With twenty-four works, the Belvedere holds the world's largest collection of oil paintings by this iconic artist, including the two masterpieces from his Golden Period, Kiss (Lovers) and Judith, major portraits (Sonja Knips, Fritza Riedler, and Johanna Staude etc.), landscapes, and allegorical depictions. The collection also includes one of Klimt's sketchbooks and his monumental Beethoven Frieze at the Vienna Secession. Gustav Klimt's masterpieces are on permanent display at the Upper Belvedere. In this comprehensive collection, Klimt's development can be traced from his early explorations of Historicism through to Secessionism and finally to his late work, which reveals the influence of the Fauves and the younger generation of Austrian artists such as Egon Schiele.
The Museum The Belvedere in Vienna is one of the leading museums worldwide. Its famous art collection includes works ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. Austrian art in an international context is presented in three locations. Highlights include the world's largest collection of Gustav Klimt paintings as well as prominent works from the periods of Viennese Biedermeier, Austrian Baroque, Vienna around 1900, and French Impressionism. The institution's central tasks focus on exhibiting, researching, collecting, communicating, and preserving. Ongoing advancements and digitalization in all areas ensures the Belvedere's significance as an outstanding museum of the future. ❤️ While you are here, you can check out my IG https://www.instagram.com/sillydrunkfish 🗽 New York City 🗽 [4K]🗽Long Island City | New York City Vlog | NYC Queens | Manhattan Skyline 🌃Munich's famous Münchner Christkindlmarkt rund um den Marienplatz (Christmas Market on Marienplatz) dates back to 1642. It is celebrated in the heart of the altstadt (Old Town) with a 100-feet high Christmas tree that towers over traditionally decorated booths.
You can warm your hands and your heart with mulled wine or feuerzangenbowle and lebkuchen (gingerbread), or buy gifts like Bavarian woodcarvings, handmade toys, and ornate ornaments. Although due to the tense coronavirus situation, the original Munich Christkindlmarkt 2021 has been canceled. This was announced by Mayor Dieter Reiter on 16th November, following consultations with the crisis team for extraordinary events. The Christkindlmarkt would have taken place from 22nd November to 24th December 2021. Even though so, there's still a small Christmas Market that Is open near the plaza, it may not be the biggest, but it was still nice to walk around.
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Discover The "El Dorado" Legend! WHEN IT COMES TO GOLD, few museums on earth can rival the Museo del Oro in Bogotá. Its spectacular collection of more than 34,000 pre-Columbian gold artifacts is the largest in the world, with relics from the various cultures that inhabited Colombia before the Old World collided with the New.
Since the 1930s, Colombia’s Bank of the Republic has helped to preserve, catalog, and exhibits some of the country’s most treasured historical artifacts. Among these is a vast collection of gold, housed in the Museo del Oro in Bogotá.
The absolutely stunning piece is the Muisca Raft (Which was the reason why I wanted to visit the Gold Museum, well also thanks to Josh Gate from Expedition Unknown on his El Dorado episodes intrigued me so much that I had to come visit!) Back to the Muisca Raft, it portrays the ritual that brought about the famous legend of El Dorado.
Legend says that there was once a place in the South American continent where everything was made of gold. Many 16th-century, Europeans, obsessed with the legend of El Dorado, traveled great distances searching for its hidden treasures.
Of course, they never did find it. However, they did find many indigenous chieftains adorned with nose rings, breastplates, and other metal accessories.
They also heard rumors about a chieftain so rich that he used gold powder to adorn himself in place of baubles. It was said that he shone like the sun.
This legendary, gold-coated chieftain who sailed a raft to the center of a lake, was the one from Guatavita. And that, it seems, was the El Dorado sought for so desperately by explorers, and so masterfully represented in the Muisca Raft gold figure that you can view in the Gold Museum.
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm, and on Sundays from 10am to 4pm. FREE to enter! Touring the whole museum will take about four hours. Remember that all of the exhibits are in English and Spanish, and that you can rent an audio tour that will help you delve deeper into the remarkable histories of these indigenous groups.
Address: Cra. 6 #15-88, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm, and on Sundays from 10am to 4pm.
Phone: +57 601 3432222
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