{"id":4000,"date":"2019-07-10T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agaaga.blog\/?p=4000"},"modified":"2021-10-21T17:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:50:40","slug":"museo-de-bellas-artes-sevilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/museo-de-bellas-artes-sevilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Museo de Bellas Artes, Sevilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This museum opened in 1841 with works the state confiscated from convents and monasteries. It’s even in a building that used to be a convent. Today, its exhibits still contain the confiscated materials along with private donations and acquisitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We arrived at opening time – the first visitors (and pretty much only visitors the whole time we were there).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the courtyards. This space was very soothing. Too bad Toronto doesn’t have the climate for this kind of thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Is that a well?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kids are burning around this maze – good thing we were the only visitors in the museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The works in Room 3 focused on artists in the 16th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Head of John the Baptist by sculptor Gaspar Nu\u00f1ez Delgado. Felix’s expression is priceless – he had sooooo many questions about this one \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 4 focused on naturalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reading about what they’re seeing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Room 5 is all about 17th century Sevillian art, in particular Bartolom\u00e9 Esteban Murillo who lived between 1617 and 1682.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Checking out the ornate ceiling <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mom and baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dad and baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Saints Justa and Rufina<\/em>, two potters from Triana, painted around 1665 by Murillo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Immaculate Conception of the Eternal Father<\/em> by Murillo around 1668. See the dragon in the bottom right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We thought it looked more like a wolf than a dragon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moving on and up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peeking in the keyhole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 6 is about the Baroque period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kids were tickled about the spelling mistake and correction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 8 was dedicated to the painter Juan de Vald\u00e9s Leal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Room 9 is dedicated to European Baroque painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vista of Sevilla<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kids tried to count the sailboats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And called out the many unique details in each of the little battles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hide and seek – what are we looking for in the room dedicated to the works of Francisco de Zurbar\u00e1n?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I do not have a good answer for why the dragon is there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ever try to explain religious symbolism to a 9, 10 and 11 year old without incurring a gazillion additional questions?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 11 is about 18th century Sevillian painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can I play it Mommy?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Earthquake stopped by the intercession of the image of San Francisco de Paula<\/em> by Lucas Valdes around 1710. More questions about the realism of this piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Miraculous Portrait of San Francisco de Paula<\/em> by Lucas Valdes around 1710. “Mommy! Is that guy dead? Why is a bird man painting a dead guy?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mystery chest with drawers. When you’re the only visitors, the security guards can really make sure you don’t touch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 12 – the 19th century. This showcased daily life works and we spent the most amount of time in this room despite being extremely hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nolan came back to this one repeatedly and wondered how the artist was able to produce it. Portrait of Se\u00f1ora Carriquirre<\/em> by Antonio Mar\u00eda Esquivel around 1850<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Interior of a house in Arag\u00f3n<\/em> by Valeriano Dominguez Becquer in 1866. “What are they eating?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance by bulerias<\/em> by Jos\u00e9 Garcia Ramos in 1884. Bulerias is a fast flamenco rhythm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This looks like a photo! Vista de Sevilla<\/em> (1893) by Alp\u00e9riz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Triana<\/em> (1888) by Emilio S\u00e1nchez Perrier. This was everyone’s favourite – looks nothing like this today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gonzalo Bilbao depicted the Interior of the Tobacco Factory<\/em> (1911). This is a far cry from what it looks like today as a University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Room 13, and we’re now in the 20th century focused on Sevillian painters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Witch Tale<\/em> (1910) by Nicol\u00e1s Jimenez Alperiz – just look at her!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Fisherwoman<\/em> – Rafael Senet (1885). “Can we have fish and clams for dinner?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lunch spot outside the museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From art in the museum to art on the street. The flamenco dancers are back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time to cool down on the rooftop terrace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Love his face \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drying and warming up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neil’s day — with hot chocolate and beer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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10.6 km for the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This museum opened in 1841 with works the state confiscated from convents and monasteries. It’s even in a building that used to be a convent. Today, its exhibits still contain the confiscated materials along with private donations and acquisitions. The works in Room 3 focused on artists in the 16th century. Room 4 focused on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internationaltravel","category-spain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_8713-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11866,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions\/11866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}