arts

Poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

— John Keating

Welcome to this little “e-museum” — a personal gallery of snapshots featuring artistic wonders and cultural relics!

The “exhibits” here range from paintings and ceramics to sculptures and beyond — basically, anything that blew my mind during visits to museums. You might also stumble upon some of my own photography, when I felt inspired (or just lucky with the lighting 😎).

If you’re also a fellow art & history enthusiast, I’d be thrilled to hear about what’s captivated you too — feel free to share!

Arts in Stillness - Adrift in Time and Land

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

- Fine Art -

- Cultural Relic -

- miscellany -

For now, let me just list the museums I’ve visited so far

碑林博物馆；秦兵马俑博物馆；陕西省历史博物馆；西安博物院；西安事变纪念馆

故宫博物馆；中国国家博物馆；中国国家大剧院；中国美术馆；中央礼品文物管理中心

南京博物院；南京六朝博物院；南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆

上海博物馆；上海城市规划展览馆

三峡博物馆

山东博物馆

沈阳故宫博物院；九·一八历史博物馆

四川博物院；金沙遗址博物馆

伪满皇宫博物馆

扬州双博馆（扬州博物馆与扬州雕版印刷博物馆）；扬派盆景博物馆

碑林博物馆；秦兵马俑博物馆；陕西大剧院；陕西省历史博物馆；西安博物院；西安事变纪念馆

Ashmolean Museum; British Museum; Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery; Tate Britain; Victoria and Albert Museum

Landesmuseum Zürich (瑞士国立博物馆); Kunsthaus Zürich (苏黎世美术馆); Zoologisches Museum (苏黎世动物标本博物馆); Opernhaus Zürich (苏黎世歌剧院);

Museum Sammlung Rosengart (罗森加特收藏馆); Gletschergarten Luzern (冰河博物馆); KKL文化会议中心

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (荷兰国立博物馆); Van Gogh Museum (梵高博物馆); Mauritshuis (莫瑞泰斯皇家美术馆); Escher in Het Paleis (埃舍尔宫殿博物馆); *Louwman Museum (洛曼汽车博物馆)

Museo Nazionale Scienzae Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (达·芬奇国家科学技术博物馆)

Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (比利时皇家美术馆); Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (根特美术馆)

Albertina Museum Wien (阿尔贝蒂娜博物馆); Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (维也纳自然史博物馆); Möbelmuseum Wien (帝王家具展); Musikverein Wien (金色大厅); Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (维也纳艺术史博物馆); Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (奥地利国家图书馆); Schloss Belvedere (美景宫); Schloss Schönbrunn (美泉宫); Sisi Museum (茜茜博物馆)

Arts in Motion - My Post-memories of the 1990’s

- Movies -

• Edward Scissorhands (剪刀手爱德华) 1990
• Scent of a Woman (闻香识女人) 1992
• 霸王别姬 (Farewell My Concubine) 1993
• 重庆森林 (Chungking Express) 1994
• Pulp Fiction (低俗小说) 1994
• Mission: Impossible (碟中谍) 1996
• もののけ姫 (幽灵公主) 1997
• La vita è bella (美丽人生) 1997
• Titanic (泰坦尼克号) 1997
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (两杆大烟枪) 1998
• Eyes Wide Shut (大开眼戒) 1999
• Fight Club (搏击俱乐部) 1999

- TV Shows -

• シティーハンター (城市猎人) manga series 1985-1991; TV show 1987
• 编辑部的故事 1992
• 过把瘾 1994
• Friends (老友记) 1994-2004

- (Rock) Music -

• California Dreamin’; The Mamas & the Papas 1965
• 21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph; King Crimson “In the Court of the Crimson King” 1969
• Candy Says, What Goes On, Pale Blue Eyes…; The Velvet Undergound “The Velvet Underground” 1969
• Long Long Time; Linda Ronstadt “Silk Purse” 1970
• Heart Of Gold; Neil Young “Harvest” 1972
• Hotel California; Eagles “Hotel California” 1976
• I Want to Break Free; Queen “The Works” 1984
• With or Without You, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For; U2 “The Joshua Tree” 1987
• 新长征路上的摇滚 (Rock ‘n’ Roll on the New Long March); 崔健 《新长征路上的摇滚》 1989
• Don’t Break My Heart, 无地自容 (Shameful); 黑豹乐队 《黑豹》 1991
• 挪威的森林 (Norwegian Forest); 伍佰 & China Blue 《爱情的尽头》 1996
• Viva La Vida; Coldplay “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” 2008 - not a pre-2000 song, but, you know, Coldplay formed in London in 1997…