tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post1842514269489557681..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: What do you look for in a museum?Saints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-62902419445234606422009-08-13T09:32:16.839-07:002009-08-13T09:32:16.839-07:00I love to be able to go to an art museum, find a l...I love to be able to go to an art museum, find a loved painting, and sit quietly and watch it for a while.<br /><br />Especially things by Monet. I sat for about 45 minutes in the Jeu de Paume in Paris where they had the circular room with the Water Lillies all around. Watching the light moving across and changing the look of the flowers was as close to a religious experience as I have ever had.<br /><br />We also used to spend a lot of time at the Metroplitan in the gallery where they have the restored temple from Egypt. It's pure tranquility.<br /><br />I love the DC museums, but avoid them as much as possible from April through August. Too many tourists to quietly enjoy things!The Library Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321601076252214546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-82770940218406544372009-08-04T15:34:37.058-07:002009-08-04T15:34:37.058-07:00Farida I love art museums and galleries. We all do...Farida I love art museums and galleries. We all do. I like to go with my kids and see through their eyes and I like to go alone. One day I will visit the Louvre and I will cry big happy tears. It's a big dream of mine.mamakopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828584311618631113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-39780003024883094872009-08-04T13:59:54.925-07:002009-08-04T13:59:54.925-07:00Art is as necessary to me as words, or music.
Whe...Art is as necessary to me as words, or music. <br />When I was a senior in high school, I chose to take Art History instead of calculus. This horrified my teachers, because Art History was offered as a sop to girls considered not bright enough for maths. I was valedictorian of my class, so they gave me a really hard time. <br />I had a double major in English and Art History in college.<br /> At the Met, where I have been going since childhood, I try to visit favorite pieces where I can stand for awhile along with new exhibitions. <br />Each painting, each sculpture is a new language. Sometimes I know the words and sometimes it takes me a long time to hear/see them. <br />This is rambly. I could go on for a long time. But instead, I will note that finally seeing Botticelli's Primavera at the Uffizi, after studying it for so long, was one of the peak experiences of my life.GraceAnne LadyHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218782604391016011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-79979222025508484962009-08-03T21:58:41.898-07:002009-08-03T21:58:41.898-07:00Steff: I love it that animals attended by taxiderm...Steff: I love it that animals attended by taxidermists are "stuffed animals." :) You're dead-on (no pun intended) about the differences between museums and galleries. Here, a gallery seems to imply a number of artists coming together to show-case their work. I tend to be more of a museum person. That said, I could happily return to the Uffizi and Pitti galleries again and again. <br /><br />LoneStarMa: I only have a general art history education myself. The challenge with art history classes is that when you go to look at art, you have to take NOTES and answer homework questions. Hiss boo! I like the experience to wash over me.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-22300900708562188552009-08-03T21:19:14.910-07:002009-08-03T21:19:14.910-07:00In Australia a "museum" is more of a sho...In Australia a "museum" is more of a showplace for science with stuffed animals and information about scientific processes such as digestion or how the mind works as opposed to a "gallery" which is what your description sounds like. I love the Melbourne museum basically because it is so wonderfully kid friendly and that is the reason i most likely have not gone to a gallery - I am just not that sure how much the gilrs wouldlike itSteffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831058765412455722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-79078176875303224712009-08-03T19:05:39.905-07:002009-08-03T19:05:39.905-07:00Well, I do like gift shops. Thus far I have been ...Well, I do like gift shops. Thus far I have been more of a science and history museum sort of girl (I like them with lots of interactive children's stuff), but I like art museums well enough. I like them with lots of children's stuff, too, but yes - there are things I don't much care to look at and things I want to spend a lot of time with. I can't really predict what they are going to be, mostly. I have no real art history education so my experiences are pretty much totally naive. I am curious and like to see stuff, though.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com