June 15, 2023 - Germany
Munich: Alta Pinakothek Art Museum
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Leaving the Deutches Museum, we walked back to Old Town center and then on the opposite side of town to the Museum Quarter. There are a bunch of museums here but we only had time for one: the famous Alte Pinakothek or art museum.
Here Lynnette is standing outside the Alte Pinakothek which doesn't really look like much. Yet the "Old Art Gallery" is considered one of Europe's great collections of paintings. More than 700 paintings are on display at any one time. We shall see.
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Yes, this is the place. The Alte Pinakothek shows off European masterpieces from the 14th to 19th century, starring the two centuries (1450-1650) when Europe went from medieval too modern. There are paintings from the Italian Renaissance and the German Renaissance it inspired.
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Across the street is the Neue Pinakothek -- paintings from 1800 to 1920 -- but it is closed for renovation. Some of its most famous pieces -- like Van Goh's Sunflowers pictured here -- are on display in the Alte Pinakothek.
Other museums close by include the Pinakothek der Modern (Modern Art Museum) and the Egyptian Museum.
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Another Van Gogh.
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| Yet another Van Gogh. |
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| A nice painting of the Notre Dame Cathedral on the river Seine. |
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Not sure why I took a picture of this one. I fancied something about it at the time.
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The Crowning of the Virtuous Hero" painted in 1613. The virtuous hero is crowned by Victoria, the goddess of victory, reinterpreted here in the struggle against vice. The satyr representing drunkeness is lying on the ground and Venus, who stands for unchaste love, is pushed aside by the diagonally held staff. Her power has been broken, as suggested by the weeping Cupid at her shoulder and the strewn arrows. Invidia -- envy -- withdraws into the shadows. |
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"Lion Hunt", 1621.
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| "The Hippopotemus and the Crocodile Hunt", 1616. |
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| While the building exterior may have been no great shakes, this picture shows the impressive interior of the upper floor where most of the action is. Each of the big rooms is themed: German Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, Venetian Painting, Rubens and Baroque, Rembrandt and Dutch, etc. |
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| "Park Landscape", 1773. Rustic figures and elegant people pass by, stop for a rest, or are out for a stroll through ruins of a Roman temple, which is now a park. |
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| "Landscape with Ruins of a Roman Temple", 1773. The temple ruins in this painting are a clear reference to the Pantheon in Rome. |
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| "The Canal Grande at Ca Pesaro", 1734/35. |
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| Italy has always been a place people have longed to see, attracting visitors throughout the ages. As a travel destination, Italy experienced a veritable boom in the 1700s, when it was fashionable to study its customs, traditions, language, and history -- all in the spirit of the Enlightenment. Popular vedute, or city views, were painted then, and still photographed today. A particularly popular vedute -- painted here in was Santa Maria della Salute, where the Grand Canal joins the Lagoon. |
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| The famous Roman Colissium in the early days of photography. |
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