Today Sunday, everybody was sleeping or having a rest due to the party yesterday in the Ottakringer Braueri. I went to the party also, but I´ve came back home very early, I was pretty tired because of the day trip so I decided to go home and sleep.
Today I wake up early, well at 9:30, and do all the housework, and then after having lunch I went to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Art Museum of Viena.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum was originally planned and very outset conceived as a museum unlite the Hermitage or the Louvre that were designed and used as palaces. It´s not only the architecture of the building and the decorations of its interior every one of the collections that are display in it are outstanding, like the Egyptian and near easter collection, Greek and Roman Antiquies, Kunstkammer ( collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts) were some of the Habsburg treasuries are displayed, the Picture Gallery divided into German, Dutch, and Flemisch and Italian, Spanish and French Art, and the Coin Cabinet.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum was originally planned and very outset conceived as a museum unlite the Hermitage or the Louvre that were designed and used as palaces. It´s not only the architecture of the building and the decorations of its interior every one of the collections that are display in it are outstanding, like the Egyptian and near easter collection, Greek and Roman Antiquies, Kunstkammer ( collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts) were some of the Habsburg treasuries are displayed, the Picture Gallery divided into German, Dutch, and Flemisch and Italian, Spanish and French Art, and the Coin Cabinet.
Detail in the wall of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Natural History Museum, it´s placed in front of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the building is exactly the same at leats in the external view.
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Detail of a streetlight in the entrance of the Museum
Views from the Vestibule into the domed Cupola Hall
Staircase with Canova´s "Theseus" group and Munkácsy´s ceilling painting
Detail of the staircase
Detail of the celling
Another detail of the staircase
Detail of the columns
Detail of the celling in the corridor
Detail of the Cupola
This is what you can see through the windows of the Museum
Detail of the Bassano Room
Entrance to the Egyptian Collection
Roman Collection
I think that it´s a good place to spend the day, or just a half day. I´ve been there around 2 hours and I think I saw the most importantan Masterpieces of the Museum, but I´m sure that I´ll come back with my father when he comes to visit me.
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If I have to describe kunsthistorisches museum in one word then it would be 'wow'. The museum is having a very good range of displays like painting, Egyptian and Greek artifacts, coins and much more, Rubens, Rembrandt, Breughel, etc.. While we were there it was like an actual look into the past and actually we get a look at how our 19th century forefathers saw archeology and history. Don't miss the huge and magnificent statue of Queen Maria Teresa which is outside the museum in the square. Overall brilliant museum!!!
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