August 24. Sunday.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is a fathomless compilation roughly based upon craft and decoration.
A very interesting Ghandaran panel, showing an attempt on the Buddha's life:
Details of the highly hellenized figure and architectural elements.
From the glass galleries:
This "Fractal Table" was made from resin deposited by a 3-d printer:
The was a temporary exhibit called "Disobedient Objects" of the material culture of protest movements. New to us -- protesting sexual stereotypes by switching the voice chips between Barbies and GI Joes in the 80s:
Contemporary ceramics:
Wagamama noodle joint: not great gyoza
Monday, August 25
The National Gallery, perfect place for a rainy day:
Note the new LED spotlights in the skylight. They are adjusted automatically by light sensors near the pictures.
Limiting photos to new or loaned objects:
Corot, Italian Woman
Caillebotte, Bridge at Argenteuil and the Seine:
Rysselberghe, Coastal Scene.
Degas, Portrait of Cezanne (Bruce’s favorite retired lawyer):
And one Andrea Montagne, Agony in the Garden, to point out obsessive attention to detail. The picture is about 2 feet square, so the detail of the figures, below, covers maybe 3 inches. No one would see these figures unless they were within a foot of the canvas.
Red Sun Chinese: crispy duck, roast pork with ginger and spring onion.
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