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Tag Archives: velazquez
Americans in Spain (1820-1920): Traveling Women Artists and their Subjects
Typically some of my favorite things to blog about are trips to art museums and special exhibits that connect to my research and teaching interests on various topics related to Spanish history, culture, and literature. Taking in specially curated collections, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Women
Tagged 19th century, 20th century, art, art history, books, museo del prado, Spain, travel, velazquez, women, women's history
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Pedro Almodovar’s “La piel que habito”: Science and Technology as Postmodern Mediums
I feel very lucky to have been able to spend the month of June in Spain, first in Madrid for nearly 3 weeks (with a day trip to Segovia), then in Santiago de Compostela for a few days during a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Science and Medicine, Spain, Women
Tagged art, femininity, film, gender, La piel que habito, madrid, medicine, Pedro Almodovar, postmodernism, prado, pseudoscience, Santiago de Compostela, science, technology, Titian, velazquez, Venus
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Breastfeeding in the Prado: Religious, Mythological, and Pagan Roots
Don’t worry! This isn’t a too-much-information personal anecdote… just some observations I made regarding the very frequent and detailed depictions of breastfeeding in the artwork gracing the Prado’s walls. Having initially visited Madrid’s Museo del Prado in 2001 for my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Women
Tagged art, breastfeeding, catholicism, madrid, maternity, motherhood, museo del prado, Rubens, Spain, spanish art, velazquez, virgin mary
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