Great museums are the opinion of the "teapot".
Going on any trip, I am always interested in what significant places are worth visiting. Museums of art, if they are present, are always in the first place. Because, as a rule, history does not leave more valuable things to us. And, of course, architecture. But you can't collect it in one place. Museums like Minimundus and Madurodam don't count. I love painting very much. I read a lot about her, I draw a lot myself, but I consider myself a complete "teapot". So called the report and the photo album to it. Please do not judge strictly. This is purely a personal perception of everything. So, let's begin. And let's start of course with the Dresden gallery "Old Masters". End of September. Dresden. The weather is terrible. Small annoying drizzle. There is no desire to go in such weather to watch some park with rocks, and we stay in Dresdenk in advance after the general excursion. An excellent tour guide with cliché phrases, but conducted a fairly informative tour. A skillfully composed passage through the gallery and the impression of Raphael's Madonna is unforgettable. A lot of time is given, and rightfully so, to Rubens. He is simply beautiful, and his Hercules is unique. The Sistine Madonna is large (I thought less) and, as it seemed to me, is flat (optically). But if you imagine at what time it was written, then all other emotions disappear. My companion, who hardly distinguishes painting from graphics, said that he had "goose bumps on his back. " For me, this is an indicator. Navigating the museum is easy. The halls are painted in certain colors. The entrance ticket gives a 20% discount to visit the cafe at the museum. This is for those who are interested. And a bonus to our visit was the temporary exhibition of Jan Vermeer of Delft. As many as 4 canvases. And they are spoken in total by 37. In general, the impressions are unforgettable, the museum is very well put together, the maximum of amenities and the amount of positive emotions received are over the top. From foggy Dresden, let's move, if not strange, to less foggy Amsterdam. Guides in Amsterdam did not offer us a visit to the Rijksmuseum. On the second trip, we really didn’t need to. But for the first time, everything was offered by Bonfire Diamond, and Nemo, and the Sex Museum, and the Marijuana Museum, but not the Rijksmuseum and not the Van Gogh Museum. Everyone except Nemo visited. I will write a little about Bonfire Diamond. It's not really a museum. Rather, a store with a demonstration of how diamonds are processed in Holland. There is practically nothing to buy. There are more diamonds in our stores and they are more beautiful. We bought a good watch and a pendant with a diamond as a keepsake (I just shaved it in gold for 200 euros). I write about this museum only because it is across the street from the Rijksmuseum. And here we are at the Rijksmuseum. It is forbidden to take pictures as in Dresdenk. Although they say that the ban is in effect recently. It is impossible to describe all the contents of the museum, and I am not special. Let's take a look at Rembrandt. Guys HE'S JUST GREAT and Night Watch is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life. It is amazing that a man on a simple canvas, with brushes and paints, could depict a simple bunch of men in this way. These are not ladies in bright and colorful outfits! We already sat around him and walked around, and walked around again. The paired portraits and his other works are also beautiful, but the "Night Watch" is simply a miracle. Taking a breath. After drinking Dutch beer, we move to the Van Gogh Museum. And then a riot on the ship. My companion declares that he is tired (emotionally) and he has no time for crazy impressionists. I let him go to free swimming, take pictures of "beautiful (crooked) houses" and go to the museum. Crossing the threshold, I understand how I did the right thing. I can finally SILENTLY contemplate all this beauty. I love all the Impressionists, because they are very different. Renoir, of course, is closer to me, then perhaps Cezanne, and then Van Gogh and Gauguin, whom I don’t quite understand. The canvases in the museum are hung by years and periods, an incredible number of people are wandering around. They are chewing something, sitting on sofas. In general, they are crazy. Although, in my opinion, the work of Van Gogh is not the kind of under which you can have a good time. Personal impressions: After going through the entire exhibition, slowly with feeling, with good sense and arrangement, stopping at the "Potato Eaters" (disgustingly beautiful, if it can be combined, but HE connected), "Blossoming Almonds" or "Sunflowers" or "Portrait of Dr. Gachet ", I slowly approach his last work, although it is not the last in the exhibition, I stand silently, and suddenly I feel that tears are flowing down my cheeks. I am not a girl of marriageable age and not an exalted person, but the fact is, I was surprised myself. The magical power of art, and now I understand why one of the books about Van Gogh is called Lust for Life. The museum is a must to visit. Who has not seen the "Night Watch" and Van Gogh simply visited Amsterdam in vain. Some time passed, which allowed the emotions to subside, but did not diminish the impressions, and here we are at the threshold of the world's main treasury, we are in the Louvre. There is no guide, and he is not needed. My knowledge of French plus my companion's ability to navigate and voila, we've seen everything we wanted to see. Well, what can I say, except for the banal - the Louvre is endless. Slowly visited the Three Ladies of the Louvre. All of them are beautiful in their own way and Venus, and Nika and Gioconda. Gioconda is too small and too dark. There was no crowd around her. They calmly took a picture (and why, one asks). I only found out in my head that it was not on canvas, but like an icon on a board, drawn, which means that it is necessary to protect it from the environment even more carefully. Naturally, we went to the Dutch wing to see "The Lacemaker" by Jan Vermeerai. Well, I like him because of his extraordinary blue color on the canvases. Obviously, Delft porcelain had been in front of his eyes since childhood. We looked at the exposition of weapons, watches, dishes, snuffboxes along the way. Naturally we went to the Rubens Gallery. For a very long time she told her companion what was depicted on the canvases. Then he remembered that he had read the history of Henry IV. You can endlessly walk around the Louvre, enjoying its masterpieces. We decided to leave Napoleon's chambers for further visits. I was very inspired by Canova's sculpture "Cupid and Psyche". We even had an argument. the satellite claimed that Petersburg is also there. It turned out to be true. The Louvre is a must visit. Below is a great gallery for shopping. We bought interesting watches (well, I have such a hobby, I buy watches everywhere). Fast food not so much. Just go to Rivoli Street and walk one block. We had a lovely lunch with wine from Provence and Armagnac. The whole lunch was 40 euros (we took a Visa without any problems). There is a lot of time, but now I have no emotional strength to go to the Musé e d'Orce. To be honest, I didn't make it to this visit. Just half a year and here again Paris. Spring. Warm. Wonderful. I'm going to Dorse. The satellite again politely backs off. Well, the bastard does not like the Impressionists. I’ll make a reservation right away that they were the target, and I’ll even clarify Edouard Manet (because it was interesting how he got to this point) and Claude Monet as a classic impressionist. The museum is huge (the former station building), the impressionists on the top floor, there is an elevator. And everywhere I ran into cafes. It would be like everyone came to eat, and not to see the beauty. I found everything. looked at everything. Little did it become clear how the technique of Edouard Manet changed. His "Balcony" is incomparable. Yes, and all other things. It was very interesting to see the beginning of Impressionism (Edouard) and the rise of Claude Monet. I wandered around a bit in other rooms. Brains are just melting. For some reason, Cabanel's The Birth of Venus stuck in my head. I suppose that Dorse is for an amateur. If you are not interested in painting, it will be boring and tiring. Better yet, go to the Louvre. If according to the principle "Vasya was here", then it is necessary to go. I'm on my next visit to Paris (and it will definitely be, because. there is only one place on the whole globe that you want to return to - this is Paris) I will definitely go to the Louvre and Dorse, and my companion will follow in the footsteps of Napoleon. This topic was not included in our visits. And last but not least, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. I didn’t find intelligible reviews, except for “I must go”, I know about ancient history only from the school curriculum and from several works of art. So we take a guided tour. We pay 60 euros for two (it was not worth doing) and go to the Museum. The guide stays at the exhibits for a very long time, calls a lot of dates and names. It is impossible to remember, and it is not necessary. After the words, according to historians, I understand that they themselves do not really know how it was, I miss the dates and so enjoy the surroundings. You can shoot everything you want. From the Pergamon altar, only fragments, as it looked only suggest. The Ishtar Gate, too blue to be natural, the Miletus Market Gate is more impressive. Hot and boring. If you take an audio guide, you could watch it in 1 hour and get more pleasure. Museum "Pergamon" see for yourself, no guides. So, some Great museums seemed to me "teapot". All have souvenir shops at the exit, and the Louvre has a huge shopping area, there are cafes or fast foods everywhere. I haven't seen fast food in Pergamon. To the same "teapots" like me, I wish you a pleasant pastime.
