Impact - Martyr Dress #3 By Jennifer Hecker (Glass shards and caulk on a metal aperture) Size about an size 18-20 -seriously there were no dimensions given but it would have fit a full figured woman. This made an impact on me because it was made totally out of shards of broken glass and I wondered if she had worked with chain mail gloves ( such as they use in deli departments to clean machines with.) to protect herself or if she had gotten cut many times in the course of this project. It was strangely beautiful and I wonder what the artist is trying to say about dresses as Martyr dress #2 was made entirely out of eggshells - #1 was not present.
Impression Love's Mirror- Nicola Catalamessa-Papotti( 1831-1910) Marble. This made an Impression on me because of the base actually. It was about 8 ft. tall but the base was finely carved and the ribbons were so exquisitely done that they could well have been frosting on a little girl's birthday cake. The detail was wonderful and I loved sitting there and looking at it.
Impression - Fritz Trautman Galaxy Oil on Canvas - This made an impression on me because it was a teaching tool for Trautman's painting classes. I think it's ingenious, and gorgeous.
B.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?
Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun, Claude Monet. Oil on Canvas.
When entering the room I was immediately drawn to this, which is not surprising since Monet is one of my favorite painters. The blues in this are gentle and soft and it draws you to it - I think I went to this piece a dozen times in the 3.5 hours I was in the museum. I like it because it seems to engage you - rather than you engaging it.
Anne Gennet Pixley's Sample of 1819 - Silk thread on Linen. This piece was done by 10 year old Anne Gennet Pixley as part of a proper young lady's education. This is something that is still done, albeit not as a child's education, but by fiber artist of all ages. I love this type of work as I do cross stitch myself.
The Artist herself.
The conservation precautions.
This grouping made an impression because it is from three separate times and yet, looks so unified.
The tympanum is French possibly as early as the 1100's; it is a "Fragment of an Ascension"- and the artist is unknown, the piece is a Fresco
The Columns with Capitals and Bases are out of marble and are from Northern Italy and dates to the 1200's; the carver of them is unknown. The Standing Angel is called "After Jean Barbet" Called "Barbet's de Lyon" , French, Active 1475-1514. It is Bronze cast in 1926 for the Memorial Art Gallery it was part of the original decoration of the Fountain Court - the room where it is currently housed.
Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?
Abe Lincoln's Life Mask and Hands - Leonard Wells Volk-Bronze - 1886. I have seen a death mask before (E.H.Butler's) but never a life mask and I wonder how and why it was created.
Merry - Go -Round Goat, attributed to Charles I.D. Loof-Wood, paint, leather, metal, glass. I love Merry- Go-Rounds and I would love to know more about the person who made this and the Merry-Go-Round it was part of.
After "American Gothic" Devorah Sperber- 4596 spools of thread - to be viewed through a glass orb. This was just the neatest thing and I want to know what made her do this piece and how she came up with the idea. As viewed through the camera - when you view it without the camera it's just a nice jumble of colors
As viewed through the glass orb:
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