Urban Art in Madrid
In very deed, the capital of Spain has lots of places of interest implying this was a center of artistic experiments both now and then. One can refer to marvelous street art tags, the most vivid example of how urban culture might be transformed and altered. However, the list might be extended to far more sites.
One of the exemplary places is vertical gardens, CaixaForum, by Patrick Blanc that is located on the road to Prado Museum, just in the core of Golden Art Triangle in Madrid. It is the only vertical garden in the entire Spain, which adds some peculiarity to the place. Being opened in 2007, it immediately alerted lots of attention, especially of the flower enthusiasts. The garden wall is laid with 15 thousand plants, which are representatives of 250 species. They are cultivated on the specific spongy surface, which allows watering and supplying all the minerals if necessary, taking into account Madrid climate is arid and lots of urban pollution is released daily.
Lots of urban art might be observed in Retiro Park, one of the top sightseeing places in Madrid. Citizens especially admire the statue of Goddess Artemis and the dog Chameleon at her feet. It is a fact of common knowledge that Artemis (in Greece) or Diana (in Roman Empire) was a Goddess of Hunt that is why most of the depictions of her m sculptures, statues, paintings, include some animals beside the figure – deer, dogs, etc. Artemis's limestone figure in Madrid's Retiro Park holds dog's chaps and at the same time tramples a deer with a left foot.
Kilometre Zero on Puerta del Sol is one more sightings one should definitely attend on a tour. In practice, it is a starting point of counting a distance to other cities in Spain. It is interesting to know that the bronze landmark that is in Madrid is only 14 km away from the official geographical centre of the country. The longest distance, 725 km, is marked to Gerona.
According to the definition of urban art, the city becomes a host to artists' experiments with metropolitan landscape, which add numerous cultural highlights to those displayed in Madrid top museums. Street art and graffiti are likely to be the most visible examples. In Madrid, it is easy to find the most exciting and appealing paintings. Though, the most attractive is of course those of 3D format, which appeared on the eve of The Dark Knight's premiere in Madrid cinemas. The composition features urban view of Gotham City and looks indeed fantastic.
One of the exemplary places is vertical gardens, CaixaForum, by Patrick Blanc that is located on the road to Prado Museum, just in the core of Golden Art Triangle in Madrid. It is the only vertical garden in the entire Spain, which adds some peculiarity to the place. Being opened in 2007, it immediately alerted lots of attention, especially of the flower enthusiasts. The garden wall is laid with 15 thousand plants, which are representatives of 250 species. They are cultivated on the specific spongy surface, which allows watering and supplying all the minerals if necessary, taking into account Madrid climate is arid and lots of urban pollution is released daily.
Lots of urban art might be observed in Retiro Park, one of the top sightseeing places in Madrid. Citizens especially admire the statue of Goddess Artemis and the dog Chameleon at her feet. It is a fact of common knowledge that Artemis (in Greece) or Diana (in Roman Empire) was a Goddess of Hunt that is why most of the depictions of her m sculptures, statues, paintings, include some animals beside the figure – deer, dogs, etc. Artemis's limestone figure in Madrid's Retiro Park holds dog's chaps and at the same time tramples a deer with a left foot.
Kilometre Zero on Puerta del Sol is one more sightings one should definitely attend on a tour. In practice, it is a starting point of counting a distance to other cities in Spain. It is interesting to know that the bronze landmark that is in Madrid is only 14 km away from the official geographical centre of the country. The longest distance, 725 km, is marked to Gerona.
According to the definition of urban art, the city becomes a host to artists' experiments with metropolitan landscape, which add numerous cultural highlights to those displayed in Madrid top museums. Street art and graffiti are likely to be the most visible examples. In Madrid, it is easy to find the most exciting and appealing paintings. Though, the most attractive is of course those of 3D format, which appeared on the eve of The Dark Knight's premiere in Madrid cinemas. The composition features urban view of Gotham City and looks indeed fantastic.
