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Golden year for Klimt as Austria marks 150th anniversary

AFP - Jan 2, 2012
"More works by Gustav Klimt will be on display in Vienna in 2012 than ever before: from his decoration work in the Burgtheater and the Kunsthistorisches Museum to his largely unknown drawings and world-renowned paintings like 'The Kiss'," Vienna's ...

What's in a (Certain) Name? A Big Boost in Price

Wall Street Journal - Jan 20, 2012
Fewer than 10 ivory carvings by Steinl were known, and five are in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Thus, this sculpture—a scene in the myth in which Ceres cuts a deal with Pluto to allow her daughter Proserpina to return to ...

Treasures of the Past – VII opens at Blumka Gallery Jan. 26

Auction Central News - Jan 16, 2012
The wafer-thin whirled draperies are carved in the same masterful way as Steinl's ivories made for the Emperors Leopold I and Joseph I, which are all in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna now.” Schmidt continued: “Given the fact that the subject of ...

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Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power

Featuring fifty masterworks by Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, this stunning book examines the brilliant painters who transformed the art of Renaissance Venice. Among the singular moments in the evolution of Western art, the Venetian Renaissance forged an artistic vocabulary of dazzling virtuosity. Celebrating the poetic potential of color and beauty observed in nature, Venetian painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries transcended the spatial, textural, and emotional realism of their predecessors to create works unsurpassed in their sensual depictions, velvety surfaces, and unique and glorious treatment of light.
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Vienna, Austria: The Kunsthistorisches Museum

At their peak of power in the 1500s, the Habsburg family ruled Austria, Germany, northern Italy, the Netherlands, and even Spain. And Vienna's Kunsthistorisches (Art History) Museum offers great art from throughout the realm. The Italian collection is particularly strong. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

 

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The Lobby of Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

This is what you see upon entering the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Part of a post from DestinationMike.blogspot.com

 

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vew from inside kunsthistorisches museum second floor

view from second floor to the dining area and outside to other museums and parlament

 

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The Kunsthistorisches Museum Dome

Forget about the exhibits, the dome at KHM is a work of art in itself. - DestinationMike.blogspot.com

 

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The Main Staircase at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

The KHM in Vienna is a masterpiece. Here is a short glimpse of its interior. Part of a post from DestinationMike.blogspot.com