When OK was here recently visiting from cold Sweden, we went to Philadelphia Museum of Art, probably my favorite art museum in the world. Well, Chicago's is pretty good too. The Metropolitan in New York City is just too big, it is like a cinnamon bun that is so huge that after you have eaten half you feel sick of cinnamon buns. But the Philly museum is just the right size. Eventually we ended up in the American glass section, and not until EH showed up here a few years ago did I realize how much I like how glass looks. And here in America, it isn't just clear crystal but color, color, color. NJ of course used to have a huge glass industry with its quartz sands, plenty of water, and firewood-filled Pine Barrens. Taking photos of glass through museum glass cabinets isn't easy, but here are some of my attempts (click on photos for larger versions on Flickr).
When OK was here recently visiting from cold Sweden, we went to Philadelphia Museum of Art, probably my favorite art museum in the world. Well, Chicago's is pretty good too. The Metropolitan in New York City is just too big, it is like a cinnamon bun that is so huge that after you have eaten half you feel sick of cinnamon buns. But the Philly museum is just the right size. Eventually we ended up in the American glass section, and not until EH showed up here a few years ago did I realize how much I like how glass looks. And here in America, it isn't just clear crystal but color, color, color. NJ of course used to have a huge glass industry with its quartz sands, plenty of water, and firewood-filled Pine Barrens. Taking photos of glass through museum glass cabinets isn't easy, but here are some of my attempts (click on photos for larger versions on Flickr).
the pictures look like they are rom a book! Very nice!
ReplyDeleterather From a book..i guess you can't edit a post...
ReplyDeleteI love the cinnamon bun metaphor. It is perfect! (I always called it, "getting Museum'ed out." That is less poetic.)
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