Guide Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia - the Collection - Paloma Esteban Leal - Aldeasa

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía: la coleccion.Guide

Esteban Leal, Paloma

Editorial Palacios y Museos

A guide to the exhibits of the museum.

Museo Nacional Reina Sofia: guide, the collection, quick visit

Fernández Aparicio, Carmen

Galán Martín, Belén

Arts & Photography

THE COLLECTION (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía)

La colección: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spanish Edition)

Description: Picasso Minotauro, traces the use of the mythical figure of the Minotaur in the work of Pablo Picasso. The Minotaur first made an appearance in the artist's work in 1928, and was a central theme from the early 1930s until the war years. The figure stood, many have argued, as Picasso's alter ego, reflecting his varying states of mind during this complicated personal and political time in his life. Indeed, in many of the images here, the Minotaur is acting on the impulses of the id; engaged in hunting, sexual relations, and the like. The Minotaur also bears a relationship to the bullfighting motifs that Picasso explored; in fact, Picasso's Minotaur combines elements from the cult of Mithras-a Persian god who is usually shown sacrificing a bull-with the Minoan legend itself and the Spanish bullfighting tradition. All of these elements are explored in this volume, which includes 160 images of drawings and paintings, as well as several essays on the topic and several short writings that recall the theme of the Minotaur by Picasso himself. For the first time the works exploring this central motif are brought together in one book

Picasso Minotauro

Vautier, Sylvie

History & Criticism

Guía del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

Painting