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Luxembourg art can be traced back to Roman times, especially as depicted in statues found across the country and in the huge mosaic from Vichten. Over the centuries, Luxembourg's churches and castles have housed a number of cultural artefacts but these are nearly all ascribed to foreign artists. The first examples of art with a national flavour are paintings and maps of the City of Luxembourg and its fortifications from the end of the 16th until the beginning of the 19th century, although these too were mostly created by foreign artists. Real interest in art among the country's own citizens began in the 19th century with paintings of Luxembourg and the surroundings after the country became a grand duchy in 1815. This was followed by interest in Impressionism and Expressionism in the early 20th century, the richest period in Luxembourg painting, while Abstraction became the focus of art after the Second World War. Today there are a number of successful contemporary artists, some of whom have gained wide international recognition. ==Antiquity== A considerable number of sculptures and statues have been found in the ruins of Roman villas in various parts of Luxembourg, but the outstanding artistic treasure of the period is the Vichten mosaic which depicts the ancient Greek muses. It used to adorn the reception hall of a Roman villa in Vichten but can now be seen in Luxembourg's National Museum of History and Art.〔("Mosaïque aux Muses" ), ''Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art''. Retrieved 25 January 2011.〕 Other notable artefacts from the second century include a terracotta goblet decorated with a relief of a hunting scene found in a tomb near Mamer, a statue and a relief of the Romano-Celtic goddess Epona found at Dalheim Ricciacum, as well as bronze statues of Jupiter and Mercury. File:Victen Roman muse mosaic.jpg|Vichten mosaic showing Calliope and Homer (c. 270 AD) File:Mercure Luxembourg MNHA 280b.jpg|Bronze statue of Mercury File:Luxembourg MNHA 261 Epona Dalheim.jpg|Relief of the Gallo-Roman goddess Epona, protector of livestock File:Luxembourg MNHA 265 Epona provenance incertaine.jpg|Statue of Epona 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luxembourg art」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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