Ackland Art Museum
By , on January 22nd, 2009
Ackland Art Museum. Not very large. Worth seeing. Some beautiful works of art. We really enjoyed it.
The man who left the money and the vision for the museum, William Hayes Ackland, is actually interred right inside the museum, in a sarcophagus below a bronze statue of his likeness.
My two favorite paintings there? (These will be large, but you can scroll back and forth and up and down and see the paintings.)
St. John beginning his account of the gospel.
And Cleopatra with the peasant who brought to her the asp.
Breathtaking.
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I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.
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Super post. This is something we are going to have to go see since we are so close. Our kids both read a book named Juan de Pareja about a slave who was taught to paint by Diego Velazquez. The both loved the book and when we investigated a little, we found that Velazquez was a very big influence on Norman Rockwell. We could actually see the similarities in style in their paintings. It really invigorated our interest in the old masters.
Thanks for the book suggestion, Ken. I’ll write it down with all the other “art” things I wrote down yesterday that I want us to do.
It sounds great. I think you would like the museum. Seems they have a lot of work that rotates, so you see different things over time. Then, of course, there are the exhibits which are not permanent. I definitely want to take Joseph when they have the Asian exhibit.
Lynn