Category Archives: Western art

East Wing, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

Rooms in Renaissance style, was designed as a hall of honor, intended to contain some of the most important works of the collection. Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli could not see it finished and Bertini continued its decoration after the death of the museum founder. Golden Hall The Golden Hall is…

East Wing, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

West Wing, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

This environment was conceived as a scenic entrance to the apartment of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli using an ancient baroque staircase already present in the palace decorated with eight monumental sandstone statues placed in niches, the work of a Milanese sculptor of the eighteenth century. To emphasize the Baroque style…

West Wing, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

Ground floor, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

The building that houses the museum dates back to the 17th century, and had been purchased by Giuseppe Pezzoli, ancestor of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, in the late 18th century. The architect Simone Cantoni (1736-1818) had adapted it in neoclassical style, with a large English garden full of statues and…

Ground floor, Poldi Pezzoli Museum

The collector and his collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

The collector and the collection on the Ground Floor. Part of the collections that Don José Lázaro Galdiano donated to the State is exhibited in the museum. The ground floor of the museum was original use as warehouse, having been reformed to receive today part of the exhibition. The rooms…

The collector and his collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

Spanish Art Collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

Spanish Art on the First Floor, where a selection of works of art from our country (both paintings, sculptures and sumptuous arts) are displayed in a total of eight rooms that the visitor will see in chronological order. The tour has been organized chronologically, to observe the artistic evolution. To…

Spanish Art Collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

European Art Collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

European Art on the Second Floor, a theme that complements the one already seen on the first floor, dedicated to Spanish art. In contrast to the first floor, everything collected here comes from outside Spain. The Second Floor was deeply reformed, since it was the area in which the family…

European Art Collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

The Collector’s Cabinet, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

The collector’s cabinet on the third floor, in which coins, textiles, weapons, medals, ivories, enamels are exhibited… In short, and as the name of this floor says, the rooms that we will see next gather a sample of all those collections. Due to the large amount that José Lázaro Galdiano…

The Collector’s Cabinet, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

Conservators’ Apartment, Capitoline Museums

The rooms making up the apartment on the first floor of the Palazzo, were used by the Conservators, or magistrates, for activities connected to their office; they therefore form a single entity, both as regards their function and their ornamental features. The rooms were also used for Public and Private…

Conservators’ Apartment, Capitoline Museums

Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums

The Palazzo dei Conservatori, headquarters of the magistrature of the same name for hundreds of years, has, since the end of the 15th century, been home to the Capitoline collection of sculptures. The palazzo’s interior design and the layout of the works of art has been modified over the years.…

Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums

Capitoline Picture Gallery, Palazzo dei Conservatori

The second floor of the Palazzo dei Conservatori houses an important collection of paintings, which also includes many works of decorative and applied art. The Capitoline Picture Gallery is the oldest public collection of paintings. It was built on the Capitoline hill between 1748 and 1750, with the purchase of…

Capitoline Picture Gallery, Palazzo dei Conservatori

Galleria Cini, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums

In the Cini Gallery there is the precious collection of porcelain donated to the Capitoline Museums by Count Francesco Cini in 1881, increased over time by other donations of European and Oriental porcelain. On the walls are European paintings from the 16th-18th centuries and the Antwerp tapestry series with the…

Galleria Cini, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums

19th century Breton painting, Quimper Fine Arts Museum

Breton-inspired painting, famous since their creation in the 19th century, make up this collection. One of a kind , and perfectly representative of the last fires of realism and its extensions via naturalism, it was patiently formed by the first curators after the opening of the museum in 1872. Today…

19th century Breton painting, Quimper Fine Arts Museum

His Life and Collection: Conservation and Heritage, Xu beihong: Living Art Forever, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

As an outstanding art educator of the 20th century, Xu Beihong formed a set of clear and complete artistic propositions in theory and practice, which was called the realism system by academics. He has repeatedly emphasized that his art practice adheres to the principles of teaching first and creation second,…

His Life and Collection: Conservation and Heritage, Xu beihong: Living Art Forever, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

Oil Painting: Concern to People’s Livelihood, Xu beihong: Living Art Forever, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

As we all know, Xu Beihong’s greatest contribution to Chinese art was that after studying in France in 1919, he introduced oil painting and sketching systems to China through schooling, education, and communication, and established a modern art education system. The exhibition established the artistic standpoint of Xu Beihong’s oil…

Oil Painting: Concern to People’s Livelihood, Xu beihong: Living Art Forever, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

Picture Gallery in Transformation, Sao Paulo Art Museum

The return of Lina Bo Bardi’s radical crystal easels to the display of the collection presents a selection of 119 artworks drawn from the museum’s diverse holdings, spanning from the 4th century BC to 2008. The easels were first presented at the opening of the museum’s current venue in 1968,…

Picture Gallery in Transformation, Sao Paulo Art Museum

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