Day 9 - A visit to the Prado Museum

We came to Madrid so I could present a paper at an inter-disciplinary conference on teaching and learning.  My panel is scheduled for today in the afternoon, so I joined the crew in going to the Prado art museum in the morning.  Our tickets came with an audioguide app that could be played on your phone.  I followed the route recommended by the app and listened to various discussions of the paintings I was looking at.  At one point the app described how the person in the painting had their hand raised like Jesus, when the person clearly had their hands clasped in their lap.  I found such a blatant error puzzling.  Then the app mentioned the soldiers aiming their weapons and the enemy, when they were all at attention with the rifles shouldered.  By the third mistake, mentioning the king on the left of the painting when he was on the right side, I began to suspect the audio guide was created by AI and promptly distrusted everything it was telling me.  I stopped listening to it. 

No picture taking was allowed in the Prado, so I don't have much to share.  I did note the name of the artist and the piece below so I could find a picture to share. 

I'm not a huge art museum fan, but I do like sculptures.  I spent some time in the sculpture galleries and this one in particular took my breath away. It is Isabell II veiled by Camillo Torreggiani.   

After lunch I decided to learn to navigate the city bus system to get me to the conference site.  It was a success and got me there early enough to listen to another panel as well.