Museum Visit

Kimberly Dow · 09-23-2005, 03:10 PM

Thanks Alexandra. If I werent having such a good time at my friends' house I could go back now. The hurricane has been downgraded to a category 3 and is even going to hit north of Houston - so there will still be damage, but not nearly what the original fears were.

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:07 AM

I had to post this photo. It had to be one of the funniest things I saw on vacation...

This is at the National Gallery of Art in DC- and this man was wearing a Bob Ross t-shirt that said 'Happy Trees.'

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:24 AM

I'd like to share a few of my favorites from the two museums I visited. Im afraid I dont always know who painted them - I saw so many.

This first one had to be the one that I stared at the longest. I know it's Joan of Arc, but I need to research who painted it. This one was at the Met.

Forgive the bad photos. I was more interested in getting the surface of the paintings vs. the whole thing.

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:30 AM

These are also from the Met.

Im not going to insult Sargent by posting any photos I took of his paintings, but they blew me away. I had seen one of his a couple years ago in San Antonio, and I was disappointed. It must not have been one of his best, because the ones at the Met were stunning. I couldnt have imagined the surface quality until I saw them in person.

I have to admit though, I was slightly disappointed at the Vermeers at the Met. They were so gray, the skin didnt look natural at all to me. BUT, when I saw several others at the NGA under different lighting - I was impressed.

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:35 AM

This one is from the NGA and I heard so many comments about the subtle sensuality of it from my tour guides.

Overall, I have to admit I enjoyed the art at the Met more - even though I didn't see all of it. Occasionally though, I missed some that I should have gone back and taken a look at. I thought there were no W.B.'s, but Jimmie informed me that we went through that room and I wasn't interested in stopping. I remember seeing so many paintings with cupids and ladies all together on the walls, that nothing stood out....it was just too much.

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:43 AM

One thing that impressed me so much was different paintings with fabric. And the tiniest of details on some paintings - they had to at times be using one-hair brushes.

This is a detail of a painting that maybe shows 3 inches.

Kimberly Dow · 09-26-2005, 12:45 AM

Ok, I'll stop with this one.

I do not care for this style at all, but I was taken with the composition and what I saw as a very romantic painting. Well, that is until Jimmie informed me it was entitled 'Vampire.'

I have a yearning to steal this idea, but not as a vampire painting.