Art Break!

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Taking a few days off last week was my version of spring break, a vacation if you will to pop in to a few museums, lunch with family and friends, and design the garden for the upcoming year.

The East Building of the National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Gardens are located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Street at Constitution Avenue. The East Building designed by I.M. Pei houses the modernist and contemporary art of the collection.  He also designed the glass pyramids for the plaza space between the West and East wings, a framed skylight ceiling.

This sculpture by Jean Dubuffet is called Site a l’homme assis; 1969-1984, made of polyester resin. And, this gorgeous oil on canvas by Paul Cezanne called Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit c. 1900 still projects an extremely bright palette.

Me in front of Hahn/Cock a 15 foot sculpture of a giant blue rooster or cockerel by German artist Katharina Fritsch. Unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square in July 2013, made of fiberglass, this art work makes for great fun to walk around and view.

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Greek Artifacts

 When studying art history in college the term “Greek art” was used to describe both the “art and architecture” of ancient Greece, which consisted of the city states around the Aegean Sea bound by shared language and religion. The artistic achievements of the Greeks were enormously innovative, and when conquered by the Roman Empire, their prestige remained immense; through literature, philosophy, and fine arts, which were valued by the Romans. To this day there is so much beauty to experience when traveling throughout this country.

The National Archaeological Museum
28is Oktovriou 44, Athina 106 82, Greece
+30 21 3214 4800

Mycenaean Art

This death mask made of thin gold is a symbol of kingly immortality, and is the first item found by Schliemann in the Mycenaean shaft graves, which dates from 1150-1500 BC. Schliemann sent a telegram to the king of Greece saying “Today, I have looked on the face of Agamemnon”.

Wall-painting depicting a figure-eight shield

Acropolis Museum, Athens
The Acropolis museum was built to house artifacts found on the Acropolis and the surrounding slops, from the “Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.

From the Parthenon this frieze is from a broad horizontal band of sculpted decorations on a wall near the ceiling, and the metope (carved in high relief) was placed at the same level as the frieze above columns on the outside of the temple.  And lastly, marble sculptures of horse heads.

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