Golden Triangle of Art
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The Golden Triangle of Art is made up of three important art museums that are close to each other in the centre of Madrid
, Spain
. They form a general triangle
shape upon a map.
The three art museums are:
Madrid
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, Spain
Spain
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. They form a general triangle
Triangle
A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....
shape upon a map.
The three art museums are:
- the Prado Museum, ("Museo del Prado" in Spanish), National Museum featuring pre-20th century art
- the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaThe Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art . The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain...
, National Museum featuring 20th century modern artModern artModern art includes artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of... - the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, private museum, historical through contemporary art