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2023 52 Card Project: Week 40: Art
Oct. 6th, 2023 01:44 pmI fell to a rather low ebb this week: probably because there is less and less sunlight every day, and I have had my foot stuck in a surgical boot for the past week (meaning I can't do my usual exercise).
By Wednesday I felt rather desperate, and so I impulsively drove to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I parked about a block and a half away, and by the time I'd limped to the lobby, I was regretting not bringing my cane. I felt impaired enough that I only made it upstairs and spent time in one gallery section, just sitting quietly on the couches and benches in one room or another rather than walking around exploring. Simply viewing a small amount of the art was a comfort. I would have liked to have been nimble enough to explore more, but just the little taste was delightful enough, and an enjoyable way to spend my time. Yay for the heartening power of really good art.
Image description: view through a large doorway in an art gallery. Through the doorway, other galleries with paintings hanging on the wall can be seen. Lower center: a marble sculpture (Ganymede offering a cup of wine to Zeus in his eagle form). Behind the sculpture, partially obscured by it: a round oil painting depicting Jesus teaching in the temple as a 12-year-old. Hovering above the doorway, an ornate footed jeweled box with inlaid marquetry work. Right: a bronze sculpture of Psyche. Left: a bronze sculpture of the capture of the nymph Daphne [?]. Just below each of these two bronze sculptures are matching white porcelain urns, decorated with gold finish. A semi-transparent overlay of a twining design (of the ornate marquetry design on a table) is inserted between the picture of the gallery and the artwork.
Art
Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.
By Wednesday I felt rather desperate, and so I impulsively drove to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I parked about a block and a half away, and by the time I'd limped to the lobby, I was regretting not bringing my cane. I felt impaired enough that I only made it upstairs and spent time in one gallery section, just sitting quietly on the couches and benches in one room or another rather than walking around exploring. Simply viewing a small amount of the art was a comfort. I would have liked to have been nimble enough to explore more, but just the little taste was delightful enough, and an enjoyable way to spend my time. Yay for the heartening power of really good art.
Image description: view through a large doorway in an art gallery. Through the doorway, other galleries with paintings hanging on the wall can be seen. Lower center: a marble sculpture (Ganymede offering a cup of wine to Zeus in his eagle form). Behind the sculpture, partially obscured by it: a round oil painting depicting Jesus teaching in the temple as a 12-year-old. Hovering above the doorway, an ornate footed jeweled box with inlaid marquetry work. Right: a bronze sculpture of Psyche. Left: a bronze sculpture of the capture of the nymph Daphne [?]. Just below each of these two bronze sculptures are matching white porcelain urns, decorated with gold finish. A semi-transparent overlay of a twining design (of the ornate marquetry design on a table) is inserted between the picture of the gallery and the artwork.
Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.
