Friday, May 25, 2012

A Day at the Museum in Vienna

I spent most of the day at the Kunsthistor Museum (Museum of Fine Arts) in the Museum Quarter today. There was a lot to see, take in, and attempt to process. It was overwhelming at times, but in a good way.
Here is some of the works of sculpture I liked:


Here are just a few of the paintings I liked:



This museum was pretty immense -- to give you an idea, here are parts of two different walls in one of many, many rooms:

I even came across an area where a painter was making a duplicate of one of the paintings. The smell of the paint reminded me of something I had forgotten about -- it reminded me how my grandfather's shop used to smell. He was an artist and painted billboards for a living. It was a nice memory of which to be reminded. :)
In one corner there was even a device that seemed to me to be a seismograph (used to measure earthquakes). I haven't heard in the news anytime about Vienna getting earthquakes often, but with all the expensive things hanging on the wall, I guess there is reason for concern. Maybe too many tourists visiting the museum at one time could cause tremors?
Another part of the museum was dedicated to Egyptian works and some that were Roman:







I think I might have gotten sensory overload at some point -- my brain started to hurt, but what a great experience!

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