Museums Flashcards
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford, England - The world’s first university museum built 1683 - Art and archaeology
Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus)
Lit. “Construction House” - Art school in Germany that combined crafts y fine arts - Founded by architect Walter Gropius - Famous for the approach to design that it publicised y taught, called the International Style - Operated from 1919-33 until closed by the Nazis - Locations in Weimar, Dessau, y Berlin
Louvre Museum
Paris, Right Bank of the Seine, 1st Arrondissement - Most visited in world, and one of the largest - Mona Lisa, Liberty Leading the People - Established 1793
Musée d’Orsay
Art museum in Paris est. 1986 - Houses mostly 19th cent French art incl Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Ingres, Gauguin, y Van Gogh - 3 mil visitors a year
Museo del Prado
The main Spanish national art museum - Built 1819 in Madrid - Contains collection of European art from 12-19th cent, esp Spanish art - Works by Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, et al - One of most visited sites in the world
Rijksmuseum
Dutch national museum dedicated to arts y history - Est. 1800 in Amsterdam - Works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, etc.
Tate Modern
Modern art museum est. in 2000 in London - Part of the Tate Group of museums - Works by Picasso, Liechtenstein, Klee, yBraque
The Guggenheim (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)
Art museum in upper E side of Manhattan - Built by F Lloyd Wright in 1959 - Sister museum in Bilbao, Spain designed by F Gehry - Impressionist y modern art; works by Klee, Modigliani, etc.
Uffizi Gallery
Art museum in Florence, Tuscany - Est. 1581 - Birth of Venus (Botticelli); Venus of Urbino (Titian) - Works by Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Durer, El Greco
Whitney Museum of American Art
Aka “The Whitney” - Built 1931 in lower Manhattan - Art museum focused on 20th y 21st cent. American art, with emphasis on showcasing living artists - Holds a biennial exhibition to showcase newer artists
