DESCRIBING A PAINTING!!! PART I

FAMOUS PAINTINGS

This video presents fifty of the world most famous paintings of all time. A number of these famous paintings are currently housed in various famous museums around the world.

FAMOUS MUSEUMS

PRADO MUSEUM.- MADRID

The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century. El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world, and is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. The numerous works by Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Titian, Peter  Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection.

THE MOMA.- NEW YORK

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the three largest in the world, with the most significant art collections.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY.- LONDON

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in London. It houses one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world. 

LOUVRE MUSEUM.-PARIS

It´s one the largest and most visited museum in the world, Opening on August 10th, 1793 with an exhibition of over 500 paintings. It now has over 35,000 pieces of the world's most important art.