Sant Jordi
Did you know that in the collection of the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library you can find four different editions of Salomé by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde? Don't miss this post by our library colleagues Sandra Herrera and Raúl Gimeno.
Perhaps you have ever wondered who Saint George was and since when has he been the patron saint of Catalonia, or where did the tradition of giving books and roses come from. And why is his day celebrated on April 23? What do we know about all this?
Do you want to learn more about our temporary exhibitions? Don't miss the topic guides proposed by our librarians at the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library.
On April 23 10% discount on all publications
From April 24 to 28 5% discount on all museum publications.
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Illustrators of children's literature
In the museum there are also fairies, wizards, mushrooms, flowers and forest animals!
Has the concept of the book changed over time? This itinerary lets you see how in the Romanesque it is a symbol of what is holy, which in the Gothic was to become an appreciated object and even censurable.
From vignette to vignette is a proposal of appropriation of the museum to abandon a passive attitude during the viewing of the exhibit works, to imagine other possibilities, to interpret them, continue them, to put them to another place… meaning, to make the works ours.
![Obres de Narcisa Freixas [Música impresa]: edició d'homenatge](https://www.museunacional.cat/sites/default/files/paragraphs/horizontal_gallery/fc/images/imatge_3_0.jpg "Obres de Narcisa Freixas [Música impresa]: edició d'homenatge")
The exhibition contains children's books and in which you can find examples of children's books illustrated by renowned Catalan illustrators: Lola Anglada, Feliu Elias, Joan Junceda, Apel·les Mestres, Xavier Nogués, Josep Obiols and Pere Torne-Esquius, among others.
The selection of exlibris in the virtual exhibition Japanese Exlibris is part of the collection of the Joaquim Folch i Torres Library. These colour prints, dating from 1960 to 1980, are attached to the calendars of the Nippon Exlibris Association. The exlibris were designed by several artists such as Azechi Umetaro, Hashimoto Okiie, Kanamori Yoshio, Kawakami Sumio, Maeda Masao, Mori Doshun, Seimiya Hitoshi, Takei Takeo or Yasushi Omoto.
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