Sunday, we had tickets to Bark at the Park, which is a special Braves game for dogs and their owners. (There I go with the dog obsession again...) Because of the heat (Pugs don't tolerate heat and humidity very well) and me still not feeling fantastic after last week's oral surgery (don't worry, it's nothing major) we decided against the baseball game. Instead we visited the High museum to see the last weekend of the special exhibit The Louvre and the Ancient World. The Louvre and the High are doing a series of special exhibits that bring exhibits from Paris to Atlanta. It is really interesting because many of the pieces of art have never left the Louvre. My favorite part of the exhibit was the collection of busts by Jean-Antoine Houdon. His famous busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, and Rousseau were just amazing to see up close. Not being artistic myself, it fascinates me that he was able to carve such realistic-looking sculptures from marble. Some of them look like they could speak at any second! I highly recommend this series of exhibits to anyone visiting Atlanta. The next one is The Louvre and the Masterpiece and it starts October 12.
2 comments:
This sounds like a series I would love! Lucky you who got to go!
I've been to the Louve, but it's hard to see everything in there in one visit. How cool part of it is coming to Atlanta! What a neat exhibit!
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