Mysteries Room in Villa dei Misteri Wall paintings of ancient monuments or buildings restored in exact replicas in their surrounding space convey their real ambiance. (12 Works) Virtual Tour 1. Tomba degli Auguri / Tarquinia, Italy 2. Villa dei Misteri / Pompeii, Italy 3. Casa della Venere in Conchiglia / Pompeii, Italy 4. Saint-Theodore (Pancarlik Kilise) / Cappadocia, Turkey 5. Saint-Martin / Nohant-Vicq, France 6. Hagios Nikolaos Orphanos / Thessaloniki, Greece 7. Cappella degli Scrovegni / Padova, Italy 8. Cappella Sistina / Vatican     Michelangelo "The Creation," and others,   "Last Judgment" 9. El Greco, Altarpiece / Spain, Romania 10. Monet, Nympheas / Musee de l'Orangerie, France 11. Goya, The Black Paintings / Museo del Prado, Spain 12. Studiolo / Palazzo Ducale, Urbino, Italy From Rococo to Fin de Siecle Works have been arranged chronologically to help understand the history of painting from antiquity to the 20th century. Virtual Tour Antiquity : Approximately 130 works including Greek vases, mosaics, and Roman murals. The Middle Ages : Approximately 100 works including murals and icons of Christendom. Renaissance : Approximately 140 works including Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raffaello. Baroque : Approximately 120 works including Rembrandt, Velazquez, and Goya. From Rococo to Fin de Siecle : Approximately 330 works including Turner, Millet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Munch. 20th Century : Approximately 100 works including Picasso, Miro, and Dali. Self-portrait/Rembrandt This collection assembles paintings that span long history and deals with such commom themes as "Life and Death" or "Family Portraits." The works here illustrate in an easily comprehensible way the evolution of, for example, "Space Representation," and differing viewpoints on "Life and Death." The key themes, each represented by 15-17 works, are rounded out by "Time," "Pleasure at Table," "Femme Fatale," "Trompe-L'oeil" and "Self-Portraits by Rembrandt." All artwork images (photos) shown here are photographs of artworks displayed at the Otsuka Museum of Art. Copyright (C) 2004 THE OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART.