The richness and detail of a renaissance gallery can often be overwhelming to the visitor. Religious paintings, ruler and scholar portraits and carved sculptures all recount stories of strength, exploration and belief. These rooms glorify a time when mankind revived knowledge, and when art, science, and philosophy all had a new focus. The visitor can follow the glories of human achievement in every stroke of the brush and wonder how the Renaissance still affects art and thought in our time.
Contemporary and Modern Voices.
Entering a room of contemporary or modern art often makes it seem like you entered a completely new world. Digital installations, experimental and bold abstract forms are boundless and urge the visitor to question the present. Issues of identity, technology, politics, environmental change are current issues that are usually addressed in these galleries. In contrast to the works of ancient or classical tradition, the art of the modern era raises questions, invites controversy and makes one think where society is going. By doing so, modern rooms will help remind visitors that, art is not only the preservation of the past but the creation of the future.
The Museum as a Tour of Narratives.
The different rooms together give us a tapestry of human creation through time. It is like flipping the pages of a large, illustrated book to pass through one gallery to the other. The chapters are an original in themselves, but they are all united by one and the same thread of human expression. Visitors are reminded that art museums are not places of stasis, regardless of whether they are being ferried to a temple that is thousands of years old or challenged by a digital installation commenting on the issues of the current day. They are living experiences, and with each room comes a new face, a new sound, and a new dimension of meaning to the history of man.
Exploration and Reflection Hours.
It is not rare that people when visiting an art museum spend hours wandering through the galleries, slowly moving through each item and letting curiosity lead them to the next. The museum setting helps to foster this slow speed and provides a unique chance to take a breath and pay complete attention to every piece of art. Time spent in a museum is not as pressured as time in everyday life, making it time to both explore and reflect. A gentleman or lady might be attracted back to a certain picture or statue again and again and discover something new in it every time they cast a glance.