I lived a 5-minute walk away from the Princeton University Art Museum for an entire three months, without caring to venture inside. It was undoubtedly a beautiful building, with stained-glass structures guarding the outside and stunning trapeze artists gracing the inside. Unfortunately, I was a freshman who glanced over it just like I glanced over Read more about Favorite Art Museum Experience – Binita Gupta ’20[…]
I’ve always been interested in both medieval art and 19th century art. When I first saw the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, recalling the dark ages yet strangely modern, mixed with hints of the Realism and Romanticism so crucial to the 19th century, I was transfixed. I’ve made pilgrimages to museums and exhibitions to see Read more about Favorite Object at the Princeton University Art Museum – Julia Cury ’19[…]
An intriguing shade of green more evocative of psychedelia than academia resides at the heart of Princeton’s campus. Feet from the warm, earthy hues of Morrison Hall and backlit by the slate-grey of Blair Hall stands the striking turquoise sheen of Henry Moore’s Oval with Points (1969). This color is likely familiar from a mutual Read more about What will remain of us? – Joe Ort ’21[…]
During the first sunny day after the relentless Spring Break snowstorm in New York City, I walked into the dimly lit space of the sixth-floor exhibition at the Whitney Museum. The first thing that registered in my mind was the stark white title An Incomplete History of Protest splayed out across the coal black wall. Read more about The Whitney: An Incomplete History of Protest – Yolanda Jin ’20[…]
To be clear, I hated abstract art. I didn’t understand it. Not only was non objective art confusing, it was frustrating. I couldn’t figure out what these wacky artists were trying to say, and it seriously upset me. I was looking at a coded message––knowing it held something beautiful, some secret answer to an unknown Read more about Favorite Museum Experience – Raya Ward ’21[…]
I will never forget sitting in a darkened seventh grade history room, legs crossed on an uncomfortable plastic chair, with an “Introduction to the Renaissance” Powerpoint playing on the projector. That was the day that I fell in love with Raphael. Raphael wasn’t one of the angsty, pre-pubescent boys in class who knew nothing but Read more about Favorite Art Museum Experience – Sydney Goldman ’21[…]
Some of the greatest learning experiences occur outside of the classroom. One such experience for me was participating in the Making History Visible Tour at the Princeton University Art Museum. Led by a small number of students from the Student Advisory Board who were also trained art museum student tour guides, the tour allowed me Read more about Making History Visible – Morgan Steelman ’20[…]
My favorite aspect of museums has always been their capacity to create a sense of atmosphere. To me, the way that museums best create atmosphere is through the arrangement of their most decorative rooms. At the Princeton University Art Museum, the room I find to be most “decorative” and evocative of a certain period is Read more about The Louvre – Julia Cury ’19[…]
Few titles are as overt as Ships in Fog, Gloucester, Massachusetts, but I maintain that this wonderful Fitz Henry Lane piece is actually not about boats nor harbors nor indeed anything maritime. Before you conclude that I’ve gone off the deep end, let me qualify that statement: ships and the sea certainly inform the painting’s Read more about Favorite Piece in the Princeton University Art Museum – Joe Ort ’21[…]
In Rome, it seems like every corner upon every street is abounding with art. Enter one non-descript, unassuming building to find a cozy chapel with a set of Caravaggio masterpieces adorning the wall. Enter another, and come face-to-face with a brilliant Bernini sculpture—gold, marble, and all. Rome itself is a museum—one that I was lucky Read more about The Vatican Museums – Ryan Golant ’20[…]