Amsterdam and Arts
Amsterdam's development of their arts and culture is surprisingly rich. How can a city as liberal as they are, be so cultured at the same time?
As the home of the celebrated artist Van Gogh, The Vincent Van Gogh Museum showcased some the artist's masterpieces. Whose works have inspired a lot od modern artists even up to today.
Here's one of his self portraits.
Van Gogh painted a total of 35 self-portraits. No this is not vanity nor narcissistic. He wanted to learn making protraits, but could not afford on models. Using his own reflection, he experimented on various styles, colors, and strokes.
No pictures taken here as the security inside allowed no cameras.
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Amsterdam is also the home of the famous 13 year old girl Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Her father's office building, where her family hid during the hollocaust, is within the center of Amsterdam - 263 Prisengracht. Anne Frank's diary narrated a captivating story that depicted a parcel of the lives of the Jews and the Nazis, that this building now became a museum.
Across that canal, behind the house boat, is THE building. But now it has expanded and has been given some renovations. So it now looks modern.
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Finally, the last museum we visited was the RIJK Museum. Netherland's largest museum of arts and history of the country. It showed us how the affluent lived that period.
As the home of the celebrated artist Van Gogh, The Vincent Van Gogh Museum showcased some the artist's masterpieces. Whose works have inspired a lot od modern artists even up to today.
Here's one of his self portraits.
Van Gogh painted a total of 35 self-portraits. No this is not vanity nor narcissistic. He wanted to learn making protraits, but could not afford on models. Using his own reflection, he experimented on various styles, colors, and strokes.
No pictures taken here as the security inside allowed no cameras.
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Amsterdam is also the home of the famous 13 year old girl Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Her father's office building, where her family hid during the hollocaust, is within the center of Amsterdam - 263 Prisengracht. Anne Frank's diary narrated a captivating story that depicted a parcel of the lives of the Jews and the Nazis, that this building now became a museum.
Across that canal, behind the house boat, is THE building. But now it has expanded and has been given some renovations. So it now looks modern.
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Finally, the last museum we visited was the RIJK Museum. Netherland's largest museum of arts and history of the country. It showed us how the affluent lived that period.
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