Guest Author - Jay Ramki

BY JAY RAMKI

Creative and beautiful objects have to be preserved for posterity, studied and viewed with the admiration and awe they command. Let us peek in to some of the art museums around the world.

* Milles Garden In Sweden - Carl Milles, an artist and sculptor took 50 years to build his dream home in Lidingo, Stockholm. Surrounded by acres of beautifully terraced gardens and an enchanting view of the skyline, it is one of the most beautiful museums that houses his creations and collection of sculptures. The enchanting sculptors on the terraces and the statue of Poseidon, the Angels on the columns and Anne’s house all speak a thousand poetic words of beauty and grace.
Click here to go to the Milles Garden Museum website

* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - The museum houses a vast collection of World Art – from the terracotta to contemporary painting. The collection began with Elijah in the Desert, by Washington Allston in 1870. The museum has a collection of masterpieces by American artists from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century. There is an invaluable collection of colonial furniture, ceramics, silver, jewelry, ancient American ritual and body objects. The collection of Maya polychrome ceramics is amongst the best of its type in the world.

Art of the Ancient World is well represented by urns, vases, tomb equipment, religious objects and portraits of Greek and Egyptian gods and goddesses and Roman rulers.
Calligraphy, Shinto paintings, metal sculptures, screen paintings, Persian miniatures, Islamic textiles-it is a paradise for Oriental Art lovers.

European sculptures from the Middle Ages to Renaissance, 1600 paintings by renowned artists such as Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet and Jean-Francois Millet. The collection of photography representing Goya, Rembrandt and Durer was one of the first in the United States. The collection of Prints, photos and drawings are exhibited by rotation as they are photosensitive, but they can be viewed by request.

The museum has a unique collection of European, Turkish, Indian and Persian silk weaves, Japanese textiles and robes, embroidery, knitting and all things textile related. The museum houses one of the world’s greatest collections of fans, Esther Oldham Collection. The museum also has a collection of 1200 musical instruments from all over the world.
Click here to go to Museum of Fine Arts website

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