Officer and the Laughing Girl Artist: Johannes Vermeer Year: 1657 Medium: Oil on Canvas Seeing this piece in person really resonated with me because through pictures, it looks really dark but in person, the details are a lot better captured. The light of the windows pop and creates a very delicate and vulnerable moment between the figures. The Forge Artist: Francisco Goya Year: 1817 Medium: Oil on Canvas The bright…
The Wall paintings from a Cubiculum Nocturnum are a set of wallpaper-like paintings from 50-40 BCE in Roman culture. Although not part of an official collection, about sixty sections of wall paintings were discovered after the excavation of the villa and sold to different museums around the world. The walls of Room M were purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1903 and are currently on view. The particular…
The gallery I chose to write about was the show “Forever Wild.” The first piece I noticedwas the wooden sculpture of the rabbit-duck illusion. I especially liked this piece because theinvitations Daina handed out in class referenced the sculpture and felt specially curated. Thecontinuation and blending of the shape and colors of the wood also played together making itmore engaging to the eyes. The use of the mirror as the…
