Day 5

[poliphilo]

Barcelona!

And, yes, we did a drive-by of some of the famous buildings by Antonio Gaudi. He's interesting, but I'm not a fan.I think he's only one step away from Disneyland.

And I don't like his religiosity.

We spent the afternoon at the Picasso Museum. I love Picasso. The museum contains a unique collection of his juvenilia- scratchy landscapes painted on the lids of cigar boxes, that sort of thing- and some stunning examples of his later work, including an overwhelming sequence of paintings from 1957 in which he measures himself against Velasquez's masterpiece, Las Meninas.

To be continued...

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to figure out the black rectangles on the interesting fourth photograph. What on earth? You are surely shooting up at the sky, so are those air conditioners in apartments?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Air conditioners? Well, yes, they might be. I hadn't actually thought of that.