The Prado and the Reina Sofia

“El Prado and Reina Sofia are both incredible museums that contain amazing works of art from several different Artists. The Reina Sofia museum has more abstract artwork by artists such as Dali. Whereas El Prado has more classical artwork. El Prado has artwork from Francisco de Goya, Picasso, Diego Velazquez, Tiziano, and Jacopo Bassano. All of these artists  have different perspectives and emotions in which they put in their paintings. For example, Goya was depressed at one point of his life so he painted his dark and violent thoughts and expressed it in his artwork. He had a lot of artwork that showed war and how he believed that "war is blind". Also, many of these artists painted the Spanish civil war or the royalty and nobles of the time. While we were at the museums we also got the chance to see some new Picasso paintings which were only temporarily at the museum. One of the best paintings in the Prado called "Las Meninas" was done by Diego Velazquez and he used very unique techniques that gave the painting a 3D effect. It looked as if you could walk right into the painting and live in that moment. He created this fascinating effect using natural light, movement, realism, and color. Bassano's artwork typically was done by using geometrical techniques that looked surreal. These paintings all had different stories which helped you understand the meaning and purpose of the artwork. We all loved these fascinating museums!”

-Lucy