Culture: Not Just For Yogurt Anymore

You may have heard of him. He's doing a little something at our local art museum, and we figure we should see him before he moves on. We also think now is a fine time to help Athena start wrapping her head around fine art, and this will be a good start. Now, to be sure, she's eight, which means that at some point she's likely to get bored. But we'll do what we can to keep it interesting to her.

When was the last time you visited an art museum? To you get to one fairly often? We get to ours maybe once or twice a year.

Tags: Rembrandt, art museum, so darn arty farty

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#7 Comment from monponsett
12/30/06 9:15 AM | Permalink

I tripped once at the Boston MFA, and slammed the heel of my hand into Houses At Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh. It was quite nearly a million dollar error, but it worked out so that I only whacked the frame.
#6 Comment from psychfun
12/29/06 1:32 AM | Permalink

I went with my niece a year ago last summer. She ran into a room when she recognized a painting. I thought she just liked it but I said that is a Picasso...she then said "No, Auntie...it is PABLO Picasso!" Well! I'm glad she is learning something of value in school! She loves art and music. Prior to this I had gone to the Rembrandt exhibit which was AWESOME! Make sure to always do the audio tours...very much worth it. I would have never know that much without it.
#5 Comment from lurkynat
12/28/06 1:30 PM | Permalink

dear John
it is so worthwile for you two to take Athena to this show! great parents! we go.
Say Have you and Krissy seen the art projects taht are centered around creatinga rt work or certain genres? I think it would be cool for Athena and other kids up to 16. hugs,natalie
#4 Comment from aurielalata
12/27/06 4:43 PM | Permalink

We live in the Atlanta area, and so we have access to the High Museum. The sad part is that the last time I went to the High was before Gina was born (bad mommy!). Actually, the last art museum we went to is also a history museum. We went to the Carlos Museum at Emory University a few years ago to see Ramses I in all his mummified glory. Along with his mummy, the museum was displaying art from several cultures, including Egypt. It was so cool and the kids loved it.

Jess
http://journals.aol.com/aurielalata/CIWTheOtherInvisible
(yes, I'm back!)
#3 Comment from bbartle3
12/27/06 3:47 PM | Permalink

The painting of course is a Rembrandt
self-portrait. There is a somewhat similar painting
by Rembrandt hanging in the Frick museum
in NYC. In that one there is more beard,
facial hair, some of which, according to Art
Historian and Harvard Professor Seymore Slive,
the artist put in with his own thumb nail, a
loose self-confident device copied 150 years
later by Van Gogh, another Dutchman* (living
in France). Van Gogh also used the wrong
end of the brush. Rembrandt is wearing
a fancy fur, as I remember, in the Frick painting
making the artist look quite grand: it was the same
year he went bankrupt. He was imperturbable I
guess.

Barry
* The Netherlands

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