Monday, October 4, 2010

The Art Institute of Chicago

Picking just a few highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago is
extremely difficult! The Thorne Miniature Rooms are a set of 68 tiny
rooms (crafted at a scale of one inch to one foot) depicting European
interiors from the 1200's to 1930 and American from 1600's to 1930.
Seeing the progression of beautiful homes and churches move through
time was incredible. Another highlight of mine would have been the
Ancient Egyptian items. I find it absolutely mind blowing looking at
articles that are thousands of years old. But the most memorable
moment would have to be seeing American Gothic, by Grant Wood
(pictured above).

0 comments:

Post a Comment