Saturday adventures

[fbhjr]

This morning we got up reasonably early for a Saturday and headed off towards Boston.
We stopped at the Swiss Bakery for a nice breakfast. (http://swissbakers.com/sb/ )


Although a nice sunny day, it was a bit cool, so we ate inside.


Then, off to Boston to the museum.



I’m glad we didn’t have to drive through the construction on a weekday rush hour…


But, it was a good day/time for traffic and there was very little.


I’ve always liked the road in front of the museum.


We only went to the special exhibits.
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/leonardo-da-vinci-and-the-idea-of-beauty
http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/hokusai
The first didn’t allow photos. The second was crowded making it difficult.


Of course, there were benches.



Some of the prints had been shown at the Worcester Art Museum first.


They had some very interesting pieces including cut out toys and lunch pails and such.


A group of parents commissioned some art work 200+ years ago to go with their daughters poetry. It was titled "The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets".

Given it is on display 200 years later on the other side of the world, I think they got that immortal poet part down…

Maybe I’ve watched too much "Supernatural", but I really liked the demon hunters.



Then, as the museum got crowded, we left again.


It is very nice to have the leaves on the trees.


We headed back towards home.


We stopped for lunch at one of our favorite restaurants.
http://www.welcomeindiacuisine.com

All in all, a good day.

Comments

[pallid-regina.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I like the road in front of the museum, too! Also, I want that bench in my house.

[jenny_evergreen]

You do realize that I (and probably multiple other people) am (are) never going to see a bench in a museum without thinking of you for the rest of our lives, right? I kind of love that. :)

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

So much this. I even do this out and about it doesn't have to be a museum.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of cool benches out there!

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

There are! In the entrance to the bookstore, I sometimes go to there is a giant bench shaped like a butterfly. I love that bench.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

And, it all started with a joke my cousin made:
"Frank walks through the exhibits so fast we always know where to find him. He'll be at the bench at the end waiting for us to catch up!"
(And, I do go through fast no doubt about it. It's just my way of taking things in.)

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Omigosh so much wonderful art! I am so glad the second exhibit let you take pictures! I love them!

The first exhibit sounds interesting.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Actually they had the camera icon on the front of that hall that usually means no photos. As we went through my wife and I got separated, so I went back a second time to look for her. As I did, I saw that it had been modified to say "no flash photos". But, that's true of the whole museum.

So the photos are actually of my second pass through...

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Neat! Thank you! =D

[merilune.livejournal.com]

Look at those lovely green trees! SO pretty.

I love that bench too!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

I might not like the pollen, but I do like the green!

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Glad you got to see these two exhibits, I thought they were excellent, too.

Although I felt the Da Vinci one was a little misleading, I was expecting more Da Vinci or just his work, but I did like and appreciate the other artists.
Although I was disappointed they had enlargements of works from his "Birds" book, and they didn't seem that good quality to me.

I was so thrilled to see all of the Hokusai stuff; and it was a bit overwhelming (typical MFA major exhibitions), but still very cool to see how prolific and varied
his work is, I learned a lot more about his work than I'd ever known before. I also really enjoyed the paper toys and punch-out scenes. The MFA had (still on?)
a whole collection of prints that are not punched out, and those I found really fun and interesting, both from a toy aspect but also how the prints are designed.

I agree, the Demon-hunters were pretty badass. Did you see the huge Phoenix screen?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Hard to miss, it is the entrance to the exhibit.
And, I bought the scarf version of it for my wife.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

"it is the entrance to the exhibit"

Aaah, I came in from the Sharf Visitor Center side where the cafe is; not from the Americas Wing stairs entrance. Cool beans on the scarf :D

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

No, we came in the same way.
It's over the entrance there.
You're not supposed to go in the other direction...

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Huh. Don't know how I missed that. At least I saw the actual piece in the exhibit, and made me think of you and Malterre :D

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

I loved the DaVinci exhibit when I was there a couple of weeks ago. The man is a master.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Do you get the magazine from the Met in NYC?
This month it was about the Saint Maurice painting you like so much...

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Oooh, the Cranach? No, I hadn't peeled off the paper cover yet. Thanks for the tip!

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

love love love all the photos
I like coming on your day trips with you
and those pastries look delicious

[meathiel]

Looks like an interesting day out. I esp. love the cut out toys ... interesting.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

From what I'm told the cut out toys are very rare. Few have survived the 150 years since they were made.