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Art is a Lifestyle and the Audible Gasp

2/12/2021

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After almost 2 years away I'm home in the USA from Sweden and most of the family is here. I'll be here for a few months and the art life doesn't stop. Appreciating art doesn't have to happen only in Europe. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is local for me so we went with the family. With a party of 13 we split into teams and my "partner" was my granddaughter, Miss LA. We went around together looking at all the art and I got to see things that she liked and her ability to pick out things that I would like. At one point she said, "Come here Queenie, I think you'll really like this!" It was this tapestry. She was spot on. (Later my SIL said he thought the same thing)
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Chasuble Back • France, Mid 1730s • Silk & Metal-wrapped Silk • In the Style of Jean Revel
Revel introduced the new weaving technique that allowed for realistic shading and the illusion of three-dimensional motifs

It's kind of well known I have a thing for flowers. Lately I've been studying Dutch florals and came across these beauties. 
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Jan van Huysum Dutch, Vase of Flowers, ca 1720
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Big bold close up
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Rachel Ruysch Dutch, Still Life of Exotic Flowers on a Marble Ledge, ca. 1735
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Luscious close up

Speaking of florals, here's a little detail on this marble statute. So delicate.
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Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere, Bust of Sidonie Leblonde, late 1800s, Marble
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Delicate Details

A really fun and telling thing about Miss LA and I was the crystal cut vases. This photo simply doesn't do these vases justice in any way. I couldn't catch the brilliance of the reflected light at all. But, as Miss LA and I rounded the corner we both let out a loud, audible gasp. In unison. Then rushed closer. These are so beautiful! Miss LA and I loved them. It was delightful to have that shared experience. And it was wrapped around art.
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Art is a Lifestyle. It comes in big moments (Like Museum visits) and small moments (seeing delightful details.) Appreciate them all. So Creative Friend, what's your Live Like an Artist moment today?
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