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The Sense of Touch. 1632. Oil on canvas. Room 008. A poorly dressed blind man stands out against a dark background. With his hands, he touches a sculpted bust on a table that also bears a painting of a face.
Mar 6, 2015 · March 6, 2015. MADRID — Guards make sure visitors to the Museo del Prado stay at arm’s length from its masterpieces. But here on a recent morning was José Pedro González running his fingers over...
May 26, 2015 · It's a warning sign at art museums around the world: "Don't touch the artwork." But Spain's famous Prado Museum is changing that, with an exhibit where visitors are not only allowed to...
Mar 11, 2015 · To create the touchable works, Museo del Prado worked with creative studio Estudios Durero, who used a special technique they invented called “Didú,” a way of relief printing that translates...
Apr 1, 2015 · The exhibit’s curator, Fernando Pérez Suescun, says watching visitors appreciate the masterpieces with their hands is “in itself an experience.” The unique 3D collection is currently on display at the Museo del Prado’s North Gallery in an exhibit named Touching the Prado, which runs until June 28.
The Sense of Touch. 1618. Oil on panel. Room 083. This set of paintings on the five senses ( Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch) was one of the most successful collaborations of Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel “the Elder”.
Jan 20, 2015 · The Museo del Prado has launched its first initiative focused on visually impaired visitors and based on innovation and technology. As a result of this project, six works representative of different pictorial genres to be found in the Museum’s collections can now be touched.
The Museo Nacional Del Prado (Madrid, Spain) opened its first exhibit for the sight impaired recently which allows people to touch recreated famous classical masterpieces.
May 31, 2015 · As part of a new initiative to improve accessibility, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid is currently staging an exhibition dedicated to helping blind patrons experience two-dimensional...
The Del Prado museum in Madrid has found the answer, with 3D printing. Touching the Prado presents reproductions in relief of six of the most representative paintings of the museum’s collection that can be felt with the hands to understand them together and in detail.
