A visit to the Harvard Art Museum, with Mark Slawson. This is such a wonderful museum, so easily visited, so much great art in a modest amount of space.
I have photographed some of this before, but a lot is new. And Beautiful
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| Beautiful courtyard, |
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| Okuhara Seiko 1837-1913 Blossoming Plum and Moon Clouds across an azure sky of ten thousand leagues the moon fades amid the fragrant expanse A stem of plum across an emerald brow, on a narrow path she greets the immortal. An arbor of radiant flowers covers her, parting to welcome me with cool elegance. A swath of frost lies over her boughs. |
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| Hong Chun Zhang b.1971 60s, from the series Long Hair 2016 (detail) |
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| Woman's robe with floral decoration 19th century |
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| Jasmin Sian (b.1969 Garden 2, 2013 Sheep pow wow under Texas redbud tree 2013 Garden 1, 2013 Chocolate tree with donkey and sheep 2013 |
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| Dragon bangle bracelets 1850-1870 |
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| Gai Qi 1774-1829 Farewell to Spring Briar Roses |
Casually, she coils her hair atop her head
and dons simple robes,
flowers are already withering
She, a beauty, is most nostalgic about the Spring,
She breaks off a flowering branch for
a closer look
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| details for fans |
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| And for prep to my trip to Rome: Fra Angelico Christ on the Cross, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Cardinal Torquemada 1453-54 |
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| And Michelangelo's first influential teacher Domenico Ghirlandaio the Virgin and Child, c. 1480 |
