The first Museum I went to was the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Being such a massive museum with a mixture of many different pieces from many different time periods I choose two that caught my eye. In the section of European Art 1500-1850 I saw Still Life with Terms and a Bust of Ceres c. 1630 by Frans Snyders. The Media being oil on canvas.
The first piece that I was excited to see was The Gross Clinic, by Thomas Eakins. The media being oil on canvas. I have learned about the painting before, and the second I saw it I could not believe how massive it was. The detail up close was amazing, and all the figures almost being life size made the painting more interesting. I know the piece is about Dr. Gross teaching medical students about newer surgery that wasn't just about amputation which is how surgery only was viewed in the past. The title The Gross Clinic speaks for it self since none of the doctors are wearing gloves and performing surgery somewhere other than a hospital. Sanitation was out of the picture and it gives you a real sense of it by being up close to the painting. I love this piece and was very excited to see it in person. It seemed to be the center piece of the exhibit about the connection to art and science.
This piece is huge and extremely eye catching since the wreath looks like it is 3D. The figures are from Mythology the center being Ceres goddess of Agriculture, Fertility, and Summer. The others being statues of Terminus, god of boundaries. He also includes random animals like a woodpecker, a squirrel, and a monkey that you have to kind of search for. I'm not sure of the meaning of the painting but I found it very pleasing to look at with color choices and the way that the wreath looked like it was coming out of the painting.
The second piece I found interesting was found in the Modern Art section called The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass); By Marcel Duchamp the media used was oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels. This piece was placed in front of a window that casted interesting shadows from the cracks in the glass and the metal. I'm not sure how to interpret the piece since their is so much going on and that it is very abstract, but the piece is very appealing to me since a lot of my artwork has glass and metal in it.
Altogether the Philly Museum of Art has a wide collection of some very amazing pieces of art, and would recommend everyone to take a day to walk around the entire place.
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The second place I attended was the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The exhibit I attended was Anatomy/Academy, Philadelphia Nexus of Art and Science. It was to show the connection between art and science and was one of the best exhibits I have been to. I chose two pieces to write about that I found interesting.
The first piece that I was excited to see was The Gross Clinic, by Thomas Eakins. The media being oil on canvas. I have learned about the painting before, and the second I saw it I could not believe how massive it was. The detail up close was amazing, and all the figures almost being life size made the painting more interesting. I know the piece is about Dr. Gross teaching medical students about newer surgery that wasn't just about amputation which is how surgery only was viewed in the past. The title The Gross Clinic speaks for it self since none of the doctors are wearing gloves and performing surgery somewhere other than a hospital. Sanitation was out of the picture and it gives you a real sense of it by being up close to the painting. I love this piece and was very excited to see it in person. It seemed to be the center piece of the exhibit about the connection to art and science.
The Second piece I found interesting was Ivan Albright's Medical Sketch Book, 1918. The media used was watercolor, graphite and ink on cream wove paper. This piece was eye catching since the images were so intricate of writing and painting done in water color. The caption said the images were "... wounds made at the behest of surgeons treating soldiers during World War I," which made the piece even more interesting due to the history of it. Since it was in cased in glass you could not look through the book which sucked, but I still found it neat to look at. This piece also brought together the exhibit's intent to show the connection between art and science.
-I was not allowed to take pictures other then the first image.
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