Comments on: Museu Frederic Mares http://lucypick.com/2009/01/24/museu-frederic-mares/ Reading and Writing History and Fiction (and sometimes food) Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: lucypick http://lucypick.com/2009/01/24/museu-frederic-mares/comment-page-1/#comment-351 lucypick Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:27:45 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=127#comment-351 Well, you're just going to have to go back to Barcelona, aren't you? It's tough, but I'm sure you can cope. Well, you’re just going to have to go back to Barcelona, aren’t you? It’s tough, but I’m sure you can cope.

]]> By: Miriam http://lucypick.com/2009/01/24/museu-frederic-mares/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Miriam Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:38:56 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=127#comment-350 I spent time in the cafe there this summer -- but never made it into the Museum. I'm chagrined! I spent time in the cafe there this summer — but never made it into the Museum. I’m chagrined!

]]> By: lucypick http://lucypick.com/2009/01/24/museu-frederic-mares/comment-page-1/#comment-347 lucypick Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:37:14 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=127#comment-347 I should check that out. I am fascinated by these figures, their message and their use. And the fact that you seem to begin to see them en masse in Spain when Queen Urraca begins ruling in her own right. Frederic Mares was a sculptor at the turn of the last century who, he said, sculpted in order to be able to afford to buy more sculpture. The museum is located in part of the old royal palace in Barcelona, adjacent to the cathedral. It is well worth a visit when you're back there next. I should check that out. I am fascinated by these figures, their message and their use. And the fact that you seem to begin to see them en masse in Spain when Queen Urraca begins ruling in her own right.

Frederic Mares was a sculptor at the turn of the last century who, he said, sculpted in order to be able to afford to buy more sculpture. The museum is located in part of the old royal palace in Barcelona, adjacent to the cathedral. It is well worth a visit when you’re back there next.

]]> By: Miriam http://lucypick.com/2009/01/24/museu-frederic-mares/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Miriam Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:07:30 +0000 http://lucypick.com/?p=127#comment-344 Do you know the old work of Ilene Forsythe on the Sedes Sapientiae (have I spelled that correctly?)-- thrones of wisdom? I'm fascinated with this genre of statue. More information on this museum, please? Do you know the old work of Ilene Forsythe on the Sedes Sapientiae (have I spelled that correctly?)– thrones of wisdom? I’m fascinated with this genre of statue. More information on this museum, please?

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