Fifty Two Pieces

There must be an infinite number of possible thoughts on any one piece of art, but we will only cover seven, a weeks worth. For 52 weeks, through 2009, you will see a work of art from the Portland Art Museum* and a riff each day inspired by it – prose, poetry, photos, video, thoughts or ponderings.

Showing posts with label week 02 - Bouguereau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week 02 - Bouguereau. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Last Day for Bouguereau

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What could be better than slides of Bouguereau with violins in accompaniment? Perhaps cello, viola and bass or maybe piano. Art and music we...

True to Life

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Looking at an artist's works, what may be the most true to life, drawings or paintings? An important question, especially when consideri...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Rambling Thought

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Today I am running from one commitment to the next. Wake up, walk the dog, off to docent training, then on to work, to the cleaners and the ...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Another Nature's Fan

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“You become responsible for what you see... The surroundings are relative to your engagement.” So saith Olafur Eliasson, the Icelandic artis...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Mary Oliver, Nature's greatest Fan

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Mary Oliver's poem speaks of the kind of light that Bouguereau captured with paint, the kind that "shines like a miracle and float...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Fractured French and an Opportunity to Draw

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Knowing I'd have to tell people about the art work of the week "Nature's Fan" and who painted it, I decided to learn how t...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

William Adolph Bouguereau

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One night in college I sat on my bed under a poster of Satyr and the Nymphs by William Bouguereau and experienced the magic. For the rest o...
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