The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from ...
‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
The huge 17th-century painting shows the Infanta Margarita, her young ladies-in-waiting, a dwarf, a buffoon with a dog, a nun ...
Novelist John Banville on how ‘eerie’ art at Madrid’s Prado museum inspires him
That is why Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours – even though he has ...
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Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado)
Julienne C. Raboca One of Madrid's most famous museums, the elegant Museo Nacional del Prado, is consistently touted by travelers as a must-see. Opened in 1819 at the encouragement of Queen Maria ...
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Novelist John Banville tours Spain’s Prado
That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he’s been invited to browse anytime as part of a month-long literary ...
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residence MADRID -- It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get ...
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum
MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from ... That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he’s been ...
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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum
MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life.