Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Getty Art
September 29, 2009
The first floor of the Getty's main building is full of French watercolor paintings. Teddy's favorite was a large piece by Louis de Carmontelle that depicted 18th century aristocrats lounging in a perfectly landscaped park. Teddy also appreciated the 17th century frou-frou fancy ceramics on the second floor. To think that these fragile works of art have stayed around for hundreds of years without getting a single chip or scratch is amazing, right? Nibs was more into the sculptures...
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ReplyDeleteby the way, no one could take photos of the BRONZE exhibit because the works of art were on loan. No one can photograph borrowed art. I didn't know that!
ReplyDeletei love all this art, I feel like I am AT the museum myself, thanks Teddy!
ReplyDeletei like the ceramics. they look like they belong in the Palace of Versailles
ReplyDeleteThe last painting is FABULOUS. I have seen it before and it's breathtaking. The park that is painted is not real, it's from the painter's imagination. I wish such a park existed. :)
ReplyDeletethe fourth painting looks so rural... love it.
ReplyDeletethe 3rd one is interesting: it's a painting of a wealthy woman who does gardening as a hobby. it was popular back then for rich people to toy with gardening... but they didn't really do much except prune, etc... in other words, they didn't want to get their hands dirty
ReplyDeletelove the last one. too bad the park is not real...
ReplyDeleteHOW WERE U ABLE TO TAKE ALL THESE PHOTOS INSIDE THE GETTY??????? DID TEDDY GET IN TROUBLE?
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