The agony and the ectasy of Spanish painting

“Dwarves, Madonnas, suffering saints, cute little children, a mess of monks with a slice of lemon, maybe a piece of fish — these are the things you can see at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as part of “Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History,” the latest in the museum’s series of extravaganzas devoted to a single national culture (remember “Aztecs” and “Russia!”?).

With over 140 paintings, including among them some of the most famous canvases in the American, European, and Spanish museum systems, this exhibition is meant to virtually stun you to your knees –something a single, well-aimed swipe of the giant catalogue (thick as a phone book and twice as stiff) can do for you literally.”

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