What do works of art teach us from their period of creation? What do they teach us about human interaction, about social groups?The Council of Europe is a key player in the fight to respect the rights and equal treatment of Roma and Travellers. As such, it implements various actions aimed at combating discrimination: facilitating the access of Roma and Travellers to public services and justice; giving visibility to their history, culture and languages; and ensuring their participation in the different levels of decision making.Another aspect of the Council of Europe’s work is to improve the wider public’s understanding of Roma and their place in Europe. Knowing and understanding Roma and Travellers, their customs, their professions, their history, their migration and the laws affecting them are indispensable elements for interpreting the situation of Roma and Travellers today and understanding the discrimination they face.This publication focuses on what the works exhibited at the Prado Museum tell us about the place and perception of Roma in Europe from the 15th to the 19th centuries.Students aged 12 to 18, teachers, and any other visitor to the Prado interested in this theme, will find detailed worksheets on 15 paintings representing Roma and Travellers and a booklet to foster reflection on the works and their context, while creating links with our contemporary perception of Roma and Travellers in today’s society.
Sarah Carmona
- Pages
- 120
- Published in
- France
Table of Contents
- THE REPRESENTATION OF ROMA IN MAJOR EUROPEAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 1
- THE REPRESENTATION OF ROMA IN MAJOR EUROPEAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 2
- Preface 6
- The Haywain Triptych 8
- 15121515 8
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt 12
- 15181520 12
- The Temptations of Saint Anthony the Abbot 15
- 15201524 15
- The Holy Family La Perla 18
- 1518 18
- The Visitation 21
- 1517 21
- The Triumph of Death 24
- 15621563 24
- Mule Train and Gypsies in a Forest 27
- 1612 27
- Gypsy Family 33
- 18th century 33
- An Avenue in Andalusia The Maja and the Cloaked Men 36
- The Fight at the Cock Inn 39
- 1777 39
- Three Gypsies 42
- 1840 42
- Where do we go now Bosnians 48
- 1884 48
- From epistemicide to cultural appropriation 54
- Conclusion the justice of the singular versus the totalitarianism of the truth 104
- The catalogue and photo credits 112
- THE REPRESENTATION OF ROMA IN MAJOR EUROPEAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS 120
