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Today
We went to 2 exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Art.
The Matisse was somewhat disappointing--it really wasn't worth £8. We got through it in about 25 minutes. It didn't have many of his best works (I'm a bit of a Matisse aficionado, so I know). One of these days I'll get to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
In between we went to Green Park as it was such a nice day. The park was lovely--all the daffodils were in bloom. It's a shame there was so much litter. The bins were overflowing and people had left their trash all around them. :-(
Later we went to see the Turks. This was well worth it--I nearly overdosed on illuminated manuscripts. I love illuminated manuscripts. :-) I was surprised at how much representational art there was in them; Islam is usually fairly strict on representational art. There wasn't any in the copies of the Koran, but the others had very elaborate, realistic artwork. I love the detail and precision of illumination. Sometimes I wish that modern art didn't seem to reject beauty for its own sake so much.
The Matisse was somewhat disappointing--it really wasn't worth £8. We got through it in about 25 minutes. It didn't have many of his best works (I'm a bit of a Matisse aficionado, so I know). One of these days I'll get to the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
In between we went to Green Park as it was such a nice day. The park was lovely--all the daffodils were in bloom. It's a shame there was so much litter. The bins were overflowing and people had left their trash all around them. :-(
Later we went to see the Turks. This was well worth it--I nearly overdosed on illuminated manuscripts. I love illuminated manuscripts. :-) I was surprised at how much representational art there was in them; Islam is usually fairly strict on representational art. There wasn't any in the copies of the Koran, but the others had very elaborate, realistic artwork. I love the detail and precision of illumination. Sometimes I wish that modern art didn't seem to reject beauty for its own sake so much.