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Exploring Chicago’s Art Institute: Part 3
Sculpture Court
The exploration of Chicago’s Art Institute continues. Yesterday, I visited the Sculpture Court and American Art before 1900. That pretty much finished the first level.
The Cafe – Fernand Lungren (1859 – 1932)
This seems (along with textiles) to be one of the quieter parts of the museum. There is plenty of space to take in the art works, and is a good place to decompress when tired of the heaving mob in some of the more highly-trafficked galleries.
The Herring Net – Winslow Homer (1836 – 1910)
- Lower Level
- Photography (1-4, 10) – Visited
- Thorne Miniature Rooms (11) – Visited
- Paperweights (15) – Visited
- Architecture and Design (24) – Visited
- Textiles – Visited
- First Level
- Prints and Drawings (124-127) – Visited
- Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art (140-143) – Visited
- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art (101–109, 130-135) – Visited
- Indian Art of the Americas (136) – Visited
- African Art – Visited
- American Decorative Arts 1920–1970 (162) – Visited
- Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art (150-154) – Visited
- American Art before 1900 (161-179) – Visited
- Chagall’s America Windows (144) – Visited
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room – Visited
- Second Level
- Chicago Architecture (200)
- European Art before 1900 (201–248)
- American Folk Art (227)
- European Decorative Arts (231-234)
- Arms and Armor (235-237) – Visited
- Renaissance Jewelry (237) – Visited
- Impressionism (225-226, 201, 240-243)
- American Modern Art 1900-1950 (261-265, 271-273)
- Special Exhibitions (Regenstein Hall)
Today, Arms and Armor and Renaissance Jewelry were my galleries of choice on the second level.
Number 16
10 P.M. Sunshine
Busy
Walk Like An Egyptian
Exploring Chicago’s Art Institute: Part 2
What May Come
Continuing my exploration of The Art Institute. Almost finished with the First Level, and wandered about:
- Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art
- Prints and Drawings
- Chagall’s America Windows
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
One more gallery to see on the First Level, and for this I will, see how well the museum’s guidebook apps work.
- Lower Level
- Photography (1-4, 10) – Visited
- Thorne Miniature Rooms (11) – Visited
- Paperweights (15) – Visited
- Architecture and Design (24) – Visited
- First Level
- Prints and Drawings (124-127) – Visited
- Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art (140-143) – Visited
- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art (101–109, 130-135) – Visited
- Indian Art of the Americas (136) – Visited
- African Art – Visited
- American Decorative Arts 1920–1970 (162)
- Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art (150-154) – Visited
- American Art before 1900 (161-179)
- Chagall’s America Windows (144) – Visited
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room – Visited
- Second Level
- Chicago Architecture (200)
- European Art before 1900 (201–248)
- American Folk Art (227)
- European Decorative Arts (231-234)
- Arms and Armor (235-237)
- Renaissance Jewelry (237)
- Impressionism (225-226, 201, 240-243)
- American Modern Art 1900-1950 (261-265, 271-273)
- Special Exhibitions (Regenstein Hall)
Let Me Get This Straight
Exploring Chicago’s Art Institute: Part 1
Mother and Child
As mentioned earlier, my mid-year resolution was to properly explore Chicago’s Art Institute. I am slowly making progress. Phase one was the Modern Wing, which I fully explored last week:
- Special Exhibitions (182-184) – Visited
- Photography (188) – Visited
- Film Video and New Media (186) – Visited
- Architecture and Design (283-286) – Visited
- Contemporary Art 1945-1960 (289) – Visited
- Contemporary Art After 1960 (288, 291-299) – Visited
- European Modern Art 1900 – 1950 (389-399) – Visited
- Contemporary Sculpture – Visited
The Eventuality of Destiny
From my perspective, the third-floor gallery “European Modern Art 1900 – 1950” was the one that I enjoyed the most. There is a profusion of art there, but just enough space and light to prevent everything overlapping and distracting. This will probably be the gallery that I return to most.
Clown Torture
Whilst there, I did see a school group (kids about seven or eight years in age) mistake Bruce Nauman’s “Clown Torture” for something they would enjoy. They soon left, with a chastened school guide. Plenty of nightmare material…
Waka onna (young woman) No Mask
This week, I started to work my way through the “non-modern” museum. Visited the lower levels, and started on some of the galleries on the first level:
- Lower Level
- Photography (1-4, 10) – Visited
- Thorne Miniature Rooms (11) – Visited
- Paperweights (15) – Visited
- Architecture and Design (24) – Visited
- First Level
- Prints and Drawings (124-127)
- Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art (140-143)
- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Art (101–109, 130-135) – Visited
- Indian Art of the Americas (136) – Visited
- African Art – Visited
- American Decorative Arts 1920–1970 (162)
- Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art (150-154)
- American Art before 1900 (161-179)
- Chagall’s America Windows (144)
- Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
- Second Level
- Chicago Architecture (200)
- European Art before 1900 (201–248)
- American Folk Art (227)
- European Decorative Arts (231-234)
- Arms and Armor (235-237)
- Renaissance Jewelry (237)
- Impressionism (225-226, 201, 240-243)
- American Modern Art 1900-1950 (261-265, 271-273)
- Special Exhibitions (Regenstein Hall)