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...Boathouse, are merely flat, frontal views of the building. The pictures present the same, grid-like, glass-windowed Tower; the only noticeable difference is that they are taken with different lighting. The sole creative element of these large, vertically oriented photographs is how they are reminiscent of Monet??s paintings of cathedrals at various times of the day. Otherwise, the intent behind the series is ambiguous, as it seems only to depict a superficially beautiful image of a skyscraper. Such a representation of the Hancock Tower lacks an intriguing perspective as well as a sense of artistic mastery...
...ignored, and while it certainly complements some of the larger, more powerful pieces, it tends to overwhelm the more delicate works. As the weather changes outside, the experience within ICA will also change, to an extent surpassed only by the recently reopened L’Orangerie in Paris, where Monet??s water lilies are in a constant state of flux due to changes in the natural light. This environmental variable suggests a throwback to the pre-modern era, but is a welcome incongruity in an otherwise fully 21st century building: a reminder that a new museum...
Favorite Work of Art: My favorite painting is probably Monet??s Woman with Parasol
...historian Linda Nochlin continues her Norton Lecture series on “Bathers, Bodies and Beauty” with another perspective into impressionism. With a critical eye, Professor Nochlin challenges the role of women in 19th century art, offering a feminist perspective. This week’s lecture, Monet??s Hôtel de la Roche Noire: Anxiety and perspective at the seashore, will use a modern eye to find this painting in the context of history. Tickets free. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
...fearlessly explore my inspiration for art and music or try out theatrical endeavors. For the near decade that our friendship spanned, Christina and I were a pair—we explored the corners of the Museum of Modern Art (her mother, an artist, brought us every year to see Monet??s “Waterlilies”); and we pushed her guinea pigs through the street in a haphazard parade. When we were bored, we stood on my stoop pretending to be statues or attempted to draw the façade of the building across...