Kultur
Generelt
Spain has an extraordinary artistic heritage. The dominant figures of the golden age were the Toledo-based artists El Greco and Diego Velasquez. Francisco Goya emerged in the 18th century as Spain’s most prolific painter and he produced some wonderfully unflattering portraits of royalty. The art world in the early 20th century was influenced by a remarkable group of Spanish artists: Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí.
Spain’s architecture ranges from prehistoric monuments in Minorca in the Balearic Islands, through to the Roman ruins of Mérida and Tarragona, the decorative Lonja in Seville, Mudéjar buildings, gothic cathegrals, castles, fantastic modernist monuments and Gaudi’s intricate fabulist sculptures.
One of the world's greatest works of fiction is the 17th-century novel El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, written by Spain’s Miguel de Cervantes. Important 20th-century writers include Miguel de Unamuno, Federico García Lorca and Camilo José Cela, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize for literature. Prominent feminist writers include Adelaida Garcia Morales, Ana María Matute and Montserrat Roig.
Spanish films were once synonymous with the work of surrealist genius Luís Buñuel, who spent much of his time abroad. They are now associated with the mad-cap kinky farces of Pedro Almodóvar, who has enjoyed huge international success including an Oscar in 1999 for Todo Sobre Mi Madre.
Museums in Spain
Granada: Mueso de la Alhambra
Palacio de Carlos V, Alhambra, s/n 18009 Granada
Tel. +34 958027931
www.alhambra-patronato.es
Málaga: Fundacion Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Plaza de la Merced, 15
29012 Málaga – Spain
tel.: 952 21 50 05
www.fundacionpicasso.es
Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado
Paseo del Prado s/n. 28014 Madrid
tel.: 91 431 46 65
www.museoprado.mcu.es
From 09:00 to 21:00
Tuesdays to Sundays and public holidays*
(closed on public holidays that fall on Mondays)
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO
Abandoibarra Et. 2
48001 Bilbao
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 to 20:00.
Monday: closed.
In July and August the Museum opens Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00.
Museum information desk: (+34) 94 435 90 80,
www.guggenheim-bilbao.es
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