It has a total area of 25‚000 square meters‚ with over 14‚000 square meters of exhibition space. Admission price is ten euros and the museum is open daily. The museum contains multiple galleries filled with a diversity of displays. The Gallery of the Slopes showcases artifacts that were founded on the slopes of the Acropolis. The Archaic Gallery gives visitors the opportunity to view three-dimensional
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After visiting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ I will write about four art works. The first one is called Salome Receiving the Head of St. John the Baptist by Andrea Solario. The work is very colorful‚ and it shows chiaroscuro with the dark background and light on the faces of Salome and John the Baptist. The focal point is on John’s head. This is one of Solario’s most notable works‚ and the figure style is influenced by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story behind the painting is that Herodias had a quarrel
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San Diego’s Timken Museum of Art is considered one of the great small museums in the world. the Timken Museum houses the world-class Putnam Foundation Collection of European old master paintings‚ American paintings‚ and Russian icons. Each collection displays unique and priceless representations of the distinct genre. Artists represented include Rubens‚ Francois Boucher‚ Fragonard‚ Bierstadt‚ Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Eastman Johnson. The Timken Museum is home to the Putnam Foundation. The affluent
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People who are an art lover‚ they’ll love and enjoy this museum. I know it must not be one of the art museum that is on the list of many people “to do list” once they land in New York City because it is not as popular as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However‚ it is a better choice than the Metropolitan Museum because it is a remarkable way to spend an afternoon in an art museum and to view a variety of recognizable artists. The Frick Museum is a jewel. You’re allowed to wander around the Frick’s
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students used the day on Wednesday to go into the city to visit the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It was a cold‚ breezy day so we were all bundled up in jackets and hats. As we got off the E train and walked toward the museum‚ its appearance was not what I expected it to be. The museum was an elegant‚ beautiful building made of what looked to be marble; not the big‚ brick monstrosity I had expected. Once we walked into the museum‚ it was even more elegant on the inside. The marble staircase had sculptures
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of Liberty‚ the Empire State Building‚ Madison Square Garden‚ Radio City Music Hall‚ Central Park‚ and the list goes on. But the thing that intrigues and excites me about New York City is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I will never forget the moment I first laid eyes on the Metropolitan Museum. It was freshman year and I went with my mother and my brother. It was after dark and all its lights were shining on the building. The building itself looked like something straight out of a movie. The building
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The Revolution Museum Visiting The Revolution Museum in Havana‚ is yet another best thing to do in a budget. This museum was formerly known as the Palacio Presidencial. Mostly all the scriptures in the museum are written in English and Spanish. You can find details about the Cuban Revolution. The front architecture of the museum displays the boat that brought back Fidel Castro and his comrades from Mexico in the year 1956
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Sood: Building a museum of museums on the web Art Project is the great idea created by Amit Sood. It is the project of creating a 3D virtual image of the museum on the website which allows the people from any class of society to get access to the artworks from any museum through the website www.googleartproject.com. Users can move around and look at the artwork one by one by simply just clicking. And it is much faster to move from one end to another room of the museum by one click
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Arts 1301: Introduction to the Visual Arts (Chelsey Moore‚ Instructor) Guided Worksheet for Visit to the Blanton Museum of Art Due September 18‚ 2013 In order to complete this worksheet‚ you will need to visit the Blanton Museum of Art‚ which is located on the UT campus at the intersection of Congress and MLK. You will probably need about two hours for your visit. The museum is free to everyone on Thursdays‚ always to UT students‚ and it is $5 for college students on any other days. Please
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February 2007‚ in different parts of Saharanpur City situated in Western Uttar Pradesh are recorded. The noise pollution levels‚ more than the recommended permissible limits have been observed in areas of Nehru market‚ Delhi road‚ Ambala road‚ Dehradun road‚ and Clock tower. There are numerous effects on the human environment due to the increase in noise pollution. The increasing rate of noise pollution is causing adverse impacts on human health such as insomnia‚ hearing loss‚ reducing efficiency
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