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Austin Sights

Blanton Museum of Art

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Good for: Elementary age kids to seniors

Not good for: action seeking people

  • Address
    • 200 E Martin Luther King Blvd at Congress Ave
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 512-471-7324
  • Price
    • adult/under 12yr/youth $9/free/5
  • Hours
    • 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Blanton Museum of Art

A big university with a big endowment is bound to have a big art collection, and now, finally, it has a suitable building to show it off properly. Ranking among the best university art collections in the USA, the Blanton showcases a variety of styles. It doesn’t go very in-depth into any of them, but then again you’re bound to find something of interest. Especially striking is the installment of Missao/Missoes [How to Build Cathedrals] – which involves 600,000 pennies, 800 communion wafers and 2000 cattle bones.

 

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    Lots of differnt types of art to analyze

    elsaj82 recommends this,

    Even small children might enjoy the modern art section. Definitely a great place to stroll around and relax. It's never crowed and there is a lot of space, so the atmosphere is calm.

    Good for: Elementary age kids to seniors

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    Home to the patron saint of music, Saint Cecilia

    colonelplink recommends this,

    Vouet was a master instructor in the Renaissance-era Paris school of painting, and the Blanton houses one of his most notable works: Saint Cecilia, resplendently beautiful at work before the organ keys. We see the patron saint of music as she turns toward the presence of the living God, shining down on her from the face of an angel. Masterfully done, her radiant face is the picture of joy, piercing the viewer's heart with elation and surprise. The subject is a fully appropriate flagship piece for the premier museum of the live music capital of the world. Come see this ravishing painting by a giant of the French Renaissance!

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