Up to Cleveland - May 23rd-25th 2009

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May 24th 2009: Cleveland and the Cleveland Museum of Art


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Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art and its copy of Rodin's Thinker.
Fabergé (Faberge) boxes.
Jan Wijnants's Herengracht, Amsterdam.
Information about the previous painting.
The Cleveland Museum of Art and its copy of Rodin's Thinker.
Fabergé (Faberge) boxes.
Jan Wijnants's Herengracht, Amsterdam.
Information about the previous painting.
A 17th-century wardrobe. I like it and would use it. The pattern on the doors feels very modern.
It's amazing how the sculptor managed to remove the inner material such as under the man's coat, under his arm, between each instrument and the player's bodies, etc.
A 17th-century wardrobe. I like it and would use it. The pattern on the doors feels very modern.
It's amazing how the sculptor managed to remove the inner material such as under the man's coat, under his arm, between each instrument and the player's bodies, etc.
Look how detailed this clay statue is!
A panel about still-life paintings. Despite the explanation, I still don't understand the respect given to busy still-life paintings of objects on a table--they often feel like something painted for practice and may show impressive skills but often lack in other aspects, for instance, the art of composition.
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Look how detailed this clay statue is!
A panel about still-life paintings.
Despite the explanation, I still don't understand the respect given to busy still-life paintings of objects on a table--they often feel like something painted for practice and may show impressive skills but often lack in other aspects, for instance, the art of composition.
I also decided that somehow I liked the unpainted ceramics more than the painted ones I saw later.
I think the coloring, background, and composition of these paintings are particularly well done.
Cupid wears a different expression here, in Jacques-Louis David's Cupid and Psyche, than worn by Greek gods in most paintings. He looks like "an ungainly teenager smirking at his sexual conquest."
I think the coloring, background, and composition of these paintings are particularly well done.
Cupid wears a different expression here, in Jacques-Louis David's Cupid and Psyche, than worn by Greek gods in most paintings. He looks like "an ungainly teenager smirking at his sexual conquest."
I like John Martin's Ruins of an Ancient City.
I always like Turner's use of colors. This is his The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October, 1834, 1835. I think I used it as a desktop background for a year.
I like John Martin's Ruins of an Ancient City.
I always like Turner's use of colors. This is his The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October, 1834, 1835. I think I used it as a desktop background for a year.
The first time I've seen sunglasses in a painting. This is Jeptha Homer Wade's 19th-century Portrait of Nathaniel Olds.
Though painted by American Fitz Lane, this painting, Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, looks like the Dutch paintings of seascapes from the 1600s. Fitz is considered a Hudson River School painter, which is probably why I like this work.
The first time I've seen sunglasses in a painting. This is Jeptha Homer Wade's 19th-century Portrait of Nathaniel Olds.
Though painted by American Fitz Lane, this painting, Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, looks like the Dutch paintings of seascapes from the 1600s.
Fitz is considered a Hudson River School painter, which is probably why I like this work.
Ah, View of Florence, one of the few not-religious paintings by Thomas Cole.
Frederic Church's Twilight in the Wilderness portrays an intense, mighty, possibly violent sunset.
Ah, View of Florence, one of the few not-religious paintings by Thomas Cole.
Frederic Church's Twilight in the Wilderness portrays an intense, mighty, possibly violent sunset.
Sanford Gifford's luminous A Home in the Wilderness.
Though I disagree with the analysis of the painting--I barely paid any attention to the cabin--, I love the quote this label concludes with. This painting has "as much light and sunshine as I could squeeze out of my paint tubes."
Childe Hassam's impressionist painting, Fifth Avenue. Throughout the museum's I've visited, I don't recall seeing many impressionist paintings of dense urban scenes.
Sanford Gifford's luminous A Home in the Wilderness.
Though I disagree with the analysis of the painting--I barely paid any attention to the cabin--, I love the quote this label concludes with. This painting has "as much light and sunshine as I could squeeze out of my paint tubes."
Childe Hassam's impressionist painting, Fifth Avenue. Throughout the museum's I've visited, I don't recall seeing many impressionist paintings of dense urban scenes.
The brushwork and colors gives this painting an unusual ambiance. It's Emil Carlsen's Wood Interior.
The introduction to the room displaying Tiffany glasswork.
Tiffany lamps. I like the colors.
The brushwork and colors gives this painting an unusual ambiance. It's Emil Carlsen's Wood Interior.
The introduction to the room displaying Tiffany glasswork.
Tiffany lamps. I like the colors.
An overview of the armor court, centered around a mounted knight.
Rapier handles.
Basket-hilted broadswords.
An overview of the armor court, centered around a mounted knight.
Rapier handles.
Basket-hilted broadswords.