Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Lets play the question game
How many people are in this painting?
Romanticism.... People are there, but insignificant.
Lets play the question game
How many people are in this painting?
Romanticism.... People are there, but insignificant.
Highlights of the Van Gogh museum.
The museum went through Van Gogh's entire artistic process. It described his training, what he struggled with, which canvases he used, who inspired him and who he inspired, and how his own style developed. It was so incredible. Here are just a few highlights of things we loved and why.
We got to touch a reproduction of part of a painting to actually feel how thick the paint is and what the brushstrokes are really like. It is good that this was here. It really was so tempting to reach out and touch his paintings.
Look at the dancing cloud in the top left corner. There is so much life and movement that breaths through his later paintings.
We loved the how we could feel the wind blowing in this picture. Everything felt like it was moving.
Picnic
It was another beautiful day so we ate lunch in the grass at Museumplein and finished off with the most delicious ice cream before heading to the Van Gogh Museum.
Battle of Waterloo
We were impressed (amused) by the attention to the individual faces in this monumental painting. Our favorites are here:
Grumpy guy at the bottom...he didn't get his turn to hold the flag.
It must be so serene to be wounded and carried off the battle field.
See this link to view the whole painting: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-1115
Monday, May 27, 2013
The Dutch way: French fries with garlic mayonnaise and barbecue sauce
This is how all the locals do it. We actually really enjoyed it.
The most beautiful city.....Amsterdam
You can see how much we love everything by our smiles.
We started to get a little silly.
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