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The article deals with the history of travelling exhibitions of Spanish art from Spain, primarily from the Prado Museum, to other countries during Franco’s time (1939-1975). For comparative study, the article gives a review of the pre-Franco period (late 19th – early 20th century) as well as the post-Franco period (the last quarter of the 20th century). The turning points in the exhibition policy were closely related with the social, cultural and politic situation in the country, with proves the idea of the rel...

The article deals with the history of Spanish art exhibitions in Russia from the 19th century up to nowadays. The turning points of this history are closely related to the social, cultural and political situation both in Russia and in the world. It proves the relevance of one of the basic principles of art studies about the certain dependence of art research on the general cultural and ideological policy of the state. The article describes the first Spanish art exhibitions in Russia in the 19th – the early 20th ...

The article deals with the analysis of the inventories of the Royal AlcГЎzar in Madrid. These inventories (1666, 1686, 1700) were first published by Yves Bottineau in the French journal The Spanish Bulletin in 1958. Yves Bottineau was also the first to study and comment on the inventories. In particular, he identified the items from the inventories with those preserved till today. However, the inventories still hold a great amount of information which has not been studied until now. For example, the inventories ca...

The article explores the roots of the national specific character of Spanish Baroque sculpture. The national specific features of Spanish sculpture are often treated in literature as a set of separate characteristics. However, Spanish sculpture of the 17-18th centuries is an integral phenomenon of a high artistic quality, and it cannot be explained by the influence of discrete factors. So, it is important to find a common reason which could account for the outstanding originality of Spanish sculpture. ?. V. ??r?zo...