Ōtsuka Museum of Art

The Ōtsuka Museum of Art (大塚国際美術館, Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan) in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is an art museum founded in 1998 and is one of the largest exhibition spaces in Japan.[1] It houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica.[2][3] The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched.[4][5] A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks.[6] The museum cost industrialist Masahito Ōtsuka $400,000,000.[7]

Ōtsuka Museum of Art
Full-size ceramic reproduction of the Scrovegni Chapel at the Ōtsuka Museum of Art
  • Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima
  • Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima
  • Reproduction of Sistine Chapel

See also

References
  1. "Ōtsuka Museum of Art". Japan National Tourism Organization. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. "Floor Guide". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. "Three Exhibition Methods". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. "Ceramic Board Masterpiece Art Museum". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. "Rauschenberg and Shigaraki". Ōtsuka Ohmi Ceramics Company. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. "Ōtsuka Museum of Art - Enjoy". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  7. "The biggest repro job in the world". The Telegraph. 30 December 1998. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.