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The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest has many world-quality paintings. Learn about understanding art through famous works of art from Europe in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
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One of the best museums in Europe. Watch an overview of the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Raphael Sanzio, usually referred to by just is his first name, was one of great painters of the High Renaissance. Learn more about his famous works at the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Great example of one of Raphael Sanzio's masterworks. Learn more about Raphael's paintings in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Learn more about Raphael's paintings in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Learn how a background reflects life of the portrait sitter. Learn more about Raphael's portraiture style from his works in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Giorgione is famous for his lyrical painting style. Learn more about the works of this enigmatic artist in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Giorgione is known for his interesting use of color. Learn more about the works of this enigmatic artist in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Excellent example of Titian's use of beautiful colors. Learn more about the works of Titian in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Venetian painters of his era were renowned for their drawing ability. Learn more about the works of Titian in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Excellent example of 16th century mannerism. Learn more about the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is known for his detail in depicting crowd scenes. Learn more about the works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
One of the most famous Spanish mannerist painters. Learn more about the paintings of El Greco in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Mannerist painters such as El Greco strove to express deep emotions in their paintings. Learn more about the paintings of El Greco in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Velazquez was a court painter to Spanish king Phillip IV. Learn more about the paintings of Diego Velazquez at the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Velazquez is known for his dramatic use of light and shadow. Learn more about the paintings of Diego Velazquez at the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Baroque painter with popular style that was easy to emulate. Learn more about the paintings of Bartolomé Estebán Murillo in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Popular painter among common people as well as aristocracy. Learn more about the paintings of Bartolomé Estebán Murillo in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Painter from Romantic era who depicted war and revolution. Learn more about Goya paintings in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Goya used quick brush strokes to catch a particular moment in his paintings. Learn more about Goya paintings in the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
The Museum of Fine Arts-Budapest was built in 1906 during the Golden Age of the Austria-Hungarian monarchy, in a turn-of-the-century style with evidence of Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque eras. The Museum of Fine Arts has a world-famous Spanish collection with important artists like Velazquez, El Greco, and Goya. The Italian gallery includes such greats as Raphael, Giorgione and Correggio. The modern French collection includes artists such as Courbet, Manet, Monet and Toulouse-Lautrec. The museum also has a big collection of Dutch art as well as modern art, Egyptian art and graphic art.
One of the best ways to learn about art is to study the classics. And what better place to study the classics than at one of the best museums in Europe. In this free art appreciation series, an art expert will take you around the galleries of the Budapest Museum of Art and point out the qualities which make classic paintings timeless works of art. Learn about lighting, brush stokes, framing, subject matter and other aspect of these famous paintings.
Edina Deme Edina Deme has a master of arts degree from József Attila University in Szeged, Hungary and a master of arts degree from Bard Graduate Center in New York. She is the director of the Docent Program at the Museum of Fine Arts-Budapest. She regularly conducts educational gallery tours and lectures on European history and art.dkdk
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