Michael Chmilar's Travels

Tag: Art

  • Shanghai Wrap-up

    Shanghai Wrap-up

    Shanghai is not really a good tourist city. It only has a few attactions for the tourist, and then all that is left is shopping. Add to that the “annoyance factor” of the constant “want to buy Rolex” and “we are art students”, and Shanghai hardly seems worth visiting. In a nutshell: Half a day for…

  • Shanghai Museum

    Shanghai Museum

    Shanghai Museum is another museum about ancient China history. They have a very impressive collection, though, and the museum building itself is very nice. I spent the morning and half of the afternoon browsing through the exhibits. One of my favorite things to see is the Chinese scroll landscape paintings, like the one above. I…