“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”
Michelangelo“The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.”
Frank Lloyd Wright Civilization as well as creation are part of Kolkata culture, rather to be more specific, of Kolkata Art & Architecture. Artists here paint with inner vision and sculptures bring forth the different facets of civilization. All Kolkatans have an artist's ardor tucked away somewhere in the corners of their hearts. Small wonder, then, that the City of Joy is sprinkled with countless havens for art aficionados. Kolkata has also played an important position in the expansion of modern Indian art. The famous art galleries here are—
1.The Academy of Fine Arts
2.Birla Academy of Art and Culture
3.Ashutosh Museum of Indian Art
4.Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, Government College of Arts and Crafts
5.Chitrakoot Art Gallery
6.Centre of International Modern Art Gallery, better known as CIMA Gallery
7.Galerie 88
8.Gallery BF
9.Galerie La Mer
10.Kolkata Information Centre Buildings adorned with Gothic, Baroque, Roman, Oriental and Indo-Islamic (including Mughal) motifs make the "City of Palaces" dotted with "heritage structures". The National Library of India is India's leading public library. The magnificent examples of architecture in this city are—
1.Writers' Building
2.General Post Office
3.Raj Bhavan
4.Shahid Minar
5.Indian Museum
6.Asiatic Society
7.Jorasanko Thakurbari
8.Shovabazar Rajbari
9.Victoria Memorial
10.National Library
11.Fort William
12.Marble Palace
13.St John's Church As a tourist what are you—Art connoisseur, heritage hunter, party man or history lover? Whatever your desire is, Kolkata Tourism is ready to fulfill. A visit to a place of worship or cathedral in the morning, an afternoon among the fresh, silent attraction of its museums, an revitalizing evening walk alongside a heritage house - it's possible to pack all this and more into a day of Kolkata travel.
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