a day at the zoo (and museum)

[handmade34]

a rainy sleepy day in St Louis but good to be out...

he's pretty wide-eyed


sleepy kitty


the hippo


a nice Degas





the Titan


felt like I was either in an Escher Print or a large house of mirrors


self-portrait

[Mz Pip]

1. House of Mirrors

That is very Escher like. Very cool shot.

[Callalily]

2. Great shots, I especially like

the hippo!

You do know that there's great controversy about those Degas sculptures! I've seen them at MAM here in Wisconsin a few years back. I got several nasty e-mails about them which I researched and ultimately ignored! ;-)

[handmade34]

3. I was not aware, and not surprised...

thanks for the info

...have seen controvery surrounding numerous artists and works...

http://www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2896

"...Mordechai Omer, director of the Tel Aviv Museum, is more ambivalent, even though his museum is hosting the exhibition. "Sculptures by Degas are always in question," he said in an interview with ARTnews. "The Maibaum story is a possible story. If I believe that, it is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the sculpture of Degas, knowing from the beginning that there are casts of casts..."



from http://saintlouis.art.museum/emuseum

Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
c.1880, cast c.1920

Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917

bronze, gauze, and satin

Funds given by Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg: Accession Number: 135:1956: On view in Gallery 218

Place made: Paris, France

The model for this sculpture was Marie van Goethen, a young ballet student at the Paris Opéra. When the original version of this sculpture (made of wax, and now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC) was exhibited at the 1881 Impressionist exhibition, it was criticized for its unprecedented realism and was even considered ugly. In addition, many people found the mundane subject matter and unusual combination of materials-including real clothes-unsuitable for a work of art. It was the only sculpture exhibited by Degas in his lifetime.

Notes:
<1> A. A. Hébrard had an arrangement with Degas's heirs to oversee the posthumous casting of Degas's sculptures, including "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years," into bronze. The arrangement involved making casts for Hébrard himself, for the heirs, and another set for sale .

Notes:
<1> A. A. Hébrard had an arrangement with Degas's heirs to oversee the posthumous casting of Degas's sculptures, including "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years," into bronze. The arrangement involved making casts for Hébrard himself, for the heirs, and another set for sale .

[Solly Mack]

4. Great shots!

I love the mirrors/stairs. Squeee! (Hippo)

Love the owl!!

[Mira]

5. all of these widened my horizon

also the sculpture controversy - but the hippo just does me in. What a shot that is!