10 coolest museums that you can visit, without getting up from the couch

Art always inspires. It reminds of the diversity of the world and its beauty. . It is a pity that we often do not have the time or money for a museum, where they await the masterpieces of past centuries

Website has found a solution - an incredible Google Art Project, which offers virtual tours of the best museums. Let's start with the 10 coolest!

Museum of Modern Art 80,760,233

One of the most famous and most visited museums in the world. It is possible to see not only the work of our time, but also the original "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh and "Hope II of" Gustav Klimt. Virtual tour offers unusual artifacts of modernity: the original costumes, photographs, posters, sculptures and paintings psychogeographic Mark Bradford

London National Gallery

. Here for sure you can spend the whole day! The museum contains paintings from the XIII to the XX century. We recommend to evaluate the "Virgin of the Rocks" by Leonardo da Vinci, "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli and "Allegory of Prudence" by Titian. These and other specialties of available virtual exposure.

Old National Gallery in Berlin

The German museum contains paintings of the XIX century in the classical style, Romanticism, Impressionism and early modernism. Particularly noteworthy are paintings by Edouard Manet "The Conservatory" Gustave Courbet "Wave" and Caspar David Friedrich's "Monk by the Sea". You can walk around the museum complex. However, some pictures were without signatures.

Versailles

A place where everyone will feel royal greatness. With Art Project, you can not only look at famous paintings ( "The Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David, "The meeting of Eleazar with Rebecca" Paolo Veronese "Hercules supports Victory" Jean Zhuvene), but also to see how I have one of the most luxurious palaces in stories. The virtual tour also offers a walk in the park realistic.

State Tretyakov Gallery

Art lovers will not find a more complete collection of works by artists from Russia than here. Our favorites - "Black Sea" by Ivan Aivazovsky, "Emerald Necklace" Victor Borisov-Musatov, "Lady in Blue" by Konstantin Somov and "Girl with Peaches" Valentin Serov.

National Gallery of Modern Art India

Want to know more about Indian art? Then choose the Museum. Pictures will help to get acquainted with a completely different culture. The museum presents not only the work of Indian artists, but also paintings of Europeans, who have been established in India. It is worth paying attention to Amrita Sher-Gil, which is often compared to Frida Kahlo.

Uffizi Gallery in Florence

The most visited museum in Italy. It seems, on the "Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli, you can watch for hours! Also, you can see the Uffizi 'Adoration of the Magi "and" The Annunciation "by Leonardo da Vinci," Flora, "by Titian," Angel of Music "Rosso Fiorentino and other well-known paintings.

Van Gogh Museum

The number one place for all admirers of the Dutch postimpressionist. By the way, the museum in Amsterdam will offer to look not only at the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh ( "Sunflowers", "Potato Eaters", "Bedroom in Arles"), but also on the work of his talented contemporaries (such as Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin).

Reina Sofia

Not only an incredible art museum, but also a large library. We recommend to evaluate the work of avant-garde artist Juan Gris ( "Bottle of Anis del Mono", "Open Window", "Violin and Guitar"). The main item in the museum is considered to be Pablo Picasso's "Guernica".

Tate Britain

The museum, which tell almost everything about British art. Here are collected the works from 1500 to the present day. We love to look here to see again on the "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais, "Nocturne" James Whistler and "Snowstorm" by William Turner.

via www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/tate-britain