Monday 21 de febrero
Flamenco morning, health care class, met up with Mamma at Bilbao glorieta to explore the neighborhood Malasaña and its funky little boutiques. Had lunch at an Asian-vegetarian place called "Isla del Tesoro" on Manuela Malasaña that served macrobiotic salad (seaweed!). Afterwards I had my women in art class, in which we discussed the question "why have there been no great women artists?" The lecture on Artemisia Gentileschi reminded me so much of Intro with Ms. Trilling during sophomore year.
Afterwards, met up with Mamma at the Reina Sofia museum to see Guernica, other Picasso paintings, Dalí work, some explicit contemporary political cartoons about the economy, and then we went explore the top floor (once we finally figured out how the elevator system worked!). I do really like the glass elevators though... great views of the square.
On the top floor, I especially like the photos from the 1950s of Barcelona city life and from the LIFE magazine article about Extremadura! LIFE definitely portrayed the region as a curious, religious, backwards place, untouched by time, but I enjoyed being able to recognize names of villages and references to Guadalupe and Yuste. There were also some very modern pieces -- a stove bursting with brownie mix (?) and huge depictions of the death of Marcel Duchamp.
After spending nearly 3 hours in the Reina Sofia, Mamma and I went back to that salad place to get a bite to eat and then relax our weary feet in Hotel Mora. Noticed that the McDonald's on Paseo del Prado has such nice furniture! And it's always so crowded.
Flamenco morning, health care class, met up with Mamma at Bilbao glorieta to explore the neighborhood Malasaña and its funky little boutiques. Had lunch at an Asian-vegetarian place called "Isla del Tesoro" on Manuela Malasaña that served macrobiotic salad (seaweed!). Afterwards I had my women in art class, in which we discussed the question "why have there been no great women artists?" The lecture on Artemisia Gentileschi reminded me so much of Intro with Ms. Trilling during sophomore year.
Afterwards, met up with Mamma at the Reina Sofia museum to see Guernica, other Picasso paintings, Dalí work, some explicit contemporary political cartoons about the economy, and then we went explore the top floor (once we finally figured out how the elevator system worked!). I do really like the glass elevators though... great views of the square.
On the top floor, I especially like the photos from the 1950s of Barcelona city life and from the LIFE magazine article about Extremadura! LIFE definitely portrayed the region as a curious, religious, backwards place, untouched by time, but I enjoyed being able to recognize names of villages and references to Guadalupe and Yuste. There were also some very modern pieces -- a stove bursting with brownie mix (?) and huge depictions of the death of Marcel Duchamp.
After spending nearly 3 hours in the Reina Sofia, Mamma and I went back to that salad place to get a bite to eat and then relax our weary feet in Hotel Mora. Noticed that the McDonald's on Paseo del Prado has such nice furniture! And it's always so crowded.
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