Duuuude I am telling you, that cafe discount is no joke! MMM My museum has amazing food. I work nearby so sometimes I even go for lunch :)

I will have to look that story up. It looks breathtaking. I love the gilded doors and (what appears, even from this distance) very fine carvings.

*grins* Go for it!

Word. She's such a blowhard.

Word.

You should totally become a docent! Plus, once you become a docent you usually get a fancy badge saying so, and then other museums let you in for free! Being part of a museum family is awesome. I love the passion everyone has for the art, from the Director to the guards.

I love Rodin so much...my heart stops whenever I see his work.

Have you watched Simon Schama's Power of Art? Seriously, you must watch it if you haven't yet. There's an ep on Caravaggio and it is bloody fantastic! [www.youtube.com]

Ah! That's awesome! I saw one at my museum and considered buying it...Very cool :)

YAY American Sculpture Lovers!

I love the jade dress and her saucy expression - lovely tip of the hat! :)

First photograph share of the night! Yay!

FRIDA! Excellent choice. I love Frida's personality and her non-traditional life for a Mexican woman. When I was younger I used to not like her paintings because, ya know, like EW blood and hearts and totally gross....but then I saw the movie and that got me to understand her life a little more, and I did research as…

Thanks - one thing I love about Jez is I can share things with others and have cool discussions that I normally don't get at home. I don't have many friends who enjoy art to the extent that I do - and those that do live farrrrr away.

Oh, everyone's posts are giving me great 'googling' material so I can enhance my art history! I have no seen this painting but clearly it deserves attention. I love paintings that feature a dark background so the subjects are portrayed more prominently (like Caravaggio). For this piece, it really lends to the somber…

A NONtortured artist?

For someone who doesn't have a favorite piece of art, it sounds like maybe you do! :)

Forget cliche - timeless is more like it. I love the earthy flower child tones of his work. It makes me want to wander barefoot in the woods.

Ohmygod, I LOVE the First Couple! Please Dios, give me a marriage like that someday...

Since grade 2? That is loyalty. Was your attention captured by the sheer height of the tree? I could just imagine as a child dreaming of climbing that