including more traditional victorian art
older displays are kept up here
looking down!
The upper floors of the museum
I call this, the formal man and fruit!
side by side, the old and new
more cased artefacts
so this is how they pen journal before the blogging days
shamanic bear, with 5+ to attack!
who yer looking at?
so its it art that is American?
you can learn alot from the volunteer guides around the museum
American ancient art
and positions!
with a few crazy touches
including ancient pottery
historical artefacts sections
art after all lies in the beauty of the beholder
you will either love it or hate it
and that mostly fuels the modern art scene
but it's all expressionist art
some having more feathers than the rest
some little more crazy than the other
some with rather neat designs
including porcelain vases
shaped glass pieces
now for art of a more mellow kind
explosion!
it gets more whacked up here
closeup of the detail
including bones of a spine
teeth and spent bullet casings
made mainly out of guns parts
This is an interesting piece
but that's modern art per se
and the occasional blot of paint!
idolisations
and items,
pieces done using non-traditional media
arts of the streets
many of the main galleries feature modern art
blending modern and traditional art together
bu tthere's more to that
De Young is a Fine Arts Museum
Makes your trip more worth by stretching your dollar
Show your student ID to get half entrance fee!
And now for the De young Museum!
Roman Gladiator commemorates the excavation of the Music Concourse in 1893
it's opened in September 2008 designed by Renzo Piano
one of the largest natural history museums in US