Tuesday we went with our new friend Purvi and her children to the National Gallery of Art in DC. It was a beautiful day so after a short tour of some Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and the Art of Power exhibition we went out to have a picnic in the museum's beautiful Sculpture Garden. We sat around this fountain and ate and fended off a pesky squirrel who was dying for a Cheeto.
The museum is lovely- just the building itself is a work of art, and I loved getting to see some of my favorite artists and some very famous paintings, such as Monet's Japanese Garden and Van Gogh's Self Portrait. The Art of Power is an exhibiton of Spanish armor and weaponry from the 1500s and 1600s which was fascinating, especially for the little boys in our entourage. The museum even had some chain mail and helmets that people could try on- see Purvi in the chain mail in front of a huge mural. There was a little atrium inside the building where I took the picture of the sweet-smelling rose. I find God's works of art are unsurpassable. "Poems are made by fools like me/But only God can make a tree." (Joyce Kilmer)
6 comments:
my georgia would pay a million dollars to see that self-portrait of van gogh. he's her absolute favorite. i didn't realize it was there, we'll have to come for sure now!
that's cool Jess. Yes, you deinitely have to come now. Van Gogh is mine and Ruthie's fave too- we could have a Van Gogh party at our house.
How did Ruthie's baby doll like Van Gogh?
She loved it, of course. And she was the most well behaved of all 6 kids.
Sigh... Jealous.
don't be jealous, Emily, when you come visit we can go see the beautiful museum too!
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