Museo Nacional del Prado. Guía Oficial / Official Guide

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Velázquez Guide, Guides to the Museo del Prado Collection, PDF now available. Free download

The Guide to the Prado is the only official guide to the Museo Nacional del Prado. It is the essential publication for visiting, appreciating and learning about the Museum’s Permanent Collection.

Using the Guide is the best way to enjoy the experience of the Museo del Prado from anywhere in the world as it accompanies visitors around the Museum, explaining it to them and bringing the collection closer to students, art lovers and everyone interested in this subject.

It features 400 works that offer a precise idea of the nature of the Museum, illustrated in high quality and with short texts that aim to inform the reader on the subject of the work, the artist who created it, its importance within the collection as a whole and other aspects of interest.

The works are organised by school and chronologically within each school. This guide is extremely easy to use.

In addition, it includes 50 enlarged works that enable the user to appreciate all the details of the images in close-up, related works by subject or artist, and suggestions for routes around the Museum when planning a visit.



Features of this application:

• 400 high-quality images, optimised for viewing on high-resolution digital devices, and the inclusion of the images of the backs of triptychs and diptychs that are not visible in the gallery.
• 50 enlarged works that allow the user to move across them and appreciate their details in remarkable close-up.
• 50 related works that enhance knowledge of the work and explain the connections between different artists and the Museum’s collections.
• 5 thematic routes plus suggestions for preparing a visit and for discovering themes with young children.
• The option to select the articles that most interest you through the Favourites function.
• Search by index of the collections or by index of artists.
• Social networks. The option to share contents through the Museo del Prado’s direct Facebook and Twitter links.

More information:
www.laguiadelprado.com