Kimberly
This
summer I went on a road trip through Germany and Austria. This
blogpost is all about my visit to Vienna. The city of Jugendstil, the
city where people like Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser and
many more came together to create some timeless pieces of art.
I
always try to see the best in every city that I visit and Vienna is
one of those cities that I wouldn't mind living in. The neighbourhood
that we stayed in, felt a bit like home, like Brussels.
We
spend three days here. The tram network is great, there is this one
tram that rides along all the big touristy (but very gorgeous
architecture) places, so it was very easy to just hop on the tram and
ride along without knowing where you want to get off exactly. We went
past the parlement so we hopped off and felt like little ants whilst admiring this beautiful and monumental piece of architecture.
The next day we found ourselves at the Maria-Theresian-Platz, where these gigantic neo-baroque buildings are located. These are the Kunsthistorisches museum
and the Naturhistorisches museum. I already visited the
Kunsthistorisches museum a few years ago so we went to the
Naturhistorisches museum instead. This museum has a huge collection
of different life forms and things formed by nature. I love the fact that it still has such an old vibe. It's
a place where it looks like the time has stopped. A few of the labels
are even faded away. I do love it here.
Naturhistorisches Museum
When you eventually cross the road you find yourself at the Museumquartier.The museum that's build here and that keeps pulling me back is the Leopoldmuseum.
This
museum is filled with works of two of my all time favourite artists
Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. First
time I came in contact with their work was in high school, I was
studying art at the time and they helped developed my own style. I
fell in love with the way Schiele transfers his confident lines on
his canvas and how Klimt uses his colours and patterns.
Egon Schiele
Gustav Klimt
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele
Other museums that are worth visiting are The Belvedere and The Albertina, to name just two.
Vienna seems great! I found a link to this blog on the instagram account of one of you and I'm really liking it so far. I'm not an art history student (literature and linguistics it is), but nevertheless musea are my all time favorite places on earth.
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