The man himself...on canvas. A visit to the Musee d'Orsay today along the Seine brought me to the famous portrait of Louis Pasteur. The Musee focuses on artwork primarily from the late 1800s, but the building itself is quite gorgeous- built for the Universal Exhibition in the early 1900s in an old train station. During this period of artwork, artists were getting away from the "science" of art...there was more imagination, dream-like utopian images and creative techniques. Pastels became a popular medium (meant for the "delicate features in the portraiture of girls, not aged subjects"). The van Gogh, Cezanne, and Degas pieces totally stopped me in my tracks.
The science of artistic preservation is another challenging field. Pastels, especially, can be sprayed and stick better to a rougher texture. But, they sadly still flake away and age over time. Olay needs to get on that.
Learned how to navigate the metro yesterday and am now all about it. Super quick, reliable, and cheap. Also feeling the hype of the World Cup. Those tied finishes are just so unsatisfying... Ciao ciao!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
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