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amoore has written 85 reviews in 23 countries.
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Art Collections in London, United Kingdom
The glorious V&A is probably the world's finest museum of applied and decorative arts. It houses Britain's national collections of everything from photography to ceramics, via miniature paintings, sculpture to 1914, glass, jewellery, textiles and more. Curatorially excellent, its temporary exhibitions are worldwide events. Irresistible highlights include the British Galleries 1500-1900. |
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Art Collections in Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum features a comprehensive and authoritative collection of works by Van Gogh. There are also a sprinkling of paintings and drawings by his contemporaries, friends and the 19th-century artists that influenced him, including Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, and Monet. The works are displayed in chronological order, creating a fascinating picture of the artist's changing emotional landscape. |
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Art Collections in Nagoya, Japan
The Tokugawa Art Museum, in Nagoya, shows the collections of the wealthy Owari, a branch of the powerful Tokugawa family, which ruled in the Edo Period, from 1603 to 1868. The collection includes lavishly designed swords and armour, artefacts from tea ceremonies, masks and costumes from traditional Noh theatre, maps and scrolls. A reconstruction of a traditional Japanese garden is attached to the museum. |
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Art Collections in Madrid, Spain
The third point in Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is housed in a fine neo-classical building. The collection is shown chronologically, from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. It covers Impressionists, Expressionists, and European and American paintings from the second half of the 20th century, as well as major works from the English, Dutch and German schools. |
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Art Collections in London, United Kingdom
The former residence of neo-classical architect Sir John Soane, The Soane Museum is an addictively eclectic tribute to the man and his collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities. There are over 30,000 pieces, which range from Hogarth's eight Rake's Progress canvasses to the alabaster sarcophagus of Seti I. |
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