I present to you the most famous and greatest museums in the world. If you are close to these museums, be sure to check it out. You will be impressed by what you see.
In the first place of such a list will definitely be the Paris Louvre.
Without a doubt the most famous museum in the world, the Louvre was a medieval fortress and palace of the kings of France before it became a museum two centuries ago. Even the modernization of the square with the addition of a glass pyramid in its center does not take anything away from the historical charm of the Louvre Palace. The museum's collections, which range from the birth of great ancient civilizations to the first half of the 19th century, are among the most outstanding on the planet. You will find here the works of the most famous artists in history such as da Vinci and Rembrandt. The main attraction of the Louvre is Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
This gigantic museum has the largest collection of paintings in the world. It is a stunning place that illuminates the history of the world from the Stone Age to the present, and especially impressive is the Golden Room with its amazing gems. The Hermitage Museum is the most visited in Russia. It is scenically located along the waterfront area in the Center of St. Petersburg. This is a whole museum complex, which includes six different buildings of unique architectural design. Without a doubt, Emitazh is one of the greatest museums in the world, an outstanding landmark of St. Petersburg.
British Museum in London.
Here are collected millions of works of art from all over the world. The galleries of the British Museum are dedicated to Egypt, Greece, Roman civilization, Asia, Africa and medieval Europe, tracing human history and culture. It houses the Parthenon marble that once adorned the Parthenon in Athens. The museum attracts six million visitors every year. If you can't get to the Egyptian Museum, then you can view the largest and most comprehensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts outside of Cairo right here. Also impressive is the new reading room of the British Museum, which you can see in the photo below:
Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
In the Egyptian Museum of Cairo you will find the most complete collection of Egyptian art in the world. Among the thousands of treasures are also famous exhibits from the tomb of Tutankhamun. In 1835, the Egyptian government established the "Egyptian Antiquities Service" in an attempt to stop the looting of archaeological sites and to organize an exhibition of the artifacts collected. The Egyptian Museum was built in 1900 and now houses more than 120,000 objects from the prehistoric era to the Greco-Roman period, including the ancient sculptures of the Sphinx. If you are exploring the sights of Egypt, then you should not miss the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Uffizi Gallery in Florence
UNESCO estimates that 60% of the most popular artworks in the world are located in Italy, and more than half of them are located in Florence. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence will amaze you to the core. It is definitely one of the finest collections of paintings and sculptures on the planet, with works dating back to the Renaissance by masters such as da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Caravaggio and many more. One of the main attractions here is the Birth of Venus Botticelli.
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Created in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art houses more than two million works of art from around the world, from antiquity to modern times. You will find everything from Islamic and European paintings to collections of weapons and armor. Although there are many other great museums in New York such as the Guggenheim, the Met is one of the most significant. This is truly one of the greatest museums in the world.
State Museum in Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum is located near the center of Amsterdam. This is one of the greatest museums and definitely worth a visit during a trip to one of the most beautiful European capitals. The museum overlooks one of the iconic water channels of Amsterdam, while on the opposite side there is a spacious panoramic square with a green picturesque lawn. Inside, you can fully immerse yourself in the art and history of the Netherlands. With a collection of nearly 1 million items, this is the perfect place to indulge in the inspiring masterpieces of Rembrandt, Frans Hals and other Dutch artists. Read more about it in the selection of the best museums in Amsterdam.
Vatican Museum
The impressive Vatican Museum contains 22 separate collections, ranging from Etruscan and Egyptian art to maps and contemporary religious art. Even if you are not religious, you will still be impressed by the sheer beauty and splendor of Michelangelo's dome and Bernini's spiral columns. The main values here are the renovated Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Rooms.
Menacing Weather, Rene Magritte, 1929
Louvre (Paris)
"Liberty Leading the People" (La Liberté guidant le peuple) or "Liberty at the Barricades", Eugene Delacroix.
The Louvre is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Like many national museums, it began with the royal collection. The collection was actively replenished by patrons, at the expense of war trophies and works confiscated during the revolution.
Today, about 300 thousand exhibits are stored here. 35 thousand of them are presented in the online gallery. The most famous are the Gioconda by Leonardo da Vinci, the Beautiful Gardener by Raphael, the Lacemaker by Jan Vermeer, the sculptures of Venus de Milo and Nike of Samothrace.
Prado Museum (Madrid)
Triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights", Hieronymus Bosch, 1490-1500.
The Prado Museum (Museo del Prado) is one of the largest and most visited art museums in the world. Its collection contains the most complete collections of Bosch, Velasquez, Goya, Murillo, Zurbaran and El Greco. The total number of exhibits is about 30 thousand.
Photos of more than 11 thousand works stored in the museum have been published on the Internet. For easy navigation, a division by topic is provided: naked and saints, socialist realism and mythology. In addition, an alphabetical index with the names of the artists is available. A selection of "Masterpieces" will not let you miss the most important thing.
New York Museum of Modern Art
"Three Musicians" Pablo Picasso. Fontainebleau, Summer (1921).
Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan in New York (Museum of Modern Art, abbreviated as MoMA) is one of the first and most representative museums of contemporary art in the world. It is one of the top three most visited museums in the United States and one of the top twenty most visited art museums in the world.
MoMA has released 65,000 digitized paintings from 1850 to the present online. In total, the museum's collection contains over 200,000 works by 10,000 artists. The online collection allows you to search by a specific painting, by the name of the artist and by the specified filters.
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
"The Night Watch, or the Speech of the Rifle Company of Captain Frans Banning Cock and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenbürg." Rembrandt Van Rijn.
To wander through the halls of the famous Rijksmuseum, it is not necessary to come to Amsterdam. The updated interiors of the 19th-century building and the 200,000 masterpieces housed there can be found on the Google Arts & Culture project. Make gallery closer smartphone and the Google Cardboard app available for Android and iOS.
Together with the main collection of the Rijksmuseum, there are five new digital exhibitions dedicated to the jeweler Jan Lutma, the artists Jan Steen, Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn and, separately, the monumental painting Night Watch, the pride of the museum.
Solomon Guggenheim Museum (New York)
Next to Jas de Bouffan (Environs du Jas de Bouffan). Paul Cezanne.
The permanent collection of the Guggenheim has over 7,000 works. About 1,700 of them have been digitized. The page of each artist on the museum website contains a voluminous overview of his work, many exhibits are supplemented with comments by art historians. The online archive covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the present day. There are works by Paul Cezanne and Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Bauhaus teachers Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Wassily Kandinsky and many other contemporary classics. There is a search and an alphabetical index of the authors of all works in the collection.
Getty Museum (Los Angeles)
Stacks, snow effect, morning. Claude Monet.
The Getty Museum is the largest art museum in California and the West Coast of the United States. It was founded by oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, who at the time of his death was the richest man in the world. Thanks to bequeathed billions, the museum has become the most active buyer of "old masters" and antique sculptures at international auctions.
Now you can create your own collections of your favorite paintings, select exhibits for visual art history teaching, post them on social networks, or simply “stick” in the Museum’s electronic library, looking at magnificent paintings in all their details.
Hermitage (St. Petersburg)
Annunciation. Filippino Lippi, Italy, mid-1490s.
The largest museum in Russia occupies five buildings, which store more than 3 million works of art.
The museum arose as a private collection of Catherine II and, thanks to the Empress, acquired a collection of works by outstanding Flemish, Dutch, Italian and French artists. The archive of the Hermitage's digitized works is divided into themes, there is a convenient search function, and it is possible to create one's own collection and view the collections of other users. On the In Focus section page, you can explore the exhibits in detail, read detailed information about them, and watch a video with expert commentary.
British Museum (London)
Big gold buckle; early Anglo-Saxon period, early 7th century; barrow necropolis of Sutton Hoo.
The main historical and archaeological museum of Great Britain and one of the largest museums in the world, the second most visited among art museums after the Louvre, posted more than 3.5 million exhibits online.
The colonial expansion of the British Empire contributed to the rapid expansion of the collection of the main in the country and the first public national museum in the world. Since the middle of the 18th century, it has managed to collect more than 8 million exhibits: from ancient Greek bas-reliefs to Hirst prints. It is here that the Rosetta Stone is kept, thanks to which it was possible to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the largest collection of Chinese porcelain in the West, the richest collection of engravings and paintings of the Renaissance. The British Museum's online collection is also one of the largest in the world, with over 3.5 million items to be found on its website. An advanced search is available by date of creation, technique, and a dozen more parameters.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
A group of thirteen "headless" soldiers / author unknown (1910)
The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts in New York City, the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most famous museums in the world, has released a collection of nearly 400,000 high-resolution digitized art and old photographs to the public. .
Everyone can look at the most interesting retro photographs from the museum's collection. The images are not licensed for commercial use, but you can download the frame you like for your own use, for example, to put it in a frame.
Vincent van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
The Van Gogh Museum has made available online 1,800 posters, books and drawings that are in its collection. The leadership of the art institution published the works due to the fact that they do not fit into the permanent collection, which is why they remained inaccessible to the general public for a long time.
Information about the next updates of the museum collections will appear - follow the information on this page.
Academy Carrara 2019 , Uffizi: 2018 , National Museum in Stockholm: 2019 .
Paris is often called the cultural center of Europe, because the greatest museums of the world are concentrated here, such as the Rodin Museum, the Louvre, the Pablo Picasso Museum. However, this is not all that Paris can surprise its guests with. Here you can visit rather unusual, strange museums for a simple layman, for example, the Museum of Erotic Art, the Guimet Museum of Oriental Arts, the Army Museum. Each of them carries its own history and is the greatest world cultural and historical heritage.
So, the top 6 most striking and famous art museums in Paris and all of France include:
❶ The Louvre, which occupies an honorable first place and is one of the brightest business cards of Paris. In this largest museum in the world, located in the palace of King Philip-August, from ancient times to the 19th century, a unique collection of masterpieces of world art was collected bit by bit. The area of the museum is actually divided into three parts - galleries: "Sully", "Denon" and "Richelieu", each of which contains amazing exhibits. The oldest antique exhibits and the greatest collection of original French paintings are presented in the Sully Gallery. Italian paintings and great works of masters from the Etruscan and Greek periods are collected in the Denon Gallery. The Richelieu Gallery presents the latest works of Oriental and European art and is complemented by interesting French sculpture. To visit the Louvre, you need to set aside a few days to carefully familiarize yourself with the magnificent works of the greatest masters.
❷ The Jacquemart-André Museum, which is rightfully the second pearl of Paris. Here, in the former residence of the married couple Jacquemart-André, there is a large collection of the most striking and famous works, presented by Flemish, French and Italian masters of the Renaissance. The greatest masterpieces of Botticelli, Donatello, Rembrandt, Canavelli, Crivelli, Thomas Louchet, François Boucher, Hubert Robert and other outstanding masters still inspire many modern painters, connoisseurs of art and ordinary tourists.
❸ The Pablo Picasso Museum, dedicated to the Spanish master who created his masterpieces in the 19th century. The great master, recognized as the best and most "expensive" painter in the world, left behind magnificent creations: paintings, sculptures, engravings, collages, drawings, ceramic objects that were collected in one place - the Sale mansion. All periods of Picasso's work, collected in a huge collection, create a colorful composition that leaves an indelible impression.
❹ Musée d'Orsay, which contains a unique collection of some kind of impressionism and post-impressionism. On three levels of the museum, founded in the building of the former railway station, you can see the works of such masters as Claude Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Van Gogh and others. The collection is complemented by works of art created in the period from 1848 to 1914: sculptures, unique photographs , bright objects of architecture.
❺ The Museum of Montparnasse, which was founded in the former premises of the workshop of Maria Vasilyeva. Here is a collection of works by Edgar Stoebel and Maria Vasilyeva herself (a Russian artist). Currently (since the end of September 2013) the museum is temporarily closed by order of the mayor's office.
❻ The Salvador Dali Museum, the largest collection of works by this greatest Spanish artist, director, sculptor and writer. Here, in addition to 300 creations of the master, you can also hear his recordings: the voice of the creator accompanies visitors to the museum during the tour.
Text: Valery Shangaev
St. Petersburg, Palace Square, Hermitage. The Hermitage building itself is a magnificent architectural monument, and the collection of paintings gathered in it are masterpieces of world art. The museum has priceless artistic treasures created by many generations of unsurpassed masters, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. The Hermitage exhibits delightful examples of elegant Western European painting, works of artists from Flanders and Holland, magnificent in their genuine sincerity, and sensually exciting canvases of the early Italian Renaissance.
An art gallery with paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet, Matisse is just the beginning of the list of masters whose works are presented in this amazing museum. It is very difficult to describe in words the impressions of visiting the Hermitage. A thoughtful and enthusiastic connoisseur of beauty will not have enough time to walk around the entire complex, consisting of 6 buildings, and enjoy all the exhibits.
Using the services of a guide, each tourist can purposefully visit those halls in which the most attractive canvases are located.
No less unique is the famous Palace of Versailles in Paris. The creation of the famous art gallery began under the French king Louis Philippe. It was by his decree that the Palace of Versailles was filled with magnificent examples of portraiture. Thanks to the art gallery founded by this king, today everyone can see beautiful portraits of those who are inextricably linked with French history. Images of kings and their favorites, queens of France and famous military leaders - the whole color of the French nobility is captured on the canvases of the great masters.
Speaking of France, it is impossible to remain silent about the visiting card of this country - the Louvre. Undoubtedly, this is the most eminent European museum, which has incorporated incredible treasures created over the centuries. The Louvre is the main attraction of the French, their pride. The combination of several styles in the architecture of the Louvre gives it an extraordinary romantic mystery. After all, the construction of the Louvre began with the construction of a defensive fortress, and much later, Renaissance architects completed the construction of the royal apartments, turning the fortress into a palace ensemble.
About two and a half thousand paintings are collected in the famous British National Gallery, which the British are no less proud of than the French - the Louvre. And they are rightfully proud. Located in the center of London on Trafalgar Square, the British Gallery has a collection of Western European paintings dating from the 13th century to the present day. Here are the canvases of the great German and Dutch masters, famous painters of England and France. All works are very conveniently exhibited in chronological order.
Madrid, one of the most beautiful European cities, also has its own "pearl". It is the Prado National Museum, located in an unusually beautiful building designed by Juan de Villanueva back in 1785. Today's collection includes more than 7,600 paintings and 8,000 drawings. This museum has the most complete, completely unique collection of works by the great Spanish masters. Here are the famous works of Francisco Goya, El Greco and Diego Velázquez. The Prado Museum is famous for its collection of the famous Dutchman Hieronymus Bosch. Museum staff very carefully and carefully carry out restoration work, which makes it possible to regularly replenish the vast collection of the Prado National Museum.
Text: Anna Kolisnichenko
The cost of tickets to museums in Europe varies greatly. There are both expensive and very cheap museums. As it turned out, there are museums that you can visit for free. The 14 most expensive and cheapest museums in Europe were identified. The list includes 7 most expensive museums, 5 cheap ones and 2 museums that can be visited for free.
Zurich and Amsterdam distinguished themselves by the high cost of tickets. So the Museum Buehrle in Zurich was in the lead, the visitor has to pay 20 euros when visiting. The museum is notable for its large collection of works by Emil Georg Bürl. But the works of art of the German artist are not complete, the museum has about 200 works by the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists of France. The famous "Waters" by Claude Monet and "Self-portrait" by Van Gogh are located in the Museum Buehrle.
The famous Vatican Museum was included in the rating. The ticket price for a tourist is 15 euros, but every last Sunday of the month, the museum can be visited for free. On Sundays, there are huge queues, but this does not stop tourists. The Vatican Museum consists of 1,400 rooms, including the Vatican Pinakothek, which presents 50,000 exhibits. The museum has a large number of paintings by masters of painting of the 11th-19th centuries. Including Raphael Santi and the incomparable Leonardo da Vinci.
Also, the researchers recognized the Hermitage on the Amstel as one of the most expensive. The museum is located in Amsterdam and is a branch of the Hermitage. As with the Vatican Museum, the entrance fee for visitors is 15 euros. The museum often hosts various exhibitions, often related to Russia.
The Vincent van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum are also recognized as the most expensive. The Van Gogh Museum has the largest collection of paintings and drawings by the master. Moreover, the collection contains pictures drawn by Vincent as a child. The property of the Rijksmuseum are the canvases of the Dutch painting of the golden age. He is famous for paintings by Rembrandt, Ruisdael, Vermeer, Hoch. The pearl of the collection is "Night Watch". You can visit these museums by paying from 12.5 to 14 euros.
Paying about 15 euros, you can get into the Zurich Kunsthaus. His collection of paintings is considered the largest in Switzerland. It mainly presents paintings by Swiss artists before the 20th century. From the paintings of European masters of painting, you can see Edvard Munch.
The researchers did not bypass the multi-level Center Pompidou, located in Paris. It houses the National Museum and presents such authors as Modigliani, Matisse, Pollock, Dali, Brandt, Kandinsky. Entering the cultural center, the visitor will part with 12 euros, but in addition to the painting museum, he will also be able to visit the library, the Design Center, cinema halls and more.
According to the results of a mini-study, there are many inexpensive but famous museums in Europe. Entrance for tourists to these vaults is from 8 to 10 euros. The Louvre is recognized as the best in this category. It also included the Madrid Prado, the Hermitage, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
But whatever the price of visiting museums, the most profitable were and remain museums, where admission is free. The researchers noted two such museums, both located in London. These are the most famous museums Tate Modern and the British Museum. The Tate Modern presents a large amount of "fresh" art, as well as the work of classics - Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Jackson Polloco and many other authors. The British Museum is famous for ancient Roman and Greek relics, but in addition to them, contains works by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
Text: Yana Pelevina
Hundreds of thousands of tourists come to Amsterdam every year to visit exhibitions and museums. Along with museums such as the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, the city has many unusual exhibits. We will talk about the ten most unique of them in our article.
❶ Hemp Museum. This is the most popular cannabis museum in the world. Its owner, Ben Dronkers, has collected many items related to this plant. Here you can see a large collection of pipes for smoking. In the working greenhouse, visitors can see what growing hemp looks like. The shop at the museum sells the seeds of the plant.
❷ Tattoo Museum. In 2011, a museum dedicated to tattoos was opened in Amsterdam. The exposition tells about the history of drawing on the body in different countries. The collection includes different regions: Africa, Asia, America, Oceania. Here you can also learn about the meaning of tattoos for representatives of various subcultures and professions: sailors, prisoners, soldiers, thieves, bikers. Tattoo admirers hold meetings and seminars in the club at the museum.
❸ Cat Museum. This museum was created by the Dutchman William Meyer, who decided in this way to preserve the memory of his cat Tom. The museum displays books, posters, paintings and sculptures related to cats. The exposition occupies two floors of a three-story building, on the third floor of which the owner lives.
❹ Museum of Torture. In order to better recreate the frightening atmosphere of medieval justice, the museum's rooms are dimly lit and painted in dark tones. Here you can see the devices that were used for torture in different countries.
❺ Vrolik Museum. This museum has a collection of abnormal embryos, skulls and bones, making it a popular place for medical students. The scientist Gerardus Vrolik began to collect such a collection in the 18th century, and the museum bears his name.
❻ Sex Museum. Each room of this museum is dedicated to individuals whose sexual side of life is of interest. These are the Marquis de Sade, Oscar Wilde, the Marquis de Pompadour, Rudolf Valentino, Mata Hari and others. The atmosphere in the museum is very pleasant - visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the exposition with good music.
❼ Museum of the Dead. This museum will tell about the attitude towards death in different times, the funeral traditions of different religions, and unusual funerals.
❽ Museum of Erotica. Three floors of the building are dedicated to all kinds of erotic trivia and souvenirs. Here you can see Snow White and dwarfs in explicit poses, paintings depicting erotic scenes and purchase various contraceptives.
❾ Floating house-museum. This attraction demonstrates how you can turn a barge into a comfortable place to live. Since 1914, the ship was used for the transport of goods, later it was converted. There are 4 cabins, kitchen, living room, bathroom and children's play area. The barge does not stand still, but runs around Amsterdam, stopping at places popular among tourists.
❿ Fluorescent Museum. This is the only museum of its kind in the world, opened in 1999. On the ground floor of the museum there is an art gallery where you can buy glow-in-the-dark paintings. There is also a collection of luminous minerals brought from different countries, and sculptures made from them.
Text: Lidia Volkova
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Today the Tretyakov Gallery celebrates its birthday. It was founded by the merchant Pavel Tretyakov 157 years ago, on June 4, 1856.. Today I propose to go on a cultural journey and visit other famous art galleries in the world.
Louvre Art Gallery
How was it with Grishkovets in the play "At the same time"? Fly to Paris and immediately run from the plane to the Louvre, look at the Mona Lisa, because you are not like all the other tourists.
The Louvre, located in the royal palace, is the most famous, visited and oldest museum in the world.
In the collection of paintings of the Louvre about 6,000 works of art from the Middle Ages to the middleXIXcentury. Including "Mona Lisa", "Saint Anna with the Madonna and the Christ Child" and "Madonna in the Rocks" by Leonardo da Vinci, "The Laying of the Crown of Thorns" and "The Woman in front of the Mirror" by Titian, "Small Holy Family" by Raphael, "The Oath of the Horatii "Jacques-Louis David and many others.
The famous and unfortunate "Mona Lisa" has experienced so much here! One "modern Herostratus" poured acid over the picture, another threw a stone at her enigmatic smile. After that, the canvas was protected by bulletproof glass, but there are still figures from time to time who try to encroach on it. I don't know why she didn't like them.
In order not to spend a lot of time in line, experienced tourists are advised to come to the Louvre either early in the morning or in the afternoon. Another option is to try to enter not through the main entrance, but through the Karusel shopping center.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the largest art galleries in the world.. But initially the collection was based on paintings from three private collections and consisted of only 174 canvases.
Today in the museum you can see paintings by Rembrandt, Velazquez, Van Gogh, Botticelli, Titian, El Greco and many other great painters.
A nice touch, the Metropolitan Museum of Art uses multi-colored badges as entrance tickets, which you can keep as a souvenir.
London National Gallery
The collection of the London Gallery, perhaps not as extensive as its predecessors, but no less representative. Here you can see the paintings of almost all the great artists. The English school is represented by the works of Gainsborough, Lawrence and the witty Hogarth, in particular, his satirical series "Fashionable Marriage". Among the Italians are Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Piero della Francesca, Titian, Veronese and many others. Spaniards - El Greco, Goya, Velasquez. The Dutch school is represented by a rich collection of van Eyck, Bosch, Rubens, Rembrandt, van Dyck and many others.
Dresden Gallery
In the Dresden Gallery you can see collection of paintings by old masters- artists of the XIII-XVIII centuries. Previously, later works of art were also presented here, but the collection has grown so much that it had to be divided.
Paintings began to be collected in the 15th century. And in the 17th century, Augustus II set out to collect a rich collection and began to buy famous works of art, including Giorgione's "Sleeping Venus" and Poussin's "Real Flora". Later, the collection was replenished with masterpieces by such authors as Titian, Cuccino, Rubens, Rembrandt and many others. In addition, in the Dresden Gallery you can see the famous "Sistine Madonna" by Raphael.
By the way, the gallery is located in one of the most beautiful places in the city - in the Zwinger complex.
Prado
Has an impressive collection madrid prado museum. Here are stored the most complete collections of works by Bosch, Velasquez, Murillo, Goya and El Greco. In the gallery you can see the works of the most famous representatives of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish and German schools. Among them Raphael, Titian, Sandro Botticelli, Rubens, Anton van Dyck and many others.
Traveling to another country is a real adventure, an event that will be remembered for a lifetime. In addition to fantastic landscapes and architectural monuments, most tourists dream of visiting the most famous museums and art galleries in the world in order to see masterpieces of world art with their own eyes. Below we will get acquainted with three art galleries that are known throughout the world.
The National Picture Gallery in London contains a unique collection of collections of English and Western European paintings. The gallery is located in Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London. Here you can see masterpieces by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Titian, Rubens, Canaletto, Durer, Thomas Lawrence, William Hogarth and many other world famous painters. The gallery also exhibits portraits of the royal family, painted by the most famous masters of the 12th-19th centuries.
The London Art Gallery was founded in 1824, at the moment when the first collection of 38 paintings was acquired, which belonged to Angerstein, a well-known banker at that time. Gradually, over the course of many centuries, the collection was replenished with new paintings, many of which were generously donated by patrons. Since 1831, and to this day, the gallery has been located in a new building in Trafalgar Square, which was designed by the architect Wilkins.
To date, the gallery's collection of paintings includes more than 2,500 paintings dating from the periods from the 13th to the 20th century. For the convenience of visitors, all paintings are displayed in chronological order, which allows you to better understand the events of a particular era.
Dresden Art Gallery
Dresden's unique attraction is the art gallery. No matter how you feel about painting, be sure to add this place to the list of trips that you plan to make. The fact is that the Dresden Art Gallery is not just a landmark of the city, but its highlight, a kind of symbol. The hallmark of the gallery is the famous painting by the great Raphael "Sistine Madonna", which has been here for more than 250 years.
The Dresden Art Gallery was founded in the 16th century by King Frederick the Wise. However, the first visitors had the opportunity to see the paintings only in the 19th century. Unfortunately, many famous paintings were lost during the Second World War, and the gallery itself was repeatedly bombed.
Today, visitors to the Dresden Art Gallery can enjoy the most valuable paintings by Titian, Rubens, Albrecht Durer, Poussin, Velazquez and other talented painters.
A large number of art museums are concentrated in Milan, among which the Brera Art Gallery occupies a place of honor. It houses the most impressive collection of great masterpieces created by Italian sculptors and painters. 40 rooms, which showcase paintings by Raphael, Titian, Hayes, Caravaggio, as well as Flemish painters and impressionists of various eras, create a stunning effect.
When planning an excursion to the Brera Art Gallery, keep in mind that one or two hours will definitely not be enough for you to get acquainted with the entire collection. If you have little time, be sure to start the tour with two impressive restorations - a three-meter statue of the Emperor Napoleon, which weighs more than 2 tons and is the work of the sculptor Antonio Canova, as well as the painting "The Betrothal of the Virgin", painted by the great Raphael.
The gallery was founded in 1809 by order of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria. It is located in the Brera Palace (from where it got its name), not far from the observatory and the Academy of Arts. Today there are 40 halls, each of which exhibits canvases and sculptures belonging to a particular era or school.
