Houston Fine Arts Museum: Statues so Life-like and Paintings one can almost step into! Gold, Emeralds, Rubies and more!

     

 In olden days the subject matter of paintings was religion, royalty and royal battles, history, mythology, or the lives of great men. 

 In the 19th century some artists rebelled against these canons and started painting everyday life and nature as their subject matter.

How awesome it turned out to be! These paintings are such a treat to see and savor!

There are so many details galore in every painting, each stroke is like a wand of magic.

the videos embedded here bring out the detailed beauty in each painting,

there are multiple pictures for each painting in this post, one catching the entirety and the rest zooming in on some of the details  

VIEW PAINTINGS AS A MOMENTO FOR TOURISTS

PORTRAITS

STATUES/SCULPTURE SO LIFE LIKE!

Napoleon... rare plaster of Paris model

TAPESTRY

ROOM ORNAMENTS/ACCESSORIES

TIFFANY STAINED GLASS

ROOM PARTITION SCREEN

RELIGIOUS ARTEFACTS

IVORY

BUCKLE for religious robe of priest

GOLD, EMERALS, RUBIES AND MORE

This part of Emeralds and rubies will be continued a little later  

KOREAN PAVILION

40000 Buttons create palace mural