Vienna: Albertina

I did decide to visit one more museum, the Albertina, although I had read that it was primarily modern art, which I do not enjoy. But according to the information I found, it houses the largest graphic art collection in the world and includes prints from Leonard, Michelangelo, Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens.

The Albertina palace was built on what was part of the original city wall of the 1500's. In the 1700's it became the palace for Duke Albert, the founder of the collection as well as the person for whom the museum is named.

The site actually unites four different buildings, including connecting the palace with the Hofburg and the Augustinian monastery. The Albertina was severely damaged during World War 2, but the building has been restored

As I was wandering through the modern and post-modern sections of the museum, it reminded me of a recent conversation with a friend, who in the course of conversation mentioned that she views her life in separate compartments, each distinct from the other, work separate from personal life, separate from her church life. This same post-modern worldview was vividly portrayed in the art. Everything disjointed. Everything removed from its context. The modern (or post-modern) artist is no different than the artist of the Reformation, Renaissance or the Middle Ages. Each portrays his or her worldview through their art, just as we express our worldview through our lives.

It has left me frequently revisiting this thought. I believe that all of life is interwoven, interrelated and everything relates back to God and His Word. How I live my life with my family, my friends, how I respond to people and circumstances, how I work, how I make choices, how I spend my time, everything is woven into God and His will for my life. And yet this offhand comment by a friend has caused me to examine my own life. Am I living out my worldview? Or probably more accurately asked, is my worldview Biblical or have I allowed the world around me to influence my thoughts, my life, my actions. With the Psalmist I ask "Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way." (Psalm 139:23, 24)

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