History of Beauty: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

I invite you on an amazing journey through one of the most beautiful museums.

You will discover the mysterious world of Ancient Egypt, where we will solve the mysteries of cuneiform painting, penetrate into the secrets of sargophagi and mummies. We will see the famous Fayum portraits and miniature statuettes.

Next, we will find the treasure of Priam and the exciting, adventurous and slightly mystical story of its discoverer.

Walk through the Greek and Italian courtyards and discover that in almost every significant marble work of art there is a mystery, a “double bottom” or a secret story that you want to uncover. For example, the famous statue of David, which came out from under the incisor of Michelangelo, for centuries considered an example of male beauty, is not so perfect. The thing is, he's cross-eyed. This conclusion was reached by an American scientist Mark Livoy from Stanford University, who examined the statue using laser-computer technology. So why did the famous sculptor endow his offspring with such a disadvantage? This and many other questions will not go unanswered.

Impressive?

But there are still halls of painting and paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, Boucher...