The art museum is more haphazardly laid out than any other I remember--although it might just be that I didn't understand the logic of it. In one room is impressionist, the neighboring one might have modern works, and the third will have art pieces of the Native Americans or artifacts of the Inca.
I whizzed by most of the modern art. Sorry! But I like abstract realism- is that the word? Where a real place or object is abstracted in form or color but you can tell what it is meant to be. Large pieces of artwork painting solid black or with lines just don't do it for me. I also flew through a special exhibit on Polynesia. It was pretty good because it had the meanings of the objects explained, but since I have never been and don't plan on going to Polynesia, I breezed by it. I wanted to see paintings!
When I saw this Monet painting, I suddenly understood the triadic color scheme of purple, green, orange. I had trouble understanding how to apply it before. Now, I would love to paint some other bridge with this lovely scheme.
Also, it reminds us how realism and perfection don't always go hand-in-hand with good painting. Sometimes you just have to step away from the painting! (So often I hear us in class telling someone to stop, it looks great when the painter wants to keep going with it.)
