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PRADO IN THE OPEN Where Spanish and Serbian culture meet The exhibition Prado in the Open, comprising 30 reproductions of this renowned Spanish museum’s most famous paintings, will be touring major cities in Serbia until the end of September T he Museo del Prado is tracts more than three million visi- tors annually. Reproductions of works by greats like Diego Velázquez, Francis- co de Goya, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, Hieronymus Bosch and others are be- ing presented to the Serbian public this summer, through the interesting for- mat of an exhibition entitled Prado in the Open. The Gallery of Matica Srpska has be- come a meeting place of Serbian and Spanish art, and Museo del Prado dep- Spain’s most famous mu- seum and one of the most important in Europe, with a rich collection that at-
thing about our history, but also about the history of art, as well as about our society and shared values and challeng- es. This is what art teaches us. This is si- multaneously also an invitation to all those who’ve yet to visit the Prado Mu- seum to escape for a few days to Ma- drid, where we will be awaiting you ~ said Palacio Alvarez. If you accept his invitation, you’ll be acquainted, at the heart of the Spanish capital, with one of the world‘s most important museums. It was way back in 1818 that the Prado Museum was founded in Madrid by King Fernan- do VII, opening to the public a year lat- er. The works initially exhibited came from the various art collections of Spanish monarchs. These artworks re- ceived their own place of honour in this museum due to their great impor- tance. The name was changed in 1868 to the Museo Nacional del Prado, or Prado National Museum. A few years later, its rich collection was expand- ed to include various works that had previously been in the possession of Spanish monasteries. They also includ- ed works of famous masters like Fran- cisco Goya, Diego Velázquez, El Greco and many others. The Prado addition- ally has works by Flemish and Italian masters, as well as ancient Greek and Roman sculptures. The Prado building itself was one of a series of projects de- signed for the new Age of Enlighten- ment, becoming one of the top exam- ples of Spanish Neoclassicism.
Bronzana statua Dijega Velaskeza ispred muzeja Prado u Madridu Bronze statue of Diego Velazquez in front of Prado museum in Madrid
uty director Alfonso Palacio Alvarez ex- plains that the initiative behind such exhibitions emerged from a desire to present the collection to art lovers of all generations who aren’t in a position to visit Madrid. - Through these thirty works, or repro- ductions of them, a wider audience than traditional museumgoers, or citizens who pass on a daily basis, are able to ac- quaint themselves with the incredible cultural heritage that we’ve managed to preserve, to enjoy it and learn some-
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