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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]ProfessorGAC
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I was a high officer of the altar boys at the cathedral school in a diocese of around a million.
Big deal!
After 8th grade, I told my parents I was done with church, even though I went to a catholic HS.
The Pieta got me on a technical level. The details in that sculpture are mind-boggling.
But, still no truly emotional response. Awe? Yes. At the incredible skill involved.
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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
On a trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, I asked an attendant if he has seen this phenomenon.
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