Culture...
Wouldn't you know it. I'm starting my brand new blog and I can't post a picture right now. I WILL NOT BE FRUSTRATED!!!!
Thursday, a friend and I went to the High to see the first phase of the Louvre visiting exhibition to Atlanta. Each of three years will have a new exhibit, so more goodies will be coming along later.
I've been a member of the High since I moved to Atlanta many moons ago (384 moons ago)! LOL There's lots of kool stuff going on there all the time. Jazz concerts, opportunities for showing up in your pj's, childrens' activities and a load of other stuff.
My critique of Phase I of the Louvre Exhibition is nothing but positive. I think my life might have been changed when I gazed into the eyes of a sculpture wrought in the 1st Century A.D. I fell in love with the image of a man sketched in charcoal during the middle ages and anticipated viewing the 1653 Velasquez painting of the Infanta Margarita. Velasquez painted her more than once. Alas, Margarita died at age 22 during the birth of her fourth (!) child.
Another neat thing is a large painting where the subject is an art collection put together by (can't remember his name, but was a Borghese family member). In the painting is a sculpture of "Diana of the Woodland," the painting "The Unity of Drawing and Color," and a couple of other paintings that you will have already seen earlier in the exhibit!!! It's smile-inducing!
Visiting a stunning collection like this one just about makes up for other disappointments in one's life.
Culture can be uplifting!!!!
It is just too cool! I recommend to all.
posted by =^..^= Kitty =^..^= @ 6:21 AM
2 Comments:
It's funny that I've visited just about every museum in cities around the globe, but I have never stepped foot in the High. I lived within walking distance for years, but the opportunity never arose, and back then I wasn't the type that would do things on my own, or without an invitation! I'll have to check it out some day!
I've been very impressed with my recent visits to the Margaret Mitchell house, down the street from the High Museum. They've got all kinds of things going on there: celebrity book signings, writting classes, martini mixers, etc.
A little bit of culture never hurt nobody!
I've never been to the MM House. I guess I should visit. Let me know the next time you plan on going (if it's not a date!!!).
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