The Master of the Prado, Javier Sierra
The Master of the Prado, Javier Sierra
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The Master of the Prado

Author: Javier Sierra

Narrator: Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/26/2016


Synopsis

Presented as a fictionalized autobiography, The Master of the Prado begins in Madrid in 1990, when Sierra encounters a mysterious stranger named Luis Fovel within the halls of the Prado. Fovel takes him on a whirlwind tour and promises to uncover startling secrets hidden in the museum's masterpieces—secrets that open up a whole new world to Sierra.

The enigmatic Fovel reveals how a variety of visions, prophesies, conspiracies, and even heresies inspired masters such as Raphael, Titian, Hieronymus Bosch, Botticelli, Brueghel, and El Greco. The secrets they concealed in their paintings are stunning enough to change the way we think about art, uncovering mysteries about historical facts, secret sects, and prophetical theories. It is these secrets that lead Sierra to question his entire understanding of art history and unearth groundbreaking discoveries about European art.

At once a captivating novel and a reference guide to Madrid's famed museum, The Master of the Prado is full of insights and intriguing mysteries. Sierra brings historical characters alive in this astounding narrative filled with dazzling surprises that will entrance you.

About Javier Sierra

Javier Sierra, whose works have been translated into thirty-five languages, is the author of The Lost Angel, The Lady in Blue, and the New York Times bestselling novel The Secret Supper. One of the most accomplished authors on the Spanish literary scene, Sierra studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid and soon after started working for mass media in Spain. He published his first nonfiction book in 1995 and his first novel in 1998. Between 1998 and 2005 he edited the monthly magazine Mas Alla de la Ciencia (Beyond Science) and directed his own TV show El Otro Lado de la Realidad (The Other Side of Reality) in Telemadrid, Spain. A native of Teruel, Spain, he currently lives in Malaga.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mientras Leo on March 17, 2013

Me ha gustado, muchísimos datos curiosos que hacen que miremos las pinturas con otros ojos. Y un juego: hasta dónde es cierto......more

Goodreads review by Diego Beaumont on March 05, 2019

Muy recomendado si te gusta el arte clásico y quieres tener una visión más global de la historia de la religión cristiana. Por otro lado me resultó bastante flojo en cuanto a la trama y a el maestro del Prado.......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on May 18, 2016

Lovely. Easy and cheap (free if you use the library) trip to the famous Prado museum. Structured as a fictionalized autobiography, this is basically a guided tour of the galleries liven up by a fictionalized mystery plot, specifically young Sierra guided by a mysterious Fovel, a gentleman whom he me......more

Goodreads review by Lucía G. on October 31, 2016

Opino que este libro será disfrutado por un público muy específico: aquellos aficionados a la Historia del Arte y a los programas de Cuarto Milenio (y al misterio en general); es mi caso y a mí me ha encantado. Personalmente, lo que más me ha impresionado ha sido el meticuloso trabajo de investigaci......more