Hundred years walking through the Prado Museum

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  • Luis Martín-Estudillo University of Iowa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.24.25773

Keywords:

Walking, critique, Prado, D’Ors, de Diego.

Abstract

The hermeneutic potential of walking has been vindicated as a critical activity that is closely linked to the work of a number of noted Western thinkers. In the peculiar space of museums, the changing perspective that walking offers can favor a renewal of exhibition and visiting practices. This article analyzes the written record of two singular walks through the Prado Museum published a century apart (1922-2022). In their respective essays, Eugenio d’Ors and Estrella de Diego propose disruptive tours of the Madrid gallery. Their texts exemplify the change in sensibilities that guide visits to the museum as well as in the criticism of the institution itself and the disciplines that support it.

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Author Biography

Luis Martín-Estudillo, University of Iowa

Luis Martín-Estudillo is Full Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Iowa and holds affiliate positions at the Universities of Minnesota and Gröningen. His areas of interest include modern and contemporary Spanish literature and culture, European studies, and Visual studies. He is the Managing Editor of Hispanic Issues and Hispanic Issues Online. Martín-Estudillo has received the University of Iowa’s Collegiate Teaching Award and Dean’s Scholar Award, as well as two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among his publications, The Rise of Euroskepticism: Europe and Its Cri­tics in Spanish Culture (Vanderbilt University Press, 2018). His book Despertarse de Europa. Arte, literatura y euroescepticismo was published by Ediciones Cátedra in 2019.  

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Filmografía


Fernández Santos, Jesús (dir.) La víspera de nuestro tiempo. Tres horas en el Museo del Prado. Documental basado en textos de Eugenio D’Ors. RTVE, 1968.

 

Godard, Jean-Luc (dir.) Bande à part. 1964.

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Published

2022-12-30

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Martín-Estudillo, L. (2022). Hundred years walking through the Prado Museum. EU-topías. A Journal on Interculturality, Communication, and European Studies, 24, 5–14. https://doi.org/10.7203/eutopias.24.25773
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Vol. 24 (2022)

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