This last Friday we had a snowstorm here in Massachusetts. A couple of my friends had invited me to go to Boston to the Museum of Fine Arts and we were really looking forward to it. They are both teachers and it was school vacation week so we would have had to wait for a couple months if we postponed it. So even though it snowed like heck we went anyway and we had a fabulous time.
Visitors are allowed to take pictures as long as you don't use a flash so I snapped a few photos of my favorite things.
This looks like a teapot but was actually used for punch. It was made in England in 1755 and I just love the design. My sister Dlyn will especially appreciate this as she likes to collect pottery that looks like food. Well lets not mention the banana bowl.
I love impressionist art. Monet being my absolute favorite. I love most of his paintings but this is the very best in my opinion. Morning on the Seine, near Giverny. When I stand and look at it I can almost go there. I find his paintings so romantic and satisfying. You can feel his love of nature.
Of course Water lilies is one of his most famous and just as wonderful.
This sculpture is called Psyche created in 1899 by french sculpter Auguste (René) Rodin. It is so beautiful it takes your breath away. I had to really restrain myself from touching it. The marble is so inviting I still long to feel its smooth coolness.
They closed the museum at 2:00 because of the snow, apparently something that they never do, thwarting our plans for a leisurely lunch and an afternoon of wandering through exhibits. So we really only scratched the suface of what there is to see. I will need to go back many times to see a fraction of what is there. It changes seasonally too so I look forward to many more excursions.
There is more from this trip but I like to keep you all coming back for more.
5 comments:
Great pics! And you are right - I DO love the tea/punch pot thing - it actually sort of matches my cabbage bowl. How come when we go into Boston we don't hit these cultural high spots? We seem to spend our time in pubs and breweries, shopping and stuffing our faces at every opportunity? :)
Ha! You'll have to plan an extra to visit so we can schedule in the museum. Sounds like we are usually pretty busy!
I'm glad you got to go - what beatiful things! We live in a marvelous world - don't we! TAke care - Kellan
I tagged you on my blog this morning :P
I have to get my ass in there some time soon. I am ashamed to say, after 35 years of living in the greater Boston area, I have never been to the MFA. (Well, I may have been in those first couple but I don't think so and I don't think a trip as a toddler could count anyway).
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