Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Madrid, Spain
N 40° 24.879 W 003° 42.074
30T E 440506 N 4474017
This statue of Pedro Calderón de la Barca is located in the Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid, Spain.
Waymark Code: WMGFGM
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 02/27/2013
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ABOUT THE STATUE:
The statue is made of marble with a bronze bas-relief on each side of the base showing scenes from four of his plays, including Life is a Dream. on each side of the base. It was sculpted by Joan Figueras Vila in 1878 and placed in 1880. The statue depicts a life-size Calderón de la Barca in a sitting pose with a book in his left hand resting upright on his left thigh. His right hand rests atop his left hand. A female figure in a toga with her hand resting upon a mask sits behind Calderón de la Barca, perhaps a reference to the theater.
ABOUT THE MAN:
"Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño usually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681), was a dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. During certain periods of his life he was also a soldier and a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature."
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