{"id":3872,"date":"2023-07-28T04:59:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2023-07-29T00:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T23:11:08","slug":"art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=3872","title":{"rendered":"Art!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last day in Washington DC, or at least the last full day. The weather continues to persuade me to stay inside or in shade as much as possible, so I went to the National Gallery of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started the day by wandering in the general direction of downtown, in search of breakfast ( Le Pain Quotidian turned out to be the place ), then headed for the gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_122810_895-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A little enclosure of Art Deco in the Sculpture Garden. It was difficult to get a better picture, partially because I was trying not to photograph someone who was clearly on their break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/VID_20230727_110234.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lichtenstein House in the Sculpture Garden <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tend not to take pictures in museums these days, because there&#8217;s not much I can do with a phone camera that can&#8217;t be done better, and already has been, by actual photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, I just mooch around and look at stuff.<br \/>Saw a bunch of paintings I&#8217;d seen pictures of thanks to a Daily Art app on my phone, and a whole &#8220;sketching in clay&#8221; exhibit on a sculptor named Canova (https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Canova) who I&#8217;d never heard of, that went into some details about his process &amp; the general procedure for going from clay model to carved stone, which is the sort of thing that&#8217;s interesting if you&#8217;re me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Also on the learning experience front were some bronzes made from sculptures by Degas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_20230727_121548-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Indoor statuary with coffee cup (2023)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1253365790741251452094219-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was somehow even hotter out there when I emerged from the gallery, so I bravely hid in the hotel, where the air conditioning is, until I ventured out to get dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_20230727_1758462358705120924418137-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chicago Style pizza in a DC Train Station, but it was pretty good. The restaurant\/bar was one floor up in the space between halls, and had no roof of its own, so the vaulting of the station halls was right there. One side had a simple railing separating it from the hall, and I&#8217;m pretty sure there&#8217;s an upper level too, based on what I could see from &#8216;outside&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last day in Washington DC, or at least the last full day. 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