museum – Brass Ivy Designs https://brassivydesigns.com Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:37:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8 https://brassivydesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-14889741_10207469295158563_8702686132770655684_o-32x32.jpg museum – Brass Ivy Designs https://brassivydesigns.com 32 32 Many days at the Metropolitan Museum of Art https://brassivydesigns.com/many-days-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:35:00 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=408 Continue reading Many days at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]> The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city will always hold a special place in my heart. In a city that was loud, chaotic and at times seemed to be completely against me, this museum was truly a place of sanctuary. I would frequent this establishment multiple times a month, getting lost in the expansive winding galleries to retreat within my thoughts. The solid stone walls that held treasures of worlds and times further away than my mind could fathom gave me a respite from the outside world. Time stood still in there. The chaos of the city blocked out, with only the quiet sounds of shuffling feet, whispered observations and the hum of ancient statuary. Any excuse I had to go there, I would take it. With a friend or not, I was always calm and happy within the safety of the museums walls. As my number of visits grew, I learned to recognize art styles and symbols from different places, themes of different time periods in Egyptian art, names of gods and goddesses and chronologies of rulers. I even discovered a female Egyptian King who would come to be a huge historical role model for me.

I also uncovered much about myself within those gallery walls. I found out what exactly moved me, discovered what my true passions in life were. I developed my artist’s eye, my photography skills and my ability to really see a work of art and discover its meaning.

In a way, I grew up in that museum. It was a part of my most formidable years and I will never forget all that it did for me. One day I know I will visit it again. But until that time, I have hundreds of photographs to remember it by. These are a few of my favorites. Most are unedited and I think I will leave them that way; in the state they were made and how I have viewed them for years.

]]> Girl in black https://brassivydesigns.com/girl-at-the-museum/ Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:24:49 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=208 Golden Zodiac https://brassivydesigns.com/golden-zodiac/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:59:08 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=191 Golden zodiac snake head at the Portland Art Museum.

]]> A day at the museum  https://brassivydesigns.com/a-day-at-the-museum/ Sat, 30 May 2015 18:57:17 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=178 Continue reading A day at the museum ]]> A few days ago I made my first trip to a museum here in my new hometown, Portland, Oregon. Before I moved here, I discovered the Portland Art Museum was going to being very near to our future apartment. Just around the block from my front door I entered the museum doors and as luck would have it, their systems were down and I was admitted to the museum for free. The first objects I came across were these incredibly impressive gold zodiac heads. Each had their own special aura about them and the craftsmanship was impeccable.

After admiring the gold sculptures I made my way up to the top floor and began to work my way down through the museum. The collection of Native American, Mesoamerican and Asian artworks was world class. The gallery rooms were the perfect temperature and nearly silent, with no security guard within sight. As I moved through each room I felt a calm awareness grow inside me. I slowed my breathing, stepped softly as I moved from one piece to the next, and let my mind explore the thoughts being provoked, becoming just another quiet observer. Museums have always been a source of wonder, introspection and contemplation for me. A place where I go to reset myself and wind down from the sounds and sights of a busy modern world. The Portland Art Museum provided me with all of that and more. I will most definitely be returning for an annual pass.

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Photographed at the Portland Art Museum.

]]> Seated Woman https://brassivydesigns.com/seated-woman/ Tue, 26 May 2015 03:57:02 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=152 Mexico, Guerrero, Xochipala culture
Pre-Classic period (c. 1600–100 B.C.)
c. 1500–1200 B.C.
Ceramic

Photographed at at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

]]> Valkyrie https://brassivydesigns.com/jazz-nights-at-the-museum/ Sun, 24 May 2015 04:34:45 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=99 Quiet Reflections https://brassivydesigns.com/quiet-reflections/ Sun, 24 May 2015 04:27:08 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=95 Continue reading Quiet Reflections]]> This man was with whom I presume to be his wife and the moment she stepped out of view I took this. There was something in this moment. This modern man with the cowboy hat considering a painting of a scene out of the Wild West. What did he feel when he looked at this? I personally cannot even imagine. Does he see this as reality or a romanticized past? Something he wishes he had been a part of? Something he feels he is connected to in some way? Fort Worth is such a unique place where the old exists alongside with the new. A place where the lines of the past and the present are blurred.

Taken at the Amon Carter Museum for American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.

]]> Standing Maya ruler, Guatemala https://brassivydesigns.com/mesoamerica/ Fri, 22 May 2015 23:48:03 +0000 http://brassivydesigns.com/?p=54 Taken at the Kimbell Museum of Art in Fort Worth, Texas.

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