Saturday, July 18, 2015

Spain's Prado museum invites blind people to touch painting masterpieces

Blind people, or those with limited vision, use a relief painting technique that adds volume and texture to help create a mental image of a painting by feeling it

Staff at the Prado, Spain’s top art museum, usually prevent visitors from touching its priceless treasures.

Related: The real Mona Lisa? Prado museum finds Leonardo da Vinci pupil's take

Water bowls are ready for accompanying guide dogs.

Related: Audio description: let's hear it for arts, heritage and culture for all

Related: Why New York's Metropolitan museum is leader of the free world of art

Continue reading...

No comments:

Post a Comment