Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a temple of art

Boston Museum of Fine Arts🎨, a grand hall, ascend the steps, the collection spans from 3000 years ago to the present, nearly 450,000 historical and modern cultural art pieces from around the world, including Asian, Egyptian, European, and American paintings and sculptures, renowned for its collection of Eastern art, an experience not to be missed. 4th image: Emperor Huizong of Song, Emperor of China (1082-1135), reigned 1100-1125. Song Dynasty Parrot in Five Colors Parrots of five colors on a blooming apricot tree, ink and color on silk. Northern Song Emperor Huizong is one of the most famous emperor artists and collectors in Chinese history, specializing in bird and flower paintings, creating his own works, and amassing a collection of nearly 3000 paintings. This scroll combines the 'three perfections' - painting, poetry, and calligraphy. On the right, Emperor Huizong wrote a poem in his unique 'slender gold' calligraphy, describing a rare parrot with red belly feathers and purple feet from lands 'beyond the south' (ornithologists have identified it as a species from the Sulawesi islands of Indonesia, known as the Ornate Lorikeet), inspired after noticing the bird flitting about the blooming apricot trees in his estate garden, he commemorated the moment with a poem, concluding the inscription with his personal epithet 'The First Under Heaven'. Truly a fusion of East and West, a perfect combination; a feast for the eyes, adding brilliance to the entire hall! Adult admission to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is $27.