The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
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| - | The '''Kunsthistorisches Museum''' ([[English language|English]]: "Museum of Art History") in [[Vienna]], housed in its festive palatial building on [[Ringstraße]], crowned with an octagonal [[dome]], is one of the premier museums of [[fine arts]] and [[decorative arts]] in the world. The term ''Kunsthistorisches Museum'' applies to both the institution and the main building. | ||
| - | It was opened in [[1891]] at the same time as the ''[[Naturhistorisches Museum]]'', by Emperor [[Franz Joseph I]] of [[Austria-Hungary]]. The two museums have identical exteriors and face each other across [[Maria-Theresien-Platz]]. Both buildings were built between [[1872]] and 1891 according to plans drawn up by [[Gottfried Semper]] and [[Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer]]. | + | '''''The Fight Between Carnival and Lent''''' is an [[oil painting|oil]]-on-panel work painted by [[Pieter Bruegel]] in 1559. This painting depicts a common festival of the period, as celebrated in the Southern Netherlands. It presents the contrast between two sides of contemporary life, as can be seen by the appearance of the inn on the left side - for enjoyment, and the church on the right side - for religious observance. The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene near the inn. Other scenes show a well in the centre (the coming together of different parts of the community), a fish stall and two competing floats. |
| - | The two Ringstraße museums were commissioned by the Emperor in order to find a suitable shelter for the [[Habsburg]]s' formidable art collection and to make it accessible to the general public. The [[façade]] was built of [[sandstone]]. The building is rectangular in shape, and topped with a dome that is 60 meters high. The inside of the building is lavishly decorated with marble, stucco ornamentations, gold-leaf, and paintings, making it a spectacular work of art in its own right. | ||
| - | == Collection == | + | ==See also== |
| - | The museum's primary collections are those of the [[Habsburg]]s, particularly from the [[portrait]] and [[armour]] collections of [[Ferdinand II of Austria|Ferdinand of Tirol]], the collections of Emperor [[Rudolf II]] (the largest part of which is, however, scattered), and the collection of paintings of [[Archduke Leopold Wilhelm]]. | + | * [[Lutheranism]] |
| - | + | * [[Calvinism]] | |
| - | Affiliated with the Vienna museum, and officially part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, are the collections in the [[Hofburg|Neue Hofburg]]. These include the: | + | * [[Catholic Church]] |
| - | * ''Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer'' (Imperial Hunting and Armoury Treasury, the collection of arms and armour); | + | * [[Carnival]] |
| - | * ''Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente'' (the collection of old music instruments); | + | |
| - | * ''Museum für Völkerkunde'' (Museum of Ethnology, affiliated in [[2001]]); | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ephesos]]-Museum''; | + | |
| - | * ''[[Schatzkammer]]'' (Imperial Treasury); | + | |
| - | * ''[[Lipizzan]]er-Museum'' in the ''[[Stallburg]]''; | + | |
| - | * the [[Austrian Theatre Museum]]; and the | + | |
| - | * ''[[Wagenburg]] und Monturdepot'' (The Museum of Imperial Carriages and Department of Court Uniforms, in an auxiliary building at [[Schönbrunn Palace|Schloss Schönbrunn]]. | + | |
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| - | A branch office is located at [[Schloss Ambras]] in [[Innsbruck]]. Overall, the collection is one of the largest and most important collections in the world. | + | |
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| - | Among the most important works in the picture gallery are: | + | |
| - | *[[Jan van Eyck]]: "Cardinal Niccolò Albergati" ("Kardinal Niccoló Albergati"), 1438 | + | |
| - | *[[Albrecht Dürer]]: "Adoration of the Trinity" (Anbetung der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit), 1511 | + | |
| - | *[[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]]: "Summer" (Sommer), 1563 | + | |
| - | *[[Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio]]: "Madonna of the Rosary" (Die Rosenkranzmadonna) 1606/07 | + | |
| - | **"The Crowning with Thorns" | + | |
| - | **"David with the Head of Goliath" | + | |
| - | *[[Peter Paul Rubens]]: "Ildefonso Altar" (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), 1630-32 | + | |
| - | **"The Fur" (Das Pelzchen), 1638 | + | |
| - | *[[Raphael]]: "Madonna in Green" (''Madonna im Grünen''), 1506 | + | |
| - | *[[Johannes Vermeer]]: "The Artist in his Studio" (Die Malkunst), 1665/66 | + | |
| - | *[[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]]: | + | |
| - | **"[[The Fight Between Carnival and Lent]]" (Kampf zwischen Fasching und Fasten), 1559 | + | |
| - | **"Children's Games" (Kinderspiele), 1560 | + | |
| - | **"[[The Tower of Babel (Brueghel)|The Tower of Babel]]" (Turmbau zu Babel), 1563 | + | |
| - | **"The Procession to Calvary" (Kreuztragung Christi), 1564 | + | |
| - | **"The Gloomy Day (Feb.-Ma.)" (Düsterer Tag (Vorfrühling)), 1565 | + | |
| - | **"The Return of the Herd (Oct.-Nov.)" (Heimkehr der Herde (Herbst)), 1565 | + | |
| - | **"The Hunters in the Snow (Dec.-Jan.)" (Jäger im Schnee (Winter)), 1565 | + | |
| - | **"The Peasant and the Nest Robber" (Bauer und Vogeldieb), 1568 | + | |
| - | **"The Peasant Wedding" (Bauernhochzeit), 1568/69 | + | |
| - | **"The Peasant Dance" (Bauerntanz), 1568/69 | + | |
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| - | The Kunsthistorisches Museum appears in considerable detail in the final mission of the computer game ''[[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven]]'', developed by [[Illusion Softworks]]. | + | |
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The Fight Between Carnival and Lent is an oil-on-panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel in 1559. This painting depicts a common festival of the period, as celebrated in the Southern Netherlands. It presents the contrast between two sides of contemporary life, as can be seen by the appearance of the inn on the left side - for enjoyment, and the church on the right side - for religious observance. The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene near the inn. Other scenes show a well in the centre (the coming together of different parts of the community), a fish stall and two competing floats.
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