Cuando quer1a una pieza, la consegu1a. Compr3 una magn1fica talla de m1rmol del siglo XII en un plan de cuotas y la mantuvo en su propio comedor durante a1os. Esa pieza es un palimpsesto, lo que significa que el artista tom3 un bloque romano antiguo existente y simplemente tall3 su nueva escena b1blica en el reverso en blanco.
Si se aventura al piso de arriba, la gran reverencia del arte medieval deja paso a su 1ntimo Gabinete del Coleccionista. Es una reserva asombrosa de la vida del siglo XIX que raya en lo macabro. Encontrar1 elaboradas joyas de luto tejidas enteramente con el cabello de seres queridos fallecidos, junto con fotograf1as post mortem donde las familias en duelo posaban a sus hijos muertos como si simplemente estuvieran durmiendo.
When he wanted a piece, he got it. He bought a magnificent twelfth-century marble carving on an installment plan and kept it in his own dining room for years. That piece is a palimpsest, meaning the artist took an existing ancient Roman block and simply carved his new biblical scene onto the blank back of it.
If you venture upstairs, the grand reverence of medieval art gives way to his deeply intimate Collector's Cabinet. It is a staggering hoard of nineteenth century life that borders on the macabre. You will find elaborate mourning jewelry woven entirely from the hair of deceased loved ones, alongside post mortem photographs where grieving families posed their dead children as if they were merely sleeping.
Even his own art was subject to the city's turbulent rewritings. During the Republic, he sculpted a nude female figure. After the war, the victorious Franco regime repurposed his statue as a fascist monument. However, the strict national catholic censors found her bare chest far too scandalous, and they forced Marès to censor his own work, adding bronze drapery to cover her up.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday if you want to explore the bizarre labyrinth of his life's work. For now, let us follow the cobblestones just a minute further, letting the towering, intricate facade of the Barcelona Cathedral guide our next steps.
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