Glyptothek

Japanese: Glyptothek
Glyptothek

...The Pinakothek in the Vatican Museums and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich are well known. On the other hand, when sculptures are mainly collected and exhibited (sculpture museums), they are sometimes called Glyptotheks, especially in Germany. The term gallery, which originally meant a corridor, passageway, balcony, etc., is often used in a similar sense to a picture gallery, as in the National Gallery of Art in London and Washington, but it is often used in a broader sense, as in the Uffizi Gallery, Galleria degli Uffizi, etc.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Glyptothek" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なかでもバチカン美術館の中のピナコテカやミュンヘンのアルテ・ピナコテークはよく知られている。他方,彫刻を中心に収集,展示している場合(彫刻館)は,とくにドイツでグリュプトテークGlyptothekと呼ばれることがある。また元来は歩廊,通路,バルコニーなどを指すギャラリーは,ロンドンやワシントンのナショナル・ギャラリーに見られるように,絵画館に近い意味で使われることが多いが,ウフィツィ美術館Galleria degli Uffiziなどの例のように,より広い意味で使われることも少なくない。…

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