For this blog assignment, I went to the city of Philadelphia to explore the different types of art the city had to offer. I decided to go to The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Gross McCleaf Gallery. Both of these places had very interesting pieces and I had a very fun time in each one.
The first place I stopped at was the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At first glance I was amazed at the size of this museum. It looked like a huge ancient Roman structure that seemed to just stretch out, making it look gigantic. This was the largest museum that I have ever been to and I really didn't want to miss out on anything, which was hard because there was so much ground to cover. It seemed to have everything. It had artwork from a couple thousands of years ago, art from the renaissance, asia, and modern art. It was just truly amazing how many rooms there were. I would find myself going into one room, only to have 4 more rooms opening up for me to go into. It was very interesting to see works done by some of the artists that I am learning about in my art history courses. For example, in my Renaissance Art class we learned about an artist named Judith Leyster and I took a picture of a work called "The Last Drop" that was done by her.
Overall this was my favorite of the two places I visited. I loved the variety. The European Renaissance sections was very cool to look at seeing as two of my art history classes involved this period. It was interesting seeing these works and trying to interpret them or think about some of the media that was used or think about some of the art world terms when looking at them. My favorite part of the museum was on the first floor however. The Modern Art Section was so awesome see. Everything in this section was so unique there was some stuff I really couldn't believe was actually art. For example, there was a broken snow shovel with the shovel part on the ground and the handle hanging from the ceiling? But it was really cool to see works done by Picasso and Andy Warhol.
The second stop on my trip was the Gross McCleaf Gallery which was right in the city. This was a small gallery but had very neat pieces of artwork. The Gallery represents several artists and you are able to buy their work there. There were some very colorful abstract pieces there which really drew me to look at them and there were also some nice nature like pieces. I really found the pieces by Naomi Chung very relaxing. Chung had several images with the theme of nature and I truly thought they were beautiful. She used things such as flowers or trees in her works and they all ran so smooth together.
The Gross McCleaf Gallery was a very nice stop to make on my trip to Philadelphia. It was a change of pace from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and enabled me to see more work that has been done in more recent years. It was a very calm and relaxing environment and I would recommend people to come and see the artwork done by these artists while in the city.
In conclusion, my trip to Philadelphia was worth the drive. I'm extremely happy I got to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was able to actually be right in front of works done hundreds of years ago, and see a more smaller gallery that showed me more recent works. I recommend any fan of art to hit up these two locations. They both have so much to give.
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