A Picasso

Not really an important Picasso, but it still shows you how he just destroys your sense of space and comfort. It's like he drops the image on the ground, and forces you to make sense of the pieces. The artistic equivalent to Einstein.

Madrid Museum Day

July 27th 2013
Not much to report today. I literally spent the entire day at 2 different museums. First the Reina Sofia, a famous Modern museum that houses Picasso's Guernica. Then walked up the street to the absolutely massive, intimidating Prado, probably the greatest house of art after the Louvre, if not the first. This place honestly seems to never end, and contains more masterpieces than I could count. ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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