Art and Flamenco at
Paisaje de la Luz
Deepen your knowledge of flamenco by exploring different expressions of this art outside the tablao.
Rinconete and Cortadillo. Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán. Prado Museum.
While it is true that visiting a tablao flamenco tablao is an experience that perfectly represents this artistic expression, for those who like to delve into cultural traditions, it may be only a first glimpse of what this art form symbolizes.
There are countless opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of its importance and heritage. One of them is to contemplate the way in which flamenco and its origins have been represented throughout history through artistic disciplines, such as, for example, in painting. A few meters away from our tablaos flamencos and in the midst of the recently declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO Landscape of Light World Heritage Site, we find the Prado Museum, one of the main jewels of Madrid and home to some of the greatest works of art of all time.
Museo del Prado, part of Landscape of Light, World Heritage by UNESCO.
Here resides the canvas Rinconete y Cortadillo, one of the most significant works of the Spanish painter Manuel Rodríguez de Guzmán, who specialized in Andalusian folkloric and genre scenes. It is an oil on canvas from 1858 that can currently be enjoyed in the virtual tour of the museum's website which depicts a passage from the play by Miguel de Cervantes' playwright Rinconete y Cortadillo in which "Monipodio breaks a plate to use the resulting pieces as an improvised musical percussion instrument, and thus accompany the Escalante, a female figure in the center of the scene who dances a folkloric dance while balancing on one foot and raising the other leg, on baile . At the same time, she plays a pair of wooden castanets; the Gananciosa, meanwhile, plays the seguidillas with a broom".
We already told you in the article The Flamenco of Miguel de Cervantes the relationship between the Spanish playwright and flamenco art. Now, we propose you to experience the fusion of these two signs of identity of our country captured on canvas.
The Prado Museum and Flamenco. National Museum of the Prado.
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