Today we studied some of the works of Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne. It's always a mind-blowing experience in these museums, and today was no different. We entered one of the Van Gogh rooms, and this is what hangs at the wall facing the entrance:
The very sad thing is that this painting cannot be fully appreciated until you see it in person...it's breathtaking. It's one of those things you can stare at for hours. There are so many moving and undulating lines and swirls and colors and it exudes reflection and incredible passion. It, to risk sounding like a horribly cliché, obnoxious, up-herself art student, moved me. But that's the honest truth and it really is a revolutionary work of art. Among other pieces we studied that day were these:
I can't wait to go again...
I'm leaving tomorrow for England!! I'll be there for 12 whole days!!! So excited...working on a few things for school right now; I have my Impressionist final research paper and my Fashion Illustration project coming up, but those are both interesting and pretty fun things to do, so it won't be too difficult.
As always, I love and miss everyone!
Hope to see you soon.
Glenda
I'm incredibly jealous! I can only imagine what it would be like to study those pieces in person.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that you have a camera, I'm going to bug you about putting pictures of your artwork up Ms. "horribly clichéd, obnoxious, up-herself art student!" ;) Will you be doing any Impression paintings for your Impressionist class or is it study only?