August 19
Inside the Leopold Museum
* I’m bummed that I didn’t discover the Museumsquartier before today. It is such a cool, vibrant place with a very modern design; something new compared the buildings along the Ringstrasse or the cathedrals in the Innerestadt. I went to the Leopold Museum, which had a large collection of Egon Shiele and Gustav Klimt. The overall look of their paintings are very similar since they both were the leaders in the Secession Movement at the turn-of-the-century. Downstairs there was a really neat exhibit on Women in art through the 16th to 21st centuries. It was interesting to not only see the changes in the way females are represented, but to see what hasn’t changed and how much of what is painted is continuously made for the male gaze.
* Tonight was the infamous night of the fire alarm. Interesting that after thirty minutes of annoying alarms the fire department finally arrives. I can’t really say if this is a cultural thing or maybe just glitch in the system.
posted by lauREN @ 9/11/2006
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