Saturday: Munich Museums
Saturday we went to see some of Munich's many museums. First, the Glyptothek (first picture), a collection of Greek and Roman sculptures, which, like much of Munich, was destroyed by bombing in WWII, but was rebuilt. Then, the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (second picture), an antiquities museum with lots of very old vases. Then, the Alte Pinakothek, the Old Art Museum (pictures 3-6). The most interesting paintings there were the old German ones. Most have similar religious subjects as Italian or French paintings of the same age, by they tend to be a little weirder... as you can see in the details above. The snake eating the lion is from a great series of 17th century paintings that suppossedly depicted animals from around the world... they were a little off when it came to everywhere except Europe, though we would have some really cool animals walking (and flying and slithering) around if they'd been right!
Then, lunch at the outdoor Lowenbrau Biergarten. Great.
And finally, the BMW museum! My favorite part were the cute little blobby robots that moved around, silently. But the cars were cool too. Above, art cars by Frank Stella and Jeff Koons.
Unfortunately, it got cold here on Monday, rainy on Tuesday, and then it actually snowed a little Wednesday morning. Nick and I found a great coworking space to hole up in, but we miss the sunshine, so tonight we're taking an overnight train to Rome! I'll let you know how it goes.
