TFAO Museum of American Art
We've heard rumors that the museum is thinking about a second floor statuary room
When a second story gets built, it will house a grand statuary room. In a few weeks we'll take a sneak peak at some favorite sculptures.
Not much chance the room will look like these. Way too cluttered! And straining our necks to look way up the walls just won't do.
(above: Alexandre Dominique Denuelle, View of the Picture Gallery at the Château d'Eu (Vue de la Galerie au Château d'Eu), 1844, Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on paper Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2007-27-34. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Eduard Hau, The Room of Dutch and Flemish Art, Interiors of the New Hermitage, 1857, watercolor,12.2 x 16.1 inches, Hermitage Museum, ??-11722. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Ok, we can't resist peeking at one of the sculptures. It's on display at a physical museum, but why not dream the staff is going to borrow it?
(above: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907, Diana,
1892-93, 1928, cast bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, digital
photo by Postdlf. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons**)
Some sculptures may be contemporary. How about one of a cloud, supporting our theme of gliding effortlessly as if we are in clouds?
(above: Sofie Berarducci, Disco Cloud, 2024, sculpture, 5mm glass tiles, 14 x 13 x 15 inches, photo: courtesy of the artist)
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