Die Stimmung der Landschaft – Malerei der Barbizonisten aus Liberec - Augsburg

Dear Friends
organised at the very last minute last Sathurday, on Sunday has taken place the visit of the exhibition: Die Stimmung der Landschaft
http://www.kunstsammlungen-museen.augsburg.de/index.php?id=28537
at the Schaezler Palace
http://www.schaezlerpalais-augsburg.de/
in Augsburg (DE) made by JLD and me. The exhibition proposes the paintings of the Barbizonists, a group of "open air landscape" artists. The kind of paintings of these artists are in the following images together with the image of the magnificent Rokokofestsaal of the Schaezler Palace.
Salutations
Giancarlo

Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg

Dear Friends
if you have the occasion to be in St. Petersburg don't forget to visit the Zoological Museum (http://www.saint-petersburg.com/museums/zoological-museum.asp ), on the bord of the river Neva not far from the Eremitage. Of particular interest in the Museum, among other animals, are the rests of some mamonts discovered in Siberia. Here are some images taken during the visit of the Museum made by JLD and me.
Salutations
Giancarlo

Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg and Pushkin

Dear Friends
the participation to JENAM 2011 has left to JLD and me the possibility to visit three interesting orthodox churches.
The first one, the rose church, unfortunately closed, is not far from the Victory Place in St. Petersburg. It is dedicated to St. John the Precursor and was built in the years 1777-1780 by the architect Felten. It contains many West Europe contemporary architectural elements and is very unusual for the Russian religious architecture.
The second one is in Pushkin and was demolished during the Russian Revolution. The reconstruction is terminated recently and of particular interest is the iconostasis.
The third one is the church of St. Theodor near the palaces of Catherine II and Alexander I in Pushkin. Let me say that its iconostasis is one of the most beautiful I never seen.
Salutations
Giancarlo

Icons - Russian Museum - St. Petersburg

Dear Friends
as you know, Jean-Luc and me, last week were in St. Petersburg for attending the Congress Jenam 2011. This event has let us the time to visit the Russian Museum ( http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/home/ )which collects paintings of Russian artists of various periods. We were particularly interested to the collection of precious icons of the Museum also because the icons is one of the subject of interest of our M.Polo Club. We payed for a permission to take images, and the attached ones give you an impression of the icons in the Museum and of the icons art in general.
Salutations
Giancarlo