“It’s much better than other bananas,” Sun said after getting his first taste.
Sigh
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Landscape photography as painting (and Welsh translation).
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I was surprised at the huge numbers of people at a Holbein exhibit in Toronto about 30 years ago; I had no idea that many people knew who he was. It was pretty much impossible to get close to the paintings and drawings, many of which are quite small.
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Sad day!
Given the crowds, I have no desire at all to visit the real Mona Lisa.
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Nah. I’d feel like she’s judging me.
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If you are ever in Oxford, I strongly recommend a visit to the Ashmolean Museum; a gem. They have weird and wonderful little collections, like a collection of Japanese sword furniture (as it’s called) made by one family over the course of a thousand years, so you can see the gradual changes in style, fashion and technique. And it won’t be as crowded as better known museums.
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Self-Portrait as a Painter (1886) - Vincent van Gogh
{edited to supply forgotten caption - D’Oh!}
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The Ashmolean Museum tumblr is still a glorious place to browse despite being inactive. I would love visiting IRL!
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In one of those “small world” incidents, I was on the transit telling a coworker, who was visiting Oxford, that she go swing into the Ashmolean, and the person sitting in front of us turned around and said “They recently had a major renovation, and it’s even better now!” Maybe the Ashmolean gets more traffic than I realised.
I’ll check out the tumblr; thanks!
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I’ve been hip to the Ashmolean since childhood. Books about Ancient Egypt and other stuff I’ve read mentioned its multitudinous goodies.
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They had some preliminary studies of Egyptian paintings and sketches by students, and it was obvious that the Egyptian artists absolutely understood perspective in small, informal works.
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Ancient Egyptian non-official/non-formal art, such as the murals in their homes, is wonderfully realistic. They knew perfectly well what needed to be symbolic, and what needed to be joy-inducing.
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Can I recommend the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London for a small eclectic collection, often overlooked.
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Oh, yes! That’s another real goodie!
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