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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever cried in a museum? What was the art museum? Was it a van Gogh? [View all]I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)3. I cry every time I see a Sekhmet statue
From Egypt.
When I was in 6th grade I went to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. With my sister's art class. My mom was one of the chaperones.
I had went to see the King Tutankamon exhibit.
I already loved Egyptian art.
The whole thing blew my socks off. I was totally into Egypt after that. Still am.
However as I went from room to room there was a row of black stone Sekhmets against the wall that seemed to suck the oxygen out of the room for me. I stood marveling at each one..
I had a very profound spiritual experience with those statues that has been my path ever since.
Looking at Sekhmet beautiful leonine face,her tenderly carved features,her beautiful eyes, she moves me to tears every time.
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Have you ever cried in a museum? What was the art museum? Was it a van Gogh? [View all]
CTyankee
Jul 2021
OP
Yes, I remember being in Rome in a church where Caravaggio had painted several works for the
CTyankee
Jul 2021
#42
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CTyankee
Jul 2021
#23
Rembrandt just knocks the hell out of me. Look at Lucretia's tears in her eyes. Rembrandt knew how
CTyankee
Jul 2021
#24
Yes, at the Detroit Institute of Arts' "Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos" exhibit.
demmiblue
Jul 2021
#18
Yes. Goya was horrified by what he saw in those Disasters. He was a changed man after.
CTyankee
Jul 2021
#45
He started painting in blue after the shocking death of his friend, Casagemas.
CTyankee
Jul 2021
#46