After seeing an array of spectacularly beautiful mosques, shrines, formal gardens, and other buildings on a trip to Iran 5 1/2 years ago, I have no doubt at all that buildings can be art. Those buildings are by far the most beautiful buildings I have seen anywhere!
So interesting to compare my own impressions with what I find in the text. I've only been to a few museums from the list, but that was enough to catch the difference of my approach with what the author brings. So that was a curious experience to extrapolate for the musems which I hadn't visited and to imagine what opinion I would probably had if I could have seen those collections with my own eyes.
I was hoping you meant the Frick Madison. The collection was housed at the Breuer building at 945 Madison Avenue while the Frick mansion was renovated from 2021 to 2024. I've been lucky to see the collection in both buildings but I prefer the Madison venue. The Breuer building is a stunning brutalist monolith. The staircase was unforgettable. Wide and flat stonework with inlaid lighting, I will never forget the impression.
If you're an architectural buff and you're visiting NYC the Breuer building is a great stop.
Also, though the elaborate gold Corinthian pillars are always impressive, don't underestimate the dignity of simpler columnar orders. The Ionic Greek temple style of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is its own beauty. It's one of my favorite exteriors.
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Amazing selections. Wasn’t aware of a couple of them.
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The museum's themselves do justice to the pieces they hold.
So interesting to compare my own impressions with what I find in the text. I've only been to a few museums from the list, but that was enough to catch the difference of my approach with what the author brings. So that was a curious experience to extrapolate for the musems which I hadn't visited and to imagine what opinion I would probably had if I could have seen those collections with my own eyes.
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Yes especially the old Victorian one ‘s in Birmingham United Kingdom
I used to go to the Library in town- Birmingham as they had far more books than my local library in Castle Bromwich .
I was hoping you meant the Frick Madison. The collection was housed at the Breuer building at 945 Madison Avenue while the Frick mansion was renovated from 2021 to 2024. I've been lucky to see the collection in both buildings but I prefer the Madison venue. The Breuer building is a stunning brutalist monolith. The staircase was unforgettable. Wide and flat stonework with inlaid lighting, I will never forget the impression.
If you're an architectural buff and you're visiting NYC the Breuer building is a great stop.
Also, though the elaborate gold Corinthian pillars are always impressive, don't underestimate the dignity of simpler columnar orders. The Ionic Greek temple style of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is its own beauty. It's one of my favorite exteriors.
Of the five, I visited the Galleria Borghese. S P E C T A C U L A R is the only word I can find.
Yes art we live in peace
The Gardner Museum in Boston should get an honorable mention.
I doubt a building can 'be' art any more than a building can 'be' love.
An object isn't art, but encountering certain objects can evoke the experience of art.
Yes, without a doubt!
you forgot to mention the getty center! 😊