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Murillo and Seville. Itinerary: Following in the footsteps of Murillo.

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By AndaluNet on 07/12/2017

Murillo and Seville. Itinerary: Following in the footsteps of Murillo.

FROM 7 DECEMBER 2017

Itinerary 'In the footsteps of Murillo' Sevilla crosses the seventeenth century following the trail of the artist in the landmarks of his biography. In this itinerary buildings frequented or those who performed some of his most important works are included, It is able to look them over 50 original paintings and over 80 reproductions.

This itinerary can be complemented with the other route event, 'The eyes of Murillo'

Start point, kilometer zero of these routes, It will house Murillo, at number 8 Street Santa Teresa, teacher and penultimate house where his workshop was located in the last years of his life. This property is now transformed into a living center for the dissemination of his legacy. It will have a reception area Visitor, a screening room, different rooms in which the artist's biography is drawn and reproductions of iconic paintings and a children's corner will be exposed.

Sevilla is full of nooks and public and private spaces where Murillo has left its trace, either because they preserve paintings of or because his biography is linked to these places.

What was Sevilla where he lived the painter? For whom he did his canvases? What characters inspired him? Why are certain objects in his works? What is the ultimate meaning of his painting? These questions are answered in the itineraries designed to commemorate the fourth centenary of Murillo, through which visitors will access a direct and participatory experience that approximate them to the artist from different points of view, It will allow them to understand his creative personality and deepen the rich and complex meaning of his painting.

Murillo Year aims to expand the heritage of the city with these routes have vocation to remain beyond the event and who will come to enrich the tourist and heritage of the capital.

MORE INFORMATION: www.murilloysevilla.org/tras-los-pasos-de-murillo/