When I first stood before Monet’s Meadow at Giverny, I was immediately enveloped in an atmosphere of calm. The soft pinks, hazy blues, and cheerful greens washed over me in a sea of utmost serenity. Everything about the painting was just so pleasant, from the ephemeral, passive brushstrokes, to the spacey layout of the Read more about Beauty in the Quiet – Monet’s Meadow at Giverny, by Ryan Golant ’20[…]
For Fall Break, the Art and Archaeology Department graciously took the Junior Seminar class to Paris. Some highlights include the Place des Vosges, The Louvre, and a trip to the Palais Garnier to see a ballet. As someone who is interested in urbanism and city planning, I found it very meaningful to be able to Read more about Paris Photoessay – Rebecca Yuste-Golob ’19 (Fall Break Study ABroad)[…]
Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have class in Peyton Hall. To get there, I usually take the curving path behind Lewis Library, walk past Fine Hall, glance at a strange, rusting sculpture, and then get to class. This was my routine until my friend walked me to class one day and pointed out the sculpture Read more about The Hedgehog and the Fox, Richard Serra – Urvashi Uberoy ’20[…]
Judd will be visiting campus on Thursday November 16th, at 4:30pm-6pm in 2 McCosh Hall, RSVP to the Facebook event here. Growing up, Steven Paul Judd couldn’t help but notice the dearth of Native Americans in pop culture. Judd is Kiowa and Choctaw, and grew up on reservations in Oklahoma and Mississippi. He Read more about Artist Feature: Steven Paul Judd’s Native Americana – Rachel Adler ’18[…]
No, this isn’t a Buzzfeed quiz. This summer, I interned at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in the beautiful San Marino, California (just outside L.A.). I worked at a desk in the art division’s offices, but I often got the chance to walk through the art galleries for my projects—and for fun, Read more about Which 18th Century British Aristocrat in the Thornton Portrait Gallery Are You? – Julia Cury ‘19[…]
Like many past summers, I’ve spent the past few months in the heart of New York. But for the first time, I ventured out to visit Mass MoCA! I drove up to North Adams, Massachusetts one Saturday morning at 8am. It’s a winding path through the Taconic State Parkway with stunning views of the Hudson Read more about Art & Socio-Politics at the Mass MoCA – Sarah Cho ’18[…]
New York City is full of some of the world’s best museums and greatest art. The visit or experience I want to share, however, is not of a trip to The MET, MOMA, or The Whitney, but rather to a more solemn, but nevertheless artistic, site: the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Growing up in New Read more about The Art of Remembrance – Nick Peabody ’18[…]
When I used to think of Greece, it came in a package: “Ancient Greece and Rome.” My lifetime of museum-based travels, combined with Princeton’s year-long Western literature course the Humanities Sequence, had tied the concept of Greece firmly to its past. When I read about the country’s economic troubles or and influx of migrants Read more about Beyond Art: A Different Side of Greece – Alice Maiden ’19[…]
For the past two months, I’ve been reporting and writing about South Asian migrants in Italy. The project has taken me to three different cities: Udine (a small town in the northeastern Friuli Venezia Giulia region marked by a distinct Austrian flavor), Milan, and Rome. I spent the majority of my time in the Italian Read more about An Awe-Inspiring Look at the Vatican Museum – Mohammad Adnan ’19[…]
Glass appears as liquid light as swirls of color meld in gravity defying shapes. Dale Chihuly’s Glass Forest is electrifying, an experiment created by blowing molten glass dropped from a stepladder. The glass that pools at the bottom has the most visual weight. Still, the eye is drawn to the bright stalks that seem to Read more about Every Color is Beautiful: Chihuly Glass and Garden – Sonia Hashim ’18[…]