Students from the School of Philosophy and Letters attend the summer course "The Journey of Art", organized by the Complutense University and the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation.

The Auditorium of the Museo Nacional del Prado hosted, from July 1 to 3, the course "The Journey of Art", directed by Alberto Pancorbo La Blanca, manager of the Activities department of the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado.

Thanks to a scholarship from the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, Emilia Ferrán (History), Carmen Gómez Margarito (History + Diploma in Archaeology), Olaia Morales (International Relations + History), Pablo Pastor (International Relations + History) and Maria Zegers (History + Journalism), students of the School of Philosophy and Letters, were able to attend the course, accompanied by Professor Javier Azanza, Full Professor of Art History.

The course has addressed, from different perspectives, the impact of travel on artists, who traveled for different reasons: to train, to attend to commissions, or to learn about and explore new cultures. It has also focused on the travels of works of art, moved from one place to another for commercial or political reasons, due to gifts or inheritances and because of wars and plundering. The lectures were position by María Belmonte, writer; Leticia de Frutos, art historian; José Manuel Matilla, head of the Collection of Drawings, Prints and Photographs of the Prado Museum; Alfonso Palacio,attachment director of Conservation and research of the Prado Museum; Alberto Pancorbo La Blanca, art historian and director of the course; Manuel Parada López de Corselas, professor of Art History at the Complutense University; Miguel Sobrino González, sculptor and draftsman; and Lucía Villarreal, head of Temporary Exhibitions area the Prado Museum.

Pablo Pastor, student of International Relations and History, said that this course "has helped me to explore the fascinating world of artistic influences, the relationship of the one with the otherness and its creative expression". For his part, Professor Azanza pointed out that "the course has result of great interest as it has offered attendees a highly enriching perspective on how travel, both real and imaginary, has conditioned the development of art throughout history. The various lectures have allowed students to see how artists, works and artistic styles have traveled, spreading ideas and creating new trends, so that travel has been an engine of artistic transformation and cultural diffusion".