Up to Atlanta, Georgia - March 24th-30th 2007

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March 27th 2007: Midtown and the High Museum of Art

The first video is of a neat person-shaped fountain I spotted in a random plaza in Midtown. According to my notes, it's called Trilon and made by Stefen Thomas.

The other is of the Bank of America Plaza Tower, the tallest building in the Southern United States, taken as a video because I couldn't fit the building in one frame.

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Atlanta State Farmers Market
One long row of the market. Customers can drive up to the stalls to make it easier to load foodstuffs. As this indicates, the market is generally used by people buying in bulk. In fact, many purveyors only sell wholesale, not retail.
Looking closely, one can count the rows available for stalls. And this is only one direction; the other direction has more. Can you imagine how many farmers and trucks it would take to fill the market?
Di Yin and I pose by one of the few open stands. I think this is a decent picture of both of us. A slow talking guy from one booth took the photo for us.
The Visitor Center.
One long row of the market. Customers can drive up to the stalls to make it easier to load foodstuffs. As this indicates, the market is generally used by people buying in bulk. In fact, many purveyors only sell wholesale, not retail.
Looking closely, one can count the rows available for stalls. And this is only one direction; the other direction has more. Can you imagine how many farmers and trucks it would take to fill the market?
Di Yin and I pose by one of the few open stands. I think this is a decent picture of both of us.
A slow talking guy from one booth took the photo for us.
The Visitor Center.
What a Southern scene! Taken in front of the visitor center.
What a Southern scene!
Taken in front of the visitor center.
Midtown
The Wimbish House now houses the Atlanta Woman's Club.
According to my notes, this fountain, which I happened to walk by, is Stefen Thomas's Trilon.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Nice architecture. One doesn't usually see neo-classical churches.
The Woodruff Arts Center.
The Wimbish House now houses the Atlanta Woman's Club.
According to my notes, this fountain, which I happened to walk by, is Stefen Thomas's Trilon.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Nice architecture. One doesn't usually see neo-classical churches.
The Woodruff Arts Center.
Tony's Cragg's monumental sculpture World Events, located in Woodruff Art Center's roundabout. It brings new meaning to the expression holding the world in the palm of one's hand.
Tony's Cragg's monumental sculpture World Events, located in Woodruff Art Center's roundabout. It brings new meaning to the expression holding the world in the palm of one's hand.
High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art building. Although quite different in style, the regular square grid tiles remind me of the Getty.
The main entrance.
Edward Ruscha's Home Power. I can't imagine it being easy to paint a picture when everything must be a shade of black.
Jim Shores's Taking up Serpents, Speaking in Tongues, Singing God's Praises. View the full-sized image to see the snakes and the crosses and draw your own conclusion about what the artist is expressing.
The High Museum of Art building. Although quite different in style, the regular square grid tiles remind me of the Getty.
The main entrance.
Edward Ruscha's Home Power. I can't imagine it being easy to paint a picture when everything must be a shade of black.
Jim Shores's Taking up Serpents, Speaking in Tongues, Singing God's Praises. View the full-sized image to see the snakes and the crosses and draw your own conclusion about what the artist is expressing.
Richard Jolley's Translating Substance #16 is made of glass that glows slightly, making the result even more sexual than it would be otherwise.
Reuben Haley's Ruba Rombic Vase. Ruba Rombic is a form of modern art (specifically cubist, art deco) glassware. I'd like to make a copy. Given its planar nature, I can't imagine it being that hard, though I can tell it'll require a lot of patience to make every angle.
Panel Rose Bowl. You must view full-sized to appreciate the intricate details of this bowl. I have no idea how to make items like this.
William Stanley Haseltine's The Sea from Capri. Judging from online image galleries, I like a good fraction of his work.
Richard Jolley's Translating Substance #16 is made of glass that glows slightly, making the result even more sexual than it would be otherwise.
Reuben Haley's Ruba Rombic Vase. Ruba Rombic is a form of modern art (specifically cubist, art deco) glassware.
I'd like to make a copy. Given its planar nature, I can't imagine it being that hard, though I can tell it'll require a lot of patience to make every angle.
Panel Rose Bowl. You must view full-sized to appreciate the intricate details of this bowl. I have no idea how to make items like this.
William Stanley Haseltine's The Sea from Capri.
Judging from online image galleries, I like a good fraction of his work.
A face jug. I'll see many more of these at the Atlanta History Center.
Ralph Albert Blakelock's Moonlight is another painting that's impressive partially because everything is a shade of black. Judging from online image galleries, I also like a good fraction of his work.
Another dark painting: Gaines Ruger Donoho's Moonlight, Mills at Pont Aven. I wonder if I simply had a thing for moonlight this day at the museum.
Samuel Lancaster Gerry's North Conway, New Hampshire. (Hey, it's a painting set at dusk, not night-time!)
A face jug. I'll see many more of these at the Atlanta History Center.
Ralph Albert Blakelock's Moonlight is another painting that's impressive partially because everything is a shade of black.
Judging from online image galleries, I also like a good fraction of his work.
Another dark painting: Gaines Ruger Donoho's Moonlight, Mills at Pont Aven. I wonder if I simply had a thing for moonlight this day at the museum.
Samuel Lancaster Gerry's North Conway, New Hampshire. (Hey, it's a painting set at dusk, not night-time!)
Maximilien Luce's Port of London, Night. Yes, it's another moonlight painting. The shimmering air isn't a consequence of a high ISO or a shaking hand--it's actually part of this impressionist painting. I think it does a great job showing how light is reflected at night.
This quirky sculpture series, Peaches and Pears, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, is in a terrace adjacent to the High's lobby. The terrace was locked when I visited because a group of kids was also visiting and the museum staff didn't want the kids playing in the sand.
Maximilien Luce's Port of London, Night. Yes, it's another moonlight painting.
The shimmering air isn't a consequence of a high ISO or a shaking hand--it's actually part of this impressionist painting. I think it does a great job showing how light is reflected at night.
This quirky sculpture series, Peaches and Pears, created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, is in a terrace adjacent to the High's lobby.
The terrace was locked when I visited because a group of kids was also visiting and the museum staff didn't want the kids playing in the sand.
More Midtown
The castle-like Rhodes Memorial Hall now houses the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. It's surrounded by pretty, well tended flowers. I stuck my head inside the building: the interior is ornate and filled with paintings of Georgia. The web site includes some pictures of the interior. For many years the building had been used as a haunted house! How cool is that?
I had trouble finding the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia because I expected it to be a building that looked like a museum. Oops; it was in the first floor of this office building. Sadly, it was closed when I visited.
The First Presbyterian Church. I wouldn't call it a hidden church like I got used to spotting in Manhattan, but it is a compliment to the city that buildings with such character exist downtown. I found it unintentionally while walking to my next destination.
The Margaret Mitchell House. While writing Gone With the Wind, Margaret called this place "the dump." It's been substantially restored. I'm not sure how I feel about preserving a historic place in an altered form.
The castle-like Rhodes Memorial Hall now houses the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. It's surrounded by pretty, well tended flowers. I stuck my head inside the building: the interior is ornate and filled with paintings of Georgia. The web site includes some pictures of the interior.
For many years the building had been used as a haunted house! How cool is that?
I had trouble finding the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia because I expected it to be a building that looked like a museum. Oops; it was in the first floor of this office building. Sadly, it was closed when I visited.
The First Presbyterian Church. I wouldn't call it a hidden church like I got used to spotting in Manhattan, but it is a compliment to the city that buildings with such character exist downtown. I found it unintentionally while walking to my next destination.
The Margaret Mitchell House. While writing Gone With the Wind, Margaret called this place "the dump." It's been substantially restored. I'm not sure how I feel about preserving a historic place in an altered form.
Atlanta's Federal Reserve.
Saint Mark United Methodist Church, another random church in Midtown.
The Georgian Terrace, the oldest and possibly most luxurious hotel in Atlanta.
One side of the Georgian Terrace hotel.
Atlanta's Federal Reserve.
Saint Mark United Methodist Church, another random church in Midtown.
The Georgian Terrace, the oldest and possibly most luxurious hotel in Atlanta.
One side of the Georgian Terrace hotel.