Tintoretto, El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Rogier van der Weyden or Peter Paul Rubens among many others. From the beginning of the visit, I will teach you some simple guidelines on what to observe in a painting in order to appreciate it as a specialist does; thus, by standing in front of each work, you will be able to decipher it, know its secrets and understand its importance in European art. At the end of the tour, you will have learned about the evolution of European painting, but also about the magic of each work of art. The tour will be done in small groups (maximum 7 people) so that the experience is personalized and you can appreciate every detail, and will last two and a half hours so that there is enough time for the contemplation of the work.