Merienda - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:42:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Merienda - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The afternoon snack https://historylab.es/the-afternoon-snack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-afternoon-snack Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:19 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-merienda/ Representation of social recreation reflected through the majos painted by Goya

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]]> Tapestry cartoon by Goya depicting a group of majos, seated on the banks of the Manzanares on the outskirts of Madrid, resting, eating, drinking and smoking while toasting the orange seller who has approached them with his merchandise. On the right, the hermitage of the Virgen del Puerto can be glimpsed, hidden by a group of trees. The tapestry resulting from this cartoon would hang in the dining room of the Princes of Asturias (Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma) in the Palacio del Pardo, being one of the ten tapestries that made up the series of “country scenes”

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]]> Hunters having a snack https://historylab.es/hunters-having-a-snack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunters-having-a-snack Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:14 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cazadores-merendando/ Representation of local customs through 18th century hunting scenes

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]]> With a balanced composition, this work by José del Castillo in 1774 shows a landscape scene in which several hunters appear around an improvised meal after the hunting effort. The image allows us to observe elements of everyday life such as the food consumed by the hunters, the clothing of the time and the customs of the day.

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