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The works for the adaptation for exhibition purposes took place between 1945 and 1959. [4] The museum was transferred from the Spanish State to the regional administration of Andalusia via a Royal Decree issue on 29 February 1984. [5] The museum earned the name of Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba in 1994. [6]
Cordoba had been a seat of Jewish life in Andalusia for centuries. [citation needed] The Rambam (Maimonides), who was one of the most influential medieval Rabbis, was a notable resident of the town. There is a Historic Jewish Quarter, from the Medieval Era, that houses one of the oldest synagogues of the world; the Cordoba synagogue (built 1314 ...
Julio Romero de Torres shared the French poster movement as an advertising medium, and he conducted a series of works whereby he was integrated into the new movement.. In Cordoba, he painted La Feria del ganado of 1897, Ferias y Fiestas of 1902, and La Feria de Nuestra Señora de la Salud of 1905, 1912, 1913 and 1916.
Images of England was a stand-alone project funded jointly by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund.The aim of the project was to photograph every listed building and object (some 370,000) in England and to make the images available online to create, what was at the time, one of the largest free-to-view picture libraries of buildings in the world.
This work is incorporated in the exhibitions of the Fine Arts section in the Museo Provincial. 1931: Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. An exhibition of 130 works of art is held at the museum. 1933: The first Fine Arts Salon is held in Cordoba, which takes place in the Museo Provincial. 1942: Change of name. A request is made to change the ...
The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos (Spanish for "Castle of the Christian Monarchs"), also known as the Alcázar of Córdoba, is a medieval alcázar (Arabic: القصر, romanized: Al-Qasr, lit.
Germany and Portugal also staged colonial exhibitions. Human zoos were featured in some of the exhibitions, such as the Parisian 1931 exhibition. [2] The Empire of Japan hosted colonial showcases in exhibitions within the Home Islands, but also held several full-scale expositions inside its colonies of Korea and Taiwan. These exhibitions had ...
The most well-known modern example is a sculpture designed by the American artist Alexander Calder, commissioned by the Spanish Republican government for the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris. The artwork is a memorial to the siege of Almadén by General Franco 's troops; at the time, the region supplied 60 percent of the world's mercury.