High Museum Visit

This is me at the High Museum in line for the general admission tickets. I went along with my boyfriend Chris and had a great time. The most meaningful thing about the trip to me was the whole experience in general. I had not been to many museums before, and never to the High Museum. I’m glad I got to experience new kinds of art with my boyfriend. I had a great time and I would definitely go again. I really enjoyed the ENTIRE skyway level of the Stent Family Wing. I love folk art and Howard Finster’s art moved me. His passion for the Lord and a cleaner and better environment appealed to me, because I have many of the same passions.
o My favorite work of art would be the ‘Rinaldo and Armida’ by Francois Boucher. It was a beautiful and colorful depiction of an unsuspected love.
o The work of art I liked but I would not take home would be ‘The Winged Genius’. The Roman statue made of marble was wonderful, but it was a little too exposed to be taken home and sit in the living room.
o The ‘Lady of Auxerre’ taught me something I did not know. It used to be a colorfully painted small statue. Now it stands blanched and faded with part of the face deteriorated.
o ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ was a very sad painting. It showed the hurt that he goes through to see that even though he tries to save us, we choose not to follow Him. It is intensely dramatic showing the pain He feels in His eyes.
o ‘Victory at St. Gothard’ showed a historic moment in time. This pricless was one of many created for King Louis XIV. It represents the victory of the King over the Turks at St. Gothard.
o The English ceramics reminded me of someone I know. My Yaya Penny, (that is what I call my Great-Grandmother) has many English and Chinese ceramics at her home in Pennsylvania. She is very old and can barely remember my name but I always remember all the the porcelain pots, dishes, trays and dishes she kept on display in a wooden cabinet like the English Ceramics display at the museum.
o The work of art that I think shocked me the most was the painting of ‘The Funeral of Atala’. The beauty shocked me the most and that it had started the basis of the story we now as “Romeo and Juliet”. I did not realize that “Romeo and Juliet” was formed so many years ago. The Folk art gallery and the Contemporary art gallery were completely different from one another in my opinion. The Contemporary gallery was very modern and at times abstract. It does not usually have a certain message. It is based on your depiction and view of what the art may reveal. In its at times simplicity it gives you a chance to make your own interpretation to define itself. The Folk art gallery on the contrary could not have been more different. Every work of art had a message or a story to tell. It could have an anti-war, carefree, and thrive in life message. It tries to get you to see things adversely and recognize the beauty in simple things.