Uffizi, Italy
November 27, 2009 / 0 Comments


Uffizi, Italy

Among all the museums of the western world, the Uffizi Gallery holds the pride of being the most famous art museum. It is also one of the oldest museums in the world. It is located in Palazzo degli Uffizi a palace in Florence city of Italy. The construction of the building started in the year 1560 under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari. The palace was originally designed for Cosimo I de Medici as the office for the various Florentine magistrates. Thus the palace is named Uffizi which means office. The Palazza degli Uffizi brought together the State achieve as well as the administrative offices and the tribunal under one single room. The construction of the palace was completed by the end of the year 1581 and after Vasari it was been supervised by Bernardo Buontalenti and Alfonso Parigi. The internal courtyard was very long but was quite narrow  [...] 


National Gallery, Washington DC
November 26, 2009 / 0 Comments


National Gallery, Washington DC

The national art Gallery is located on the National Mall in Washington DC. It has got the pride of being the national museum for art. The museum was first opened in the year 1937 and there is no entrance fee if you want to visit the museum. It was construction with funds donated by Andrew W. Mellon and built by the passing of a joint resolution by the United States Congress. Andrew W. Mellon donated a huge amount of art collection to the museum. The collections of the museum also include many donations of art works did by various artists such as Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Paul Mellon. Samuel Henry Kress, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Chester Dale. Rush Harrison Kress, Joseph E. Widener, Peter Arrell Brown Widener. The collection of medals, decorative arts, paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints and drawing will surely give you an idea about the development  [...] 


World’s Oldest Museum Hermitage, Swifts You Away
November 24, 2009 / 0 Comments


World’s Oldest Museum Hermitage, Swifts You Away

It was the bravura history of this city that made me to travel from Moscow city to Saint Petersburg. It was really crazy for me to land in this city just after listening to history but to be honest there are many other things about this city that attracted me. And the most eye-catching was the museum comprising about 3 million art works. It is undoubtedly world oldest museum established by Catherine The Great and whose only small part is open to the common people. It was Tsar Peter I of Russia who had built an entire city on the alluvium of Neva. It was named after the saint Peter and Tsar himself: Saint Petersburg. The sawy Italian Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli was the one who designed the official building all over 44 islands and divided by more than 60 canals. Russians have paid a huge price for the construction of this city as they have  [...]