Plaza Mayor - View from Corner

The central square in Madrid (or any Spanish town I was told). Very touristy.

Upscale food court in elgagnt beaux arts iron and glass

St Gines viewed from the Calle del Arenal

Madrid did not dissapoint with architectural details. 4 calle de san martin

Ancient doors with the raised nailers, dotted the city. This one was at Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales.

I thought is was cheeky. The Bell, Humans and Cars.

Immense bronze doors at the Catedral de la Almudena. I think this one shows God, his Host, Mary, the King, and then the people.

Some more doors at the Catedral de la Almudena. I think this shows the glory of the Spanish empire in conquest, bringing Christianity to the savages. Kind of creepy but that was European sentiment in the 18/19/20th century.

A memorial to "Ana de Mendoza" who was arrested on that spot in 1579 by order of the King Philip II.

I really want one.

Seen from Calle de Sacremento.

On the Calle de Sacremento, unknown date, guessing 16th or 17 century, dragons or griffons, cherubs, and maybe monkeys fighting?

Birds got no respect for statues of humans.

I like the shot even if it is a boring flower closeup shop.

Not a great or even a good shot, mainly to have as a souvenir of how the place looked.

Less successul than I hoped.

Not sure what this is, not a great photo but its documentary.

The Casa Gonzalez was a fantastic old place, we didnt get to go back for a hot meal but the charcuterie lunch we had was outstanding.

This is a experimental shot, tried to antique an otherwise mediocre shot.

Casa Gonzalez, detail of the corner where we sat....

Really made the focus is off.

The goblet falling out of the false frame...

Astounding color is not done justice by even modern cameras....the blue sapphire was riveting.

The paper was extremely convincing. Kenneth Davies, 20th century, born New Bedford.

Red ribbons I guess are a thing in painterly circles, there exhibit had centuries of studies featuing objects pinned to ribbons. This one by Van Hodgstraten in the 17th century showed amazing techinque in the weaving of the ribbon through the tines and other objects and the folds and twists of the ribbon itself.

Very cheeky.....Pierre Gilou 20th century.

A grisaille, a form I like and learned about in Bruges, this was astonishingly 3 dimensional, as you rounded the corder, you believed it was a scupture in an alcove, not a flat canvas! Jacob De Witt 18th century

One of two hyper hyper modern "Estes" photorealistic. Too bad I cant focus or remember to focus.

Another "estes", this was too real.

Beautiful layering, simple but convincing and graceful, the shadows and the light, the fold of the fabric....wow.

Detail of the top showing various figures - Athena?, ram, ewe....

We didn't go in.

Fountain in front of the Carmelite church on Plaza De Espana.

This is a 19th century home, in a posh neighborhood now ruined because the older housing stock with the walled garden is replaced by apartmentn towers....this is a vestige. My little Dorchester home trembles at what could be....

No explanation, this museum is highly personnel, the artist left it and we see it.

Like the USA, it seems the late 19th century taste makers were heavily influenced by the exposure to Japanese and Chinese art forms.

I didnt promise pictures you all would like. Welcome to MySpace...oops.

Sorry, tight focus is still a thing for me, maybe I will grow up.

I was going to throw this away but then I looked at the tile....man, the Spanish tile....

An actual painting by the artist in a room of his house. I liked this for the light on the bottles and the layering of the men around the seater scientist.

I forget to get a copy of the information tag...oh. There wasn't one. This painting was an intriguing subject.....little explanation provided. Lifelike like that.

I like them. Pattern matters.

Yeah so waht? F4.0. And zoomed....Wotcha gonna do, eh? Ok, cheap.

My buns never felt better! Well,they never even touched this seat...instant excommunication...

I really liked this, the photo sucks compared to the subtlety of the oil paint and it was like 15 feet up in the air.....still...

Because she is my girl......

My title, this painting was 15 feet up in the air, the babe beneath the window, the boats at low tide through the shutters.....I like this one a lot.

What a sculpture! What a crappy picture! But that sculpture, of the artists daughter, in pure emotion. Sorry.

They don't get a day off.....