C is for Chihuly

I spent the weekend in Boston visiting my daughter. On Sunday, we attended the Chihuly exhibition at The Museum of Fine Arts. 

Living three hours west of Boston, I've been to the MFA many times, both on weekdays and weekends. Never have I seen a line spilling out of the main entrance, down the steps and out onto the sidewalk.  It was body to body inside, with the temperatures in the low 90s F (33 C) outside. The works themselves were truly awe inspiring, hence its popularly with so many people of all ages.

Photography was allowed so all of the following photos were taken by me.

"I’ve often wondered what the lack of depth perception does for me, but somehow I think it’s probably made me see things differently.”

–Dale Chihuly

 Dale Chihuly

Dale Chihuly biography

Boston Globe article

“Glass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way ..."

 

"I never met a color I didn't like."  ~ Dale Chihuly

 

“I want my work to appear like it came from nature”

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 Quincy Market

Boston, Massachusetts

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ABC Wednesday and Artist of the Week

Jan or Johannes Vermeer van Delft, 

b. October 1632, d. December 1675

Dutch Baroque genre painter who lived and worked in Delft, created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western
 art.

That I recall, I've seen  four of Vermeer's paintings in person. The first two below at The Frick in New York City where they were exhibited for a short time, along one which part of their permanent collection entitled Soldier and a Laughing Girl. Also one entitled The Concert, which is in the permanent collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

 The Milkmaid

 c.1658-1660

 The Glass of Wine

c. 1658-1660

Woman with a Water Jug

  c.1664-1665

The Concert 

c.1665-1666

Soldier and a Laughing Girl

 c. 1658

 Of the Vermeers I've seen, by far the most stunning is Soldier and Laughing Girl (above). I love the perspective, with the soldier's back turned to us as we gaze at the obviously pleased girl he is talking to. The map on the wall and the window are just right in detail; adding and not distracting from the subjects of the painting. I love how Vermeer paints windows.

 Girl with the Pearl Earring

c. 1665

Sources

Olga's Gallery

Web Museum Paris

Essential Vermeer

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Watery Wednesday Goes to Boston

Some images of the swan boats in the Public Garden, Boston Massachusetts

August, 2010

Watery Wednesday

Ruby Tuesday Goes to Boston

I went back over my old files to March when, on a sunny but cool, crisp March day, I visited my daughter who attends Boston University. On these visits, we walk, talk, shop, talk, dine and talk some more. And as always, I take my camera along.  Enjoy!

Getting a good shot of this colorful cyclist, wasn't easily achieved. When he was waiting for the light, there were people and signs in the way and when he took off on green, he flew by me with all the confidence of an urbanite!

Old South Church

Newbury Street

The patio of Kashmir's; an Indian restaurant on Newbury Street

My daughter over lunch at Kashmir's, keeping up with the rest of the world via cell phone.
(I have since been corrected by my lovely lass that we had, in fact, been taking turns talking to her sister in California. "I stand corrected, albeit while sitting!"

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Window Views

Welcome to my blog! There are some changes to the format of The Pagan Sphinx. To make it easier to find older posts, I've put three posts to a page. To find posts older than that, please look for the "older posts" link at the bottom of the three posts. All of the sidebar information, including my blog lists and art resources, can now be found at the bottom of the posts page. Enjoy the larger image format!

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 View of a building on State Street, from Quincy Market

Boston, Massachusetts

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Highlights From my Week-end in Boston - Part I

Boston skyline from Boston University campus

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This weekend, I visited my daughter, 20 year-old SG2 at Boston University where she is a junior.  Here are some highlights from our trip, including some art from The Museum of Fine Arts. Enjoy.

Student art on a building front on Newbury Street

Newbury Street

Old building reflected in new building

I love the light in this shot.

SG2 and I dug this singer's Amelia Erhart head gear.  ;-)

Sunday
(sunnier and more pleasant)

Entrance to The Museum of Fine Arts

SG2 enjoying some sun on the MFA lawn, while mama took pictures
My favorite work of art.  ;-)

A sculpture in front of the museum, that I've always liked
Appeal to the Great Spirit
Cyrus Edwin Dallin 

One of the museum wings

Some of our favorite art

Paul Signac
French
1863-1953
Antibes, The Pink Cloud
1916

Van Gogh

Henri Matisse
French
Carmelina
1903

Perhaps because I'd never really looked at it closely before, this Davis abstract was among my favorites.  SG2 thought it was "just okay".

Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors - 7th Ave.
1940

Stuart Davis
American Modernist

1892-1964

The painting below, however, really impressed her

Joseph Stella

Old Brooklyn Bridge
c. 1940
American (Italian-born) 
Futurist


Part II coming soon

All the love,
Pagan Sphinx

Ruby Tuesday

Buskers in front of Quincy Market Boston, Massachusetts

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