This quarter, my British Literature class went on a field trip to the VMFA to look at English art. I frequent the VMFA a lot, however I have never focused too much on the British or British-influenced art. This trip forced me to take my time appreciating art I don’t get to appreciate a lot. As a part of our assignment, we had to find pieces that somehow related to the different works we read in class. While I was looking for a piece that represented Shakespeare's Othello, I found a beautiful portrait of a woman in the American gallery. The edges of the painting are unfinished which gives the painting a strange feeling. It's typically expected that portraits are incredibly finished pieces without any mistakes. It's interesting to see a painting that I feel should be finished when it's not hanging in a gallery. Another piece that I was drawn to is a painting of Mary and baby Jesus from the Baroque gallery. I think the intricate paintings of fruit and flowers surrounding the scene is what interested me the most. I also love the bright repeating patches of blue and red cloth throughout the scene. I'm typically more interested in the art I can relate more to my own work, however on this trip I focused more on the beauty of very classic-looking pieces.
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June 2018
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