I recently took a 10-day trip to Cambridge, London and Paris to visit the places required in the course as well as visit the art museums. It was a wonderful trip. I was able to view great original art works and learn a lot from guided tours. I bought a lot of guidebooks and took pictures and made sketches of my visit.
Here are the places that I visited:
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| Classical building: British Museum, London |
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| Gothic church: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris |
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| Art gallery: Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris |
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| Townhouse: Linley Sambourne House, London |
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| Town square: Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Artist studio: Marcus McCallister, Paris |
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| Portrait gallery: National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Cast gallery: Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, UK |
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| Interesting interior: Apsley House, London |
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| Landscape: The Backs and River Cam, Cambridge |
Other art-related activities I did:
- participated in a portrait and figure painting session with a live model at National Portrait Gallery
- visited the Mondrian/de Stijl exhibition at Centre Pompidou, Paris
- bought at 1930's Italian painting of a street scene in Naples at Portobello Antique Market
- joined a walking tour of the National Gallery, London
- bought a book "How to Write Art History" at Foyle's London
It was a good trip. I get to have 'eyes-on' experience of art, which inspires me to progress in this course. I hope to go back to Paris and visit Musee d'Orsay and Musee Picasso when they finish their renovation and also catch some art in Italy and New York City.
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