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A Sunday Aftermoon
On a Sunday afternoon, it is nice to visit a Museum. Here are some shots from the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
30 November 2008
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Yikes! What’s that big yellow fuzzy thing?
Comment by Susan — 30 November 2008 @ 5:04 pmIs Christ holding a flagrum? Who is he whipping?? It’s the 13th picture down… who is it by, and what’s it called??
Comment by Daniel — 30 November 2008 @ 5:18 pmDid you get a shot of my favorite statue. The Veiled Lady?
Comment by Steven — 30 November 2008 @ 5:22 pmDaniel: I suspect it’s Jesus driving the beast-sellers and money-changers off the Temple grounds.
No, really… what’s the big, yellow, fuzzy thing?
Comment by Marcus — 30 November 2008 @ 5:36 pmSusan & Marcus,
that yellow dangling monster looks to be a Chihuly. They originate in a workshop overseen by Dale Chihuly, who looks unaccountably like Bob Ross with an eye patch. (secret identity?)
His works grace many a US art gallery. They are so common, it’s become a by-word for my wife and I when we accidentally enter a gallery through the Modern wing. One glance at the hoaxes and crapola, and she’ll cough into her hand “hack hack Chihuly! hack”
I can’t decide if the one Fr. Z photographed looks more like a complex rat king or cell fertilization
Comment by Matthew M. — 30 November 2008 @ 6:02 pmAnyone know who the artist is who painted St. Ambrose? —10th painting down—
Comment by Michael R. — 30 November 2008 @ 7:12 pmApparently, Claude Vignon.
Comment by Maureen — 30 November 2008 @ 7:42 pmChihuly! He has a HUGE piece installed in the central atrium of the Indianapolis Children’s Museum. It is called “Fireworks in Glass.”
The first time I heard of him was when one of his bowls was accidentally taken by the Clintons when they left the White House.
Comment by Christa — 30 November 2008 @ 7:54 pmI could almost believe that the portrait of the man with the handlebar mustache is Jackie Gleason. Ya think?
Comment by John Enright — 30 November 2008 @ 9:03 pmThe sixth one down from the top, and the little orange guy under the tree are my favorites—thanks for sharing.
Comment by Tara — 30 November 2008 @ 9:35 pmThey must be some pretty easy-going folks at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. At most art museums, they take a dim view of folks photographing their collection (for a number of reasons).
I do like the painting in the 2nd photo in the set, though, and there is something almost familiar with the sixth photo in the set.
Comment by Charivari Rob — 1 December 2008 @ 12:00 amJohn Enright: Actually that is the composer Leoncavallo of opera fame.
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 1 December 2008 @ 12:15 amTara: I also rather like Chagall
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 1 December 2008 @ 12:16 amCharivari: My experience is that most American museums object to flash photography or shots in special exhibits. Otherwise, in many places you can take photos.
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 1 December 2008 @ 12:18 amWow. Who’d think that Jackie Gleason was actually a famous Italian opera composer!
Comment by John Enright — 1 December 2008 @ 3:27 amSurely that ‘big yellow fuzzy thing’ is ‘The Sun? Only guessing though but it does remind me of pictures I have seen of solar flares! It’s quite cheerful – wonder what it’s made of?
Comment by pelerin — 1 December 2008 @ 5:21 am5th frame down, over the door… is that a Papal coat of arms? Looks like the keys and triple tiara.
Comment by jaykay — 1 December 2008 @ 8:34 amIt is a Chihuly entitled Sunburst. http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=31146
Comment by Mrs. K — 1 December 2008 @ 9:09 amHmmm, definitely a papal coat of arms in frame 5 but it doesn’t seem to be listed in the online catalogue, although they do have the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, which may in fact be the object below it? What a beautiful Institute…
Comment by jaykay — 1 December 2008 @ 11:56 am