The Cleveland Museum of Art, South View from Wade Lagoon

Located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Museum of Art has a permanent collectionof more than 40,000 objects in 70 galleries. Established in 1913, the world renowned museum is well known for its collections of Pre-Columbian, medieval European, and Asian art. It is also home to a large art research library, performance spaces, and a restaurant. The museum is often host to concerts, films, and lectures. General admission is free to the public. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1779x1040, 417 KB) Cleveland Museum of Art, view from South File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cleveland Museum of Art ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1779x1040, 417 KB) Cleveland Museum of Art, view from South File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cleveland Museum of Art ... University Circle is a cultural, medical, educational and religious district on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, occupying approximately 500 acres (2 km²) around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval, and encompassing a large number of allied and independent institutions. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Byzantine monumental Church mosaics are a crowning glory of Medieval Art. ... Arts of the Far East include: Buddhist art Chinese art Japanese art Tibetan art Thai art Art of Laos Categories: Art stubs ...

The Museum's main building (designed by Hubbell and Benes) was constructed in 1916 and expanded in 1958, in 1971 (designed by Marcel Breuer) and in 1983. Construction of a new addition designed by Rafael Viñoly is underway, with a goal of completion in 2010. The Museum was closed from January 2006 to October 2006 to facilitate the $258 million renovation and expansion project, and is currently partially open. Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer (May 21, 1902 Pécs, Hungary – July 1, 1981 New York City), architect and furniture designer, was an influential modernist. ... Rafael Viñoly, a world-famous architect, was born in 1944 in Uruguay. ...

Highlights

Detail, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Museum's large cast of Rodin's The Thinker has a unique but troubled history. Partially destroyed in an act of vandalism by a protester in 1970, the statue was left unrestored due to the close involvement of the artist in its original casting. The damaged statue is now considered to be interesting commentary on The Thinker which was originally paired with the artist's The Gates of Hell. [1] ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 265 KB) Summary Cleveland Museum of Art http://www. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 265 KB) Summary Cleveland Museum of Art http://www. ... Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Thinker, bronze cast by Alexis Rudier, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is one of Auguste Rodins famous bronze sculptures. ... The Gates of Hell, Musée Rodin. ...

In June 2004, the Museum acquired an ancient bronze sculpture of Apollo Sauroktonos, believed to be an original work by Praxiteles of Athens. Because the work has a contested provenance, the Museum continues to study the dating and attribution of the sculpture. ^[1] The great civilizations of the old world worked in bronze for art, from the time of the introduction of bronze for edged weapons. ... Praxiteles of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus, was the greatest of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC, who has left an imperishable mark on the history of art. ... Athens (Greek Αθήνα Athína) is the capital and largest city of Greece. ... Throughout the world, there are many works of art that have a contested Provenance. ...

Special exhibitions

• The museum has organized a worldwide tour of special exhibitions of highlights from its collections. These include exhibitions in Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Munich (at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum); and in the U.S., in Los Angeles at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and in Nashville, TN at the Frist Center. In the Fall of 2006, the Frick Collection will exhibit ten of Cleveland's greatest old master paintings.

• Closer to home, the museum has organized a small exhibit of 18th Century English paintings at Oberlin College, and has loaned several contemporary art works to MOCA Cleveland.

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References

1. ^ Cleveland Art Apollo

External links

• The Cleveland Museum of Art

Gallery

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