{"product_id":"the-prado-eugenia-afinogunova-9780271078588","title":"The Prado: Spanish Culture and Leisure, 1819-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Prado\u003c\/i\u003e takes an unconventional look at Spain's most iconic art museum. Focusing on the Prado as a space of urban leisure, Eugenia Afinogu駭ova highlights the political history of the museum's relation to the monarchy, the church, and the liberal nation-state, as well as its role as an extension of Madrid's social center, the Prado Promenade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than assume that visitors agreed about how to interpret the museum, Afinogu駭ova approaches the history of the Prado as a debate about culture and leisure. Just like those crossing the museum's threshold, who did not always trace a firm line between what they could see or do inside the building and outside on the Paseo del Prado, the participants in this debate--journalists, politicians, museum directors, art critics--considered museum-going to be part of a broader discussion concerning citizenship and voting rights, the rise of Madrid to the status of a modern capital, and the growing gap between town and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on extensive archival research on the museum's displays and policies as well as the attitudes of visitors and city-dwellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Prado\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the museum's many political and propagandistic roles and examines its complicated history as a monument to the tension between culture and leisure. Art historians and scholars of museum studies and visual and leisure culture will find this foundational study of the Prado invaluable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugenia Afinogu駭ova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271078588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271078588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 6.93w x 0.71d","brand":"Eugenia Afinogu駭ova","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213292269823,"sku":"9780271078588","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b3471ef-db18-4c2c-b3f8-9ff54c6e8709.jpg?v=1692113071","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-prado-eugenia-afinogunova-9780271078588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}