Seeing Things

Seeing Things (9): Flowers in December

December 20, 2012

This is the ninth in a series of personal observations about how people experience and explore museums. Take a look at Howard's other blog posts on the subject. William H. Johnson's Flowers After a late afternoon visit to American Art...

Seeing Things (8): People in the Sun by Edward Hopper

April 22, 2011

Edward Hopper's People in the Sun People in the Sun shares that quality often found in other paintings by Edward Hopper—of people occupying the same scene but often looking like they belong to separate worlds. For instance, they could be...

Seeing Things (7): Looking, Watching, and Listening

January 4, 2011

Kota Ezawa's LYAM 3D A walk through the museum the other day in honor of one year ending and the new year beginning, was a feast for the eyes...and ears. It's not just getting up close to a painting that...

Seeing Things (6): Music for Our Eyes

June 4, 2010

Thomas Wilmer Dewings's America Receiving the Nine Muses on Gilded Age Steinway piano. Photo via Flickr by Mr. T. in DC I always wondered what it would be like to compose a score for particular artworks in the collection of...

Seeing Things (5): An Ordinary Day

January 6, 2010

Still Life with Herring by Fred Adler The still life has always captivated me. It started with Dutch paintings (particularly Vermeer) at the Met while I was in school in New York and has continued with those in the American...