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The study points out the most essential political-administrative changes that occurred in post-Franco Spain and its influence on all the cultural spheres. In the twenty years of the so-called democratic State of the Autonomies in Spain, the focus of decisions concerning art restoration are now closer to the actual artworks themselves, leading to quicker and more effective decisions. the training centers have also improved in number and quality. This study concludes noting that the restoration of contemporary painting in Spain is currently at a much better level than it was during the cultural pre-democratic vacuum, although it is yet to reach the level needed to maintain in good shape the enormous number of important artworks in existence in this country.
The remarkable story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day 'Enthralling ... This is high-action drama, told like the rest within a huge frame of reference, theme interlocked with theme ... A painting which began its life within a particular political context has emerged as a universal statement on the ever-present horror and suffering of war. Van Hensbergen has treated an extraordinary subject admirably' Evening Standard Of all the great paintings in the world, Picasso's Guernica has had a more direct impact on our consciousness than perhaps any other. In this absorbing and revealing book, Gijs van Hensbergen tells the story of this masterpiece. Starting with its origin in the destruction of the Basque town of Gernika in the Spanish Civil War, the painting is then used as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism. Later it becomes the nucleus of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the detonator for the Big Bang of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s. This tale of passion and politics shows the transformation of this work of art into an icon of many meanings, up to its long contested but eventually triumphant return to Spain in 1981.
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.