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Corcoran Gallery of Art


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The Corcoran Gallery of Art is in a relatively bland Beaux Arts building. I much prefer its former home, the Second Empire building which now houses the Renwick Gallery.
The gallery has several bronzes that have a remarkable amount of detail given their small size. For instance, in this one, one can identify the cylinders in the revolvers and the tendril of foil that serves as the horses' reins.
Details about the sculpture.
The Salon Dore. Something here does not belong. Also, this room is over-the-top.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is in a relatively bland Beaux Arts building. I much prefer its former home, the Second Empire building which now houses the Renwick Gallery.
The gallery has several bronzes that have a remarkable amount of detail given their small size. For instance, in this one, one can identify the cylinders in the revolvers and the tendril of foil that serves as the horses' reins.
Details about the sculpture.
The Salon Dore. Something here does not belong. Also, this room is over-the-top.
I do enjoy, however, the wall reliefs that include a book and parchment and a globe and quills.
The history of the room. I wonder what the woman for whom the room was made thought of it.
Giuseppe Croff's The Veiled Nun is, according to the plaque, made entirely of marble. There's no fabric here. Amazing--I wonder how he achieved this gauzy effect.
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I do enjoy, however, the wall reliefs that include a book and parchment and a globe and quills.
The history of the room. I wonder what the woman for whom the room was made thought of it.
Giuseppe Croff's The Veiled Nun is, according to the plaque, made entirely of marble. There's no fabric here. Amazing--I wonder how he achieved this gauzy effect.
I spotted a lot of Muybridge photographs of animals and people in motion. I seem to see these everywhere. The guy must've had a good publicist.
Classic Renoir, Jeunes Filles Jouant au Volant, in a nice frame.
Edward Hopper's Ground Swell has a colorful mixture of calming blues that bring to mind utopian days on the seashore. Also, somehow I found it instantly recognizable as the same person who painted Nighthawks in spite of their drastic difference in palette.
Commentary.
Who knew one could get so much out of browns? Reginald Marsh's Smoke Hounds shows what's possible. I'll probably think of this painting whenever Di Yin has me listen to the Bowery Boys podcast.
Classic Renoir, Jeunes Filles Jouant au Volant, in a nice frame.
Edward Hopper's Ground Swell has a colorful mixture of calming blues that bring to mind utopian days on the seashore. Also, somehow I found it instantly recognizable as the same person who painted Nighthawks in spite of their drastic difference in palette.
Commentary.
Who knew one could get so much out of browns? Reginald Marsh's Smoke Hounds shows what's possible.
I'll probably think of this painting whenever Di Yin has me listen to the Bowery Boys podcast.
Commentary.
This painting, The Longshoremen's Noon by John George Brown, feels like a photograph Di Yin would want to take.
Commentary.
Despite Thomas Cole frequently working religious motifs into his paintings, I usually like them for his use of color. This is The Return.
Commentary.
This painting, The Longshoremen's Noon by John George Brown, feels like a photograph Di Yin would want to take.
Commentary.
Despite Thomas Cole frequently working religious motifs into his paintings, I usually like them for his use of color. This is The Return.
Commentary. By the way, The Departure was also on view, but I didn't like it enough to bother photographing.
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro made a series of works out of legos. This is T+100_yellow. Look at the full-size image to see that the work is in relief (one lego width deep).
An explanation of this series. Frankly I didn't find the works "a disquieting and profoundly sad reminder of human loss." I simply thought they were neat.
Commentary. By the way, The Departure was also on view, but I didn't like it enough to bother photographing.
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro made a series of works out of legos. This is T+100_yellow. Look at the full-size image to see that the work is in relief (one lego width deep).
An explanation of this series. Frankly I didn't find the works "a disquieting and profoundly sad reminder of human loss." I simply thought they were neat.