Symbols in antithesis An antithesis between two historical periods that marked and changed the identity of the country. A visual discourse argued by objects of the same typology, bearing messages differentiated in the light of ideological principles, normative aesthetic principles and aesthetic values. Symbols in antithesis aims at an antithetic exposition of […]
Read MoreRomantic and romance. Different only/ but together “Romantic is the one who, among the idealist’s attributes, lacks only one: a worthy and secure purpose.” (N. Iorga) Regardless of the means by which the character of romantism is described, whether he is the young Werther of Goethe and his love for Lotte in “The […]
Read MoreThe measure of time Time. An ancestral subject for reflection and interrogation, time is also a pretext for deciphering and ordering, in a permanent system of human reality and perception. Time accompanies us permanently, being like a dome where scientific knowledge or social practice constantly find new meanings and significations in the […]
Read MoreThematic exhibition at the Suțu Palace Tudor Vladimirescu and the Cultural Memory of the Revolution of 1821 The moment of 1821 has a special significance in the Romanian historiography, given by the voluminous bibliography dedicated both to the development of the events, and to the personality of Tudor Vladimirescu, the leader of the revolution. […]
Read MoreExhibition at the Suțu Palace Power and status. Portraits from the Sculpture Collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum The sculpture collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum has a series of metal, marble and plaster portraits of some Romanian personalities, created mainly in the second half of the 19th century and the first half […]
Read MoreExhibition at the Suțu Palace Parchments from the patrimony of the Bucharest Municipality Museum The Museum of Bucharest is the beneficiary of a diverse and varied Collection of documents that includes documents from the chancelleries of the rulers of Wallachia starting with the second reign of Dan II (June-August 1428) and continuing with […]
Read MoreExhibition at the Suțu Palace Dress code – Perfume of the 19th Century Today, when mankind has already gone through a rich history of clothing, any lover of beauty making a foray into the past can ask himself: What did the dress code mean in the 19th century? What were the outfits for going […]
Read MoreExhibition at the Suțu Palace Anton Kaindl. Engravings of places from Bucharest In 1921, at the invitation of the Royal Family, Anton Kaindl arrived in Romania, and will prove to be one of the most impressive engravers of the twentieth century. Very little is known about the journey of the painter […]
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