El Museo del Prado

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El Museo del Prado

• Madrid, España

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El Prado

• Constructed during the reign of Charles III in
  order to give the city a noble and monumental
  urban space comparable to those in other European
  cities.
• http//museoprado.mcu.es/ihistoria.html

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There are three famous artists featured in El
Prado

• El Greco
• Francisco de Goya
• Diego Velásquez

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El GrecoThe Greek

• Born in 1541 and named Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
• First worked in Italy, then Spain
• Inspired by Renaissance artists
• Painted mostly religious works

Self-Portrait (approximately 1604) http//corinah
.tripod.com/pages/1604_greco_Self_portrait.htm
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Assumption of the Virgin 1577http//www.wga.
hu/framese.html?/html/g/greco_el/1576-80/01antigu.
html
The Burial of Count Orgaz 1586 1586http//www
.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/1581-90/08o
rgaz.html
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velásquez

• Born in 1599
• For most of his life, he lived in Madrid and
  worked as a court painter.
• His paintings include landscapes, mythological
  religious subjects, and scenes from common life.

Self-Portrait appr.
1640 http//www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/vela
zque/biograph.html
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Las Hilanderas 1656 http//www.artprints-on
-demand.co.uk/noframes/velasquez/hilanderas.htm
Las Meninas 1656 http//www.cyberspain.com/
passion/2meninas.htm
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Francísco José de Goya y Lucientes

• Born in 1746
• Inspired by Velásquez and Rembrandt
• In 1792, he contracted a serious disease that
  left him completely deaf, thus causing him to
  paint with a more dark, pessimistic style.

http//www.exittoart.nl/framesetmain.htm?http//ww
w.exittoart.nl/gallery1.htm?http//www.exittoart.n
l/goya/goya05.htm
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The Black Paintings appr. 1820 http//www.artc
hive.com/galleries/goya/st_isidore_zoom2.html
The Marquesa de Pontejos 1786
http//www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg52/gg52-9
5.0.html
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Museo del Prado

• En qué ciudad está el museo del Prado?
• Escribe 2 datos sobre Sr. Greco (puedes escribir
  en ingés o en español).
• Escribe 2 datos sobre Sr. Velásquez.
• Escribe 2 datos sobre Sr. Goya.
• Qué signífica El Greco en inglés?

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