The Borghese Gallery in Rome has some of the finest Bernini sculptures in the world including three of the most influential works of the Baroque period: The Abduction of Proserpina, David, and the magnificent Apollo and Daphne. The Borghese Gallery (Museo e Galeria Borghese) in the Villa Borghese Park is one of the best art galleries to visit in Rome. The four marble … [Read more...]
Visit the Liebieghaus Museum Sculpture Collection in Frankfurt am Main
The Liebieghaus Museum in Frankfurt am Main is home to a top sculpture collection (Skulpturensammlung) from antiquity to neoclassicism. One of the finest sculpture collections in the world is in the small Liebieghaus Museum on the banks of the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany. Around 3,000 sculptures of exquisite quality are on permanent display with works spanning five … [Read more...]
Visit the Thorvaldsens Museum of Sculptures in Copenhagen
Visit the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen to see the complete collection of the sculptures and art gallery of the Danish classical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The purpose-built Thorvaldsens Museum is a gallery to display sculptures, copies, models, and sketches of all the works produced by Bertel Thorvaldsen, as well as his own collection of art, antiquities, and coins. … [Read more...]
See Ganymede Sculptures in the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen
Sculptures of Ganymede — the handsome mortal snatched from earth by an eagle to become cupbearer for the gods on Mount Olympus — are favorites in the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Bertel Thorvaldsen, a famous Danish sculptor that worked mostly from Rome during the 19th century, made several sculptures of Ganymede. The best one is of Ganymede and the eagle of … [Read more...]
See German Sculptures in the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin
Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for a free exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The brick neo-gothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin provides a spectacular setting for the Ideal and Form permanent exhibition of 19th-century sculptures by artists associated with the Berliner Bildhauerschule (Berlin school of … [Read more...]