Most of the great collections, private and public alike, formed in the United States are no more than 150 years old, but that "short" run doesn't stop them from being of exceptional quality with…
I was born 49 years ago in Canet de Mar, a coastal town near Barcelona. My childhood went by quietly in the streets of this lovely town between the sea and the mountains. When and why…
There are cars considered true works of art for their beauty, their singularity and their history, but they're still the result of a process that begins with Design. We could get into the…
The birth of the Prado Museum as Spain's great national art museum was preceded, as we saw in the previous chapter, by the creation of other national museums, such as the Louvre, the…
At the end of the 18th century some of the most important public museums in Europe began to open, such as the Vatican Museums in Rome or the Louvre in Paris. In 1780 the…
From the discovery of America onwards, the Spanish crown enjoyed a long period of great splendour that encouraged the creation of impressive art collections among the Spanish aristocracy and royalty…
In the previous chapter, about Painting Cabinets, we discovered that the art market in Europe was already very international, so buying large collections from…
In the previous chapter, The Wunderkammern and the natural history cabinets, we discovered two very particular collecting spaces, focused on the study of the natural world from a…