Wait a second, Day 8 again?! Yep, I really messed up with the dates, especially after the blogger one-day-down incident. So the Marienplatz should be Day 7, but where’s the ice-cream part then? Ahhhh, I don’t know ><
And as you might guessed, it’s Glyptothek today!
GLYPTOTHEK – Sculptures of the Greeks and Romans
And again as you can guess it’s all about sculptures, it’s A.R.T.! Well Munich is famous with its artistic elements and the abundance of museums, and Glyptothek is one of the most visit-or-regret museum in Munich. Since it’s within walking distance from my school (I dare to say it’s less than 1km) so why not to have a look inside!
Reminder: It’s about ART!
The first sculpture after buying ticket. This brown-coloured sculpture seems to have some Egyptian elements with it. Cross-linking it with the obelisk (The tall black monument with flowers), there should be something interesting to be explored!
Sea-shell sculpture. I wonder why Germans like sea-shell design so much?
A portion of the horizontal “beam” of an ancient building.
The highlight of Glyptothek. There are a lot of students/art lovers sitting along the wall to sketch this.
A kid with a…. duck? Anyway notice the top-left corner, see something? Yup it’s Greek!
A closer look to the characters.
More of them!
A group of soldiers with commander. This can be seen at the “triangle area” above the main door of ancient military buildings.
A don’t know what building at the side of a cliff! Well this is made of wood, so does it still considered sculpture?
Another wooden model. Notice the “triangle area” I mentioned just now?
This hall is a bit mysterious. As you can see there are quite a number of sculptures inside, and it was very quite… Oh ya, and it was about to rain that time.
Shot taken while sitting on the bench. Got a feeling that everyone was looking at me…
Mother Theresa, if I remember correctly. See how detailed the work is!
And along with the ticket the access to another museum nearby is granted. It is the one just opposite Glyptothek:
Staatliche Antikensammlungen! (State Collections of Antiques)
As the name indicates it’s about antiques. Tonnes of antiques from ancient to old to near-modern can be seen inside. Talking about antique it’s about art too! (Too bad I’m an engineering student, but engineers ought to have some senses of aesthetic too!)
The first that caught my eyesight: Sea-shell again!
A vase. Or a urn?
Another vase or urn. But notice the stand, it’s too small to be useful right?
The first idea that came across my mind was 照妖镜 (Demon-revealing Mirror). But it’s really a mirror after all!
This urn (I’d say it’s urn) is way too large. The height is about 130cm or above I guess.
Now this is the interesting one. It’s not too large, just slightly taller than a 1.5L bottle. Seems to be quite plain and sturdy. Wait sturdy?!
This is why I say it’s sturdy! This is the X-ray image of the urn(?) above! It’s sort of pointless to have such a tall urn with no practical volume to fill in anything! Too bad I don’t know German so there’s nothing to explain to me.
And it’s not one but a dozen of it.
I wondered what is this ancient machine when I passed by it. Any idea?
And when I passed by this I sort of getting an idea of what was the machine just now.
The machine is a jewel/gem carver! Notice how fine the art on this amethyst (should be?).
A plate, zodiac plate.
Next Stop: The Building in the middle of Roundabout
This building is right in the middle of a roundabout. I was once thought that it’s a museum, but I was wrong. It sort of like a wall or gate or something I don’t know.
I don’t know what it is even after I looked at this…
And after I wiki about it the Propyläen can be translated into Propylaea in English. As I’ve guessed it’s a gate! It was built as a memorial for the accession to the throne of Otto of Greece, a son of the principal King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Never forget to cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylaea_(Munich)
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