Kungani Kufanele Ubonane I-Hispanic Society ngaphambi Kokuvala

Bona le museum cishe ayinashintshi kusukela ngo-1908

Hamba ubone i- Hispanic Society of America ngaphambi kokuba ivala ngo-December 31, 2016. Ivulekele kusukela ngo-1908, cishe ingashintshi, futhi manje idinga ukuphahla okusha, isimo se-air, i-elevator yezikhutshaziwe nezivakashi ezintsha. Lesi yisigaba sesibili sepulani elihle, okokuqala kwakuyigalari entsha yezindonga ezingavamile "Imibono yaseSpain" ngoJoaquín Sorolla.

Ngesikhathi i-museum ivaliwe, iqoqo lizoya eMyuziyamu yaseMrado eMadrid, eSpain embukisweni othiwa "Imibono Yezwe LaseSpanishi: Imicebo YaseMissan Society Museum & Library." Lo mbukiso uzobe uvakashela i-United States nakuba izakhiwo zeMyuziyamu ezengeziwe zingakaze zishicilelwe. Kodwa ngenkathi uzokwazi ukubona iqoqo, yisakhiwo ngokwayo nginxusa ukuba ubone manje njengoba cishe kuyimyuziyamu yomnyuziyamu.

Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, iminyuziyamu yayinjengaphakathi kwebhokisi lezinto zokugqoka kunezithombe zemibukiso ezithandwayo ezibhekwa njengezifanele namuhla. I-Hispanic Society inamathele ngempela ngemicebo eyenza umlando waseSpain nePortugal kanye nezicucu ezimbalwa ezivela e-Ecuador yaseMelika, eMexico, ePeru nasePuerto Rico. Izinto eziningi zinamalebula ukukhomba imisebenzi, kodwa akukho okunye. Ama-nooks nama-crrannies akhona yonke indawo njengoba e-El Greco, Goya, uJohn Singer Sargent noFrancisco Zubaran.

I-Hispanic Society ihlala e-Audubon Plaza, eyakhiwe endaweni lapho uJohn James Audubon ehlala khona. (Yebo, insizwa yenyoni.) Kwakuhloswe ukuba ibe yikhungo lezamasiko njengeLincoln Centre futhi indawo ibonakala njengokubheja okuphephile ngasekupheleni kwekhulu ngoba impilo yamasiko kaManhattan yayilokhu isondela enyakatho. Kodwa lapho ivuliwe ngo-1908, idolobha laqala ukukhula libheke esibhakabhakeni futhi indawo eyayizungezile yayihlala nje kuphela yokuhlala.

Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka, kubonakala sengathi i-club club yangasese yabahlonishwayo baseSpain nezifundiswa. Amalungu eBhodi Abaqondisi ayengaziwa emphakathini futhi ungenza i-aphoyintimenti yokusebenzisa umtapo wabo wezincwadi ezingavamile ezingu-200 000 nemibhalo yesandla, kepha ungenza ikhophi kuphela uma unemvume yezindlalifa zomdali. (Akulula uma okuthile kubhalwa ngo-1500) Izinto zishintsha, kodwa okwamanje, indawo yonke isasebenza njengomalume ocebile, ocebile.

Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kufanele, kumele, kufanele ubone izibuko zikaJoaquin Sorolla. Umzwelo engiwutholayo ngokubheka ngalezo zithombe kufana nokuthi ngizizwa ngiphilile ekuzikhombeni. Lokho ukudla okungokomoya okutholayo ngokuvumela ukukhanya okungapheli kudlulise ngama-eyeballs akho. Ama-murals abonisa izifundazwe zaseSpain ahanjelwe ikakhulukazi i-Hispanic Society ngumsunguli, u-Archer Huntington futhi angenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni. Uma ngihlala isikhathi eside kakhulu lapho, ngifuna ukulahla impilo yami, ngibuyele esikoleni sobuciko bese ngichitha zonke izinsuku zami njengomdwebi ojikelezayo. Bheka ngaphambi kokuthi ungakwazi.