Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Musée Condé

http://www.musee-conde.fr/
http://www.chateaudechantilly.com/chateauchantilly/fr/chateau/presentation.htm

Actually I wanted to read or to see something about the Limbourg Brothers s work
"Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry

Friday, July 13, 2012

Hermitage

Hermitage is certainly one of the museums, I want to see.

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

One of many famous paintings there;

Danae, Titian
From the Webpage of Hermitage:

This fine painting is one of five by the artist on this subject from Greek mythology. According to myth, Danae was the daughter of the King of Argos, Acrisius. The Oracle predicted that Acrisius would be killed by his daughter's son, so he shut Danae up in a bronze tower, but Zeus, charmed by her beauty, entered the tower in the form of a golden shower and seduced her. Titian endowed the mythological heroine with the features of contemporary Venetian ladies. Her graceful nude body, vividly depicted, contrasts with that of the aged serving woman. Combining warm brown, golden, and pink colours with cool gray and blue tones, Titian manages to create an atmosphere of intimate warmth, sexuality, and joie de vivre.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Alte Pinakothek in München


Alte Pinakothek in Munich

Yes, i have written the title in German though the language of this blog is English.
I couldn't resist the temptation to write
something in a familiar language.
Isn't it interesting that they have an exhibition at the moment about Antwerp and 17th century.

http://www.pinakothek.de/alte-pinakothek

 I didn t like the audi logo in the homepage of the museum, it reminds me of cars:-) And the homepage could be more friendly. But I am afraid it is the 'new' mentality in Germany. But these are not our problems, it is an important museum.

Monday, July 2, 2012

Rubens in Antwerp

http://www.rubenshuis.be/
From Wikipedia:
"
In 1610, Rubens moved into a new house and studio that he designed. Now the Rubenshuis Museum, the Italian-influenced villa in the centre of Antwerp accommodated his workshop, where he and his apprentices made most of the paintings, and his personal art collection and library, both among the most extensive in Antwerp."
The works here are not from this house. But the work with the Maria
Is for me Rubens. And I don t like him really. No time to write about it, but
I would like to see his house.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Zentrum Paul Klee

http://www.zpk.org
Paul Klee (1879-1940) is a Swiss artist and I didn t know that he also likes cats! Of course you know Klee, I know, but you didn t know that he likes cats :-) and painted cats in his own way,
By the way I was never a Klee fan but
I would certainly like to see his work.

This is not a cat, it is about a fish. Full of symbols...But I realized the symbols, when I have looked at the picture the second time. It is simply beautiful...
I like the melancholy, i like the problems, which we can t solve our life long:-)...

Friday, June 15, 2012

SSM Museum in Istanbul

A young, private museum in Emirgan district of Istanbul. The museum is on a small hill with a magnificent Bosporus view situated. The place of the museum is certainly also an attraction for a tourist, who want to combine sightseeing and cultural investigation into this country. Caligraphic collection of the Sabanci
Family is to be seen here.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Rembrandt House

http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/index.php?item=123&lang=en yes, you should also see this museum if you are in Amsterdam.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/

Yes, I have visited this museum in the web and I liked it. They had even a nice Youtube video about Rembrandt.
But I didn t like the video about the Ottomans there. The music is not court music, it is Anatolian country music. The Ottomans had also a court culture! And the turks now in Europe are (most of them) immigrants from the agricultural sector, a sector that Turkey has destroyed over the years unfortunately...Poor peasants trying to be cunning entrepreneurs cheating each other...This is another issue than art certainly...
I was in SSM in Istanbul. A private museum only 10 years old not to compare to Rijksmuseum of course. Art has another place in the system of these countries...But we like both, as we like all kind of art...