The National Gallery was the most traditionally beautiful art gallery I had ever seen. I personally don’t love baroque, still life, portrait style paintings but just to be in the presence of art made by names like Da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso is an unreal experience. Still, I didn’t enjoy the actual art …
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Blog #4: Eyes of Revenge
The National Gallery in London is one of the most captivating art museums I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. The gallery plays host to countless accomplished artists such as Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh. Its halls are vast and towering with enough beautiful architecture to be considered even greater than the art …
Paintings by Famous Dead People
The National Gallery was my favorite museum that we’ve been to so far. I had no idea what I was getting into when we met this morning, but by the time I had a tummy full of gnocchi from Little Sicily across the street, as well as the owner Carlos’ number, seeing Van Gogh paintings …
So Many Pleasant Surprises
St. Jerome in His Study While generally my personal tastes favor modern and contemporary art over historic and representational pieces, the sheer size and quality of the collection at the National Gallery made this morning more enjoyable than our trip to the Tate Modern for me. A huge surprise for me was getting to see …
The National Gallery
The National Gallery was way more my groove than the Tate. I’m a fan of broad landscapes and close portrait encounters. These are the things that make you feel. It seems that modern and post-modern art are meant to make you think and act, but the art of the National Gallery was meant to make …
#5 The Moment Just Before The Rest of Your Life Begins
The weather was a bit blah today, and so was I. I’m not sure why. Maybe, it’s because I didn’t sleep much last night. Anyway, sorry if I’m a little gray, a little crabby, a little out of sorts. After wandering through the National Gallery for a while, I think I’m more of a modern …
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A Gallery of skill
If I sounded like I hated art in the prior post, I want to clarify that I hold no issues with contemporary art and newer art styles. My issue is with Modernism as a particular style. There is art in this museum that has work in it younger than some works in the Tate Modern. …
5/31 – London Day 8
Hello again! Day 8 of London has ended. This blog may seem like a bit of a downer, since it is filled with what have been my least favored activities- but it was still a day that was very unique to London! Our group walked to The National Gallery. The National Gallery is filled with …
The National Gallery
The National Gallery is located in Trafalgar’s Square in the city of Westminster. The gallery contains over 2,300 pieces of art of various types. The first section of the gallery heavily focuses on the theme of Christ and the Crucifixion. It was not really until the next section of the gallery that we moved off …
My Favorite Urinal pt. 2 (but now its my favorite receipt)
A piece that reminded me of The Fountain was Ceal Floyer’s, Monochrome Till Receipt. It was a grocery store receipt, of only white items. This one I didn’t look too deep into but I thought it was pretty interesting, because I’ve never seen art created this way.
Theatre in London U of A 