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| Today we visited the "Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya", and you need the two days they give you to see everything. They have the largest collection of Romanesque art works in the world. |
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| Paintings from Sant Quirze de Pedret, end of 11th century, c.1120. |
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| Apse from Santa Maria d'Aneu, late 11th century. |
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| Detail from above. |
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| These next few, stand in front of the Altar, they are made out of wood. |
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| Altar fom La Sau d'Urgell, known as the The Apostles Frontal, second quarter of the 12th century. |
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| Detail from the Altar frontal from Cardet, second half of the 13th century. |
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| This was hard to explain to a 7 yr old. |
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| Apse from Sant Ciment de Taull, c.1123. |
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| A mix of decorative capitals. |
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| The Eril la Vall Descent from the cross, second half of the 12th century. |
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| Batlio Majesty, mid 12th century. |
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| Apse from Santa Maria de Taull, c.1123. |
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| Altar frontal from Avia, c.1200. |
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| These three are details of an altar frontal, they are the three wise men, that visited Jesus at his birth. |
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| Griffin from San Pedro de Arlanza, c 1210. |
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| Chapter House of Sigena, c. 1190-1194. |
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| The start of the Gothic Section. Sorry, I don't have a lot of details in this section. |
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| Master of the conquest of Majorca: The encampment of James I and battle of Portopi, 1285-1290. |
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| A detail of the patterns above, some look modern to me. |
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| I love this one, just look at the details. |
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| The Renaissance and Baroque Section. This one is by El Greco, The Bearing of the Cross, 1590-1595. |
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| El Greco, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis of Assisi. | |
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Peter Paul Rubens. Lady Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel.
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| Lucas Cranach the Elder, Unequal Lovers, 1517. |
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| Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as "Canaletto", Return of the Bucentaure on Ascention Day, c. 1745-1750. |
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| Unknown, The Queen of Austria. |
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| Parts of the interior. |
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| The roof of the Auditorium. |
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The fraction of the Modern Section, Oh boy I missed a lot.
(Note. From 1 April to late September the 1st. floor galleries of the 19th and 20th centuries will be closed.
A selection of highlights from 19th and 20th centuries will be displayed on the ground floor from 17th June til 31st August). Above: Gaudi, Love Seat, from the Casa Batlio, 1907. |
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| Gaudi, Upright Chair. |
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| Joaquim Mir, Terraced Village, 1909. |
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| Pablo Gargallo, Large Ballerina, 1929. |
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| Juli Gonzalez, Cactus Man I. |
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| Pablo Picasso, Woman in hat and fur collar, (Marie-Thérèse Walter), 1937. |
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| See I was there, or at least my head was there... |
Here is a link to the Museum, it has a good selection of images in Collections. As I did miss a few details.
