Exhibition at the National Museum of Art, MET
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I went there in May 2022 (blu3mo)
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Here are the ones I liked:
- I’m not good at describing emotions, so I’ll write casually without forcing myself to be polite. => /villagepump/Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition
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El Greco’s “Adoration of the Shepherds”
- I found it interesting how the brushwork captured the flow and movement.
- Also, when I saw it in person, I noticed the way light was depicted through reflections was really impressive.
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Marie-Denise Villers’ “Marie-Joséphine-Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (died 1868)”
- The contrast of shadows and the backlighting on the slightly unreal face caught my attention. It had a captivating effect.
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J.M.W. Turner’s “View of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice”
- I was amazed by how the brightness was portrayed. The blurry ambiguity also added to its appeal.
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Self-portrait by Salvator Rosa
(source)- It’s hard to put into words, but I liked the use of color and composition.
- Also, the structure of the self-portrait figure writing within the painting was interesting.
- In reality, the words in the painting were written by the artist himself, creating a sense of connection between the artwork and reality.
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Peter Paul Rubens’ “The Holy Family with Saint Francis, Saint Anne, and the Infant Saint John the Baptist”
- I liked the overall movement from the bottom left to the top right.
- Also, the addition that disrupts this movement.
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Camille Corot’s “Landscape with a Tower by the River”
- I simply liked the landscape.
- Also, it’s a realistic landscape with a dream-like ambiguity that I really love (blu3mo)
- It’s expressed through the ambiguous ground, mysterious white dots floating around, and the flowing trees that seem to be moving.
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The colors on my MBP screen look different from the actual artworks.
- When I viewed them on a secondary display, they looked more like the real thing, so it seems to be a settings issue.