On my recent visit to Stuttgart,I spent two delightful days enjoying the Staatsgallerie's very wide…read morerange of Art.Since this art museum is very prodigious,I have restricted this review to its fine collection of Italian Paintings from the 14th Century until the 20th Century. Studying the Master of the Chapelle Medici Triptych's"Painted Cross with Christ,the Virgin,Saint John the Evangelist,and the Pelican"produced in the 14th Century was an auspicious start to my study of Italian Art.Other 14th Century paintings that I especially appreciated were Master of the Augustus Vision's"Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Prophesy Sibyl",Spinello Aretino's"Enthroned Madonna",Bernardo Daddi's"Fragment from Crucifixion Group",and Niccolo Da Segna's"Saints Catherine,Margaret,and Mary Magdalene" From the 15th Century,I especially relished Lorenzo Monaco's"Madonna and Christ Child",Fra Angelico's"Miraculous Feeding of the Dominicans",Marrioto di Nardo's"Arcita and Palomine Catch Sight of Emilia",and Giovanni Dei Paolo's"Saint Christopher" 16th Century Italian favorites included Vittore Carpaccio's"Martyrdom of Saint Stephan",Giovanni Di Giglio's"Crucifixion"(splendid Mannerism),and Jacopo Tintoretto's"Portrait of A Man" I saw fine exemplars of 17th Century Italian Mannerism by Francesco Furini("Penitent Mary Magdalene",Giovanni Bilivert's"Apollo and Daphne",and Pietro Della Vecchia's"Tribute Money". As for the 18th Century Italian Paintings,I especially liked Guisseppe Gambarini's"Egg Collecting Monks",Giovanni Batista Tiepolo's"Rest on the Flight Into Egypt",Gaspard Traversi's"Operation",and Giovanni Pannini's"Roma Antica",a splendid very punctilious painting. Finally my study of Italian Art at the Staatsgallerie culminated with three delightful paintings by Amadeo Modigliani("Reclining Nude")For those of us with a limited knowledge of German,there is labelling of the works of Art in English as well as German..Indeed,the Staatsgallerie is a very special art museum.

This is a world-class art museum in the heart of Stuttgart. I had a religious experience walking…read morearound and absorbing the art. First of all, we had the 9-Euro bust ticket which got us both in for 10 Euro total. Leave your backpack and water bottle in a locker and go on your way. We were greeted by a very pleasant docent who helped us navigate the Old vs. New art in the museum. Every room has signs in German and English which I greatly appreciated. We quickly walked through the old stuff on a floor just to work ourselves over the Modern art collection. One aspect of the older work that I appreciated was seeing the artwork of local Stuttgart residents-- these are artists that never made it to my art history classes. I will go back the next time I am in Stuttgart to see the OLD stuff, hoping there is a Durer in there somewhere. The art here was by artists I was familiar with but all of the works were new to me. I was in art heaven. Modigliani, Mondrian, Franz Marc, George Grosz, Kurt Schwitters, Otto Dix, Joseph Beuys. There were just so many lovely surprises here. Don't forget to visit the small but mighty gift shop on the way out. They have a delightful selection of art-themed gifts here sure to please. Thank you, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, I will be back.

Bei Übernachtung müssen die Zimmer schon um 9:00 Uhr geräumt werden - sehr ungewöhnlich früh, und…read moresehr sehr stöhrend! 11:00 Uhr ist der Standard bei allen Hotels, und das erwarte ich als Gast auch vom Forum in Hohenwart! Die Gäste die noch im Haus sind, sollten sich wohl und zu Hause fühlen, und nicht schon vor dem Frühstück aus ihren Zimmern geschmissen werden. Mein Vorschlag: Anstelle der Priorität für neue Gäste, sollten neu anreisende Gäste, die ja erst für die kommende Nacht reserviert haben, ihr Gepäck bei der Rezeption bis zum Nachmittag abstellen. Das frühe Aus-checken hinterlässt einen sehr schlechten Nachgeschmack.. Aprospos Geschmack: Die Küche war vor 2..3 Jahren sehr gut, aber seit dem Wechsel der Leitung, hat die Qualität sehr nachgelassen. So hatten wir während unseres Besuchs einmal völlig versalzenes Essen, und ein anderes mal völlig ungesalzenes und fades Gemüse mit sehr bissfestem und trockenen Putenfleisch. Insgesamt scheinen mir diese Punkte sehr Verbesserungsfähig!