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St. Louis
2007/07/30 20:52 Filed in: Journal
This past Sunday, July 29, I went with my friends
Adam and Gabriela, and Michael and Jan, to the
St. Louis Art Museum. I
didn't take any pictures inside, since I assumed
that photography there was prohibited (the usual
practice in art museums).
I was very impressed. They had many kinds of art from a wide variety of cultures and ages. Everything from ancient Egyptian, to Native American, to Asian, to European, to modernist, and more. Besides an extensive collection of paintings, sculptures, and other purely artistic objects, they also had many artist household items, including chairs, cabinets, tables, clocks, vases, lamps, tableware, and so forth, from across the last 200 years or so. They also had reconstructions of typical American and European upper class household rooms from the 1800s or thereabouts, which were quite fascinating.
This was taken at the entrance. The regal figure in the statue is none other than Saint Louis himself:
I was very impressed. They had many kinds of art from a wide variety of cultures and ages. Everything from ancient Egyptian, to Native American, to Asian, to European, to modernist, and more. Besides an extensive collection of paintings, sculptures, and other purely artistic objects, they also had many artist household items, including chairs, cabinets, tables, clocks, vases, lamps, tableware, and so forth, from across the last 200 years or so. They also had reconstructions of typical American and European upper class household rooms from the 1800s or thereabouts, which were quite fascinating.
This was taken at the entrance. The regal figure in the statue is none other than Saint Louis himself:
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