National Galleries of Scotland: National

The National Gallery of Scotland houses the country's fine art collection from the early Renaissance to the late 19th century, and through art works you can learn about Scotland's historical trajectory, so it is one of Edinburgh's popular tourist attractions.

The National Gallery of Scotland is a recommended Scottish pavilion, which shows the whole of Scotland from geological origin to the present. The first cloned specimen of the mammal Dolly sheep is also a highlight of the pavilion.

A stop that friends who like to visit the museum must not miss when visiting Edinburgh, the gallery is located in the heart of Edinburgh, with a large collection of Scottish landscapes and art works from the Renaissance to the Baroque period, which are transferred from the Royal Academy.

The Scottish National Gallery of Art is one of the museums that Edinburgh must visit. It has a large collection of masterpieces of famous painters in European history. The quantity and the quality of the collection are amazing. Moreover, the decoration of the museum is very simple, which gives people a feeling of being in an art hall. It is very good to visit.

Between the east-west corner of the gardens of Princes Street in Edinburgh, a mound of 1.5 million carts of earth excavated during the construction of the new city, built two neoclassical-style buildings designed by William Henry Pleifer, the greatest Scottish architect of the 19th century. To the north is the Scottish Naval Academy, and to the south is the National Gallery of Scotland. The National Gallery of Scotland is open for free every day. Among them, the oil painting "Three Ages of Men" in the exhibition room 3 is painted in 1512-1514, and a little angel in the lower right corner step on two sleeping little boys, representing the childhood of men and God's love; the adult men and women on the left are affectionately looking at each other, representing the love of youth and humanity; A little farther in the middle there was an old man with two gimmicks staring at him, representing the man entering old age, and a little farther away church, reminding people of the divine love of the Savior and the eternal life.

The National Gallery of Scotland opened in 1859, bringing together a collection of fine European art from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century, including masterpieces such as Titian, Van Gogh, Raphael and Monet, and also encompassing a large number of Scottish art boutiques. It is Scotland’s top art gallery, visited by more than one million visitors every year.

The National Gallery of Scotland is only a bridge away from the railway station. Its architecture is simple and innovative. There are numerous large oil paintings in it. Although the collection is not very special, the pieces are also rare and exquisite. As far as oil paintings are concerned, the openings are generally large portraits and scenery, and the internal maintenance of the gallery is exquisite. The staircases to the second floor are at the entrance. The elegant spiral shape and the symmetrical portrait of the sages on the wall embellish the palace of art with a sacred meaning.