Art Museums

One afternoon we went to go visit the Prado in Madrid. I really enjoyed it because I like art. There was a ton of work done by El Greco, Riberia, Goya , and Velezquez. The most famous painting I saw there was by Velezquez, Las Meninas. I remebered having studied him and this painting in my highschool spanish class, so it was really cool to see the actual painting itself. Earlier in the trip we had gone on various city tours where we learned a good amount about the spanish royal family. They told us about how the royal family was son concerned with keeping the royal line pure that they became very inbred. Because of this they all developed what was known as the Bourbon chin. When the tour guides described how their chins grew really big, I was having a hard time picturing exactly what she meant. After going to the Prado and seeing hundreds of portraits of the royal family, I now know exactly what she meant. (It was not attractive.) Anyways, I really enjoyed the museum and all the history and culture that it had to offer.