We sprang forward, the weather sprang back to January
I wanted to see the Shakespearean folios at the Frick art museum and today was the last day. It SNOWED. Like a lot. Like a white out while we're driving.
Mom: maybe we should head back
Me: We're seeing the folios or die trying.
It was one of the easiest Pittsburgh Museums to get to but I've never been there. I'll go back in the summer and see Henry Clayton Frick's house museum. Let's be honest here, Frick was a prick. He was a coal baron in cahoots with Carnegie (another right bastard) but he also amassed a huge art collection. Once we got there two of the wings were closed (they close on Mondays) so they could open with new shows on Tuesday.
But I got to see my folios. They had the first through the fourth so from 1663 - 1650 give or take. If we're honest there isn't much to see. I got to look over the books and that was pretty damn cool. They had a virtual reality head set so you could see the theater. They had the windows blacked out with scenes from Stratford and it was cool.
They also had a neat collection of renn. iconography (Not my favorite but I liked seeing it) and one of Chinese ceramics (mostly 1600-1800). There were some flemish tapestries around.
There is also a separate car and carriage museum. I do enjoy a pretty car.
My GPS , Offenwrong, did not go home correctly and we took a jaunt through Squirrel Hill where I haven't been in nearly 35 years (it's where that huge synagoue shooting was a few years back) It's now a mix of the large Jewish community that's been there for many decades and Asian. SO. Many. Asian restaurants. Couldn't find anywhere to park. Pouts.
Met my cousin and her daughter at Joann Fabrics to look for illusion veiling for her wedding veil. Mom will be making it. I now want most of the fabric and to make myself two dozen shirts.
From current African America artist Vanessa German about grieving and light
Third folio
Second folio
The folios + the artwork over the windows
triptych
dragon pot!!!
basket phaeton
My fave Silver Ghost, Rolls Royce 1914
American Bantam car, Bantam Roadster 1939
Stanley Steamer
The I Forget
Mom: maybe we should head back
Me: We're seeing the folios or die trying.
It was one of the easiest Pittsburgh Museums to get to but I've never been there. I'll go back in the summer and see Henry Clayton Frick's house museum. Let's be honest here, Frick was a prick. He was a coal baron in cahoots with Carnegie (another right bastard) but he also amassed a huge art collection. Once we got there two of the wings were closed (they close on Mondays) so they could open with new shows on Tuesday.
But I got to see my folios. They had the first through the fourth so from 1663 - 1650 give or take. If we're honest there isn't much to see. I got to look over the books and that was pretty damn cool. They had a virtual reality head set so you could see the theater. They had the windows blacked out with scenes from Stratford and it was cool.
They also had a neat collection of renn. iconography (Not my favorite but I liked seeing it) and one of Chinese ceramics (mostly 1600-1800). There were some flemish tapestries around.
There is also a separate car and carriage museum. I do enjoy a pretty car.
My GPS , Offenwrong, did not go home correctly and we took a jaunt through Squirrel Hill where I haven't been in nearly 35 years (it's where that huge synagoue shooting was a few years back) It's now a mix of the large Jewish community that's been there for many decades and Asian. SO. Many. Asian restaurants. Couldn't find anywhere to park. Pouts.
Met my cousin and her daughter at Joann Fabrics to look for illusion veiling for her wedding veil. Mom will be making it. I now want most of the fabric and to make myself two dozen shirts.
From current African America artist Vanessa German about grieving and light
Third folio
Second folio
The folios + the artwork over the windows
triptych
dragon pot!!!
basket phaeton
My fave Silver Ghost, Rolls Royce 1914
American Bantam car, Bantam Roadster 1939
Stanley Steamer
The I Forget