Not to brag, but my tutorial has been way cooler than all the other Georgetowners. And that's the super-smart Oxford way to phrase it. Instead of having writing a weekly essay like everyone else, my tutor and I meet every other week at a place where I can experience art firsthand. We've met at the Ashmolean and Christ Church in Oxford and the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. And not that I'm trying to justify the lack of work I've done here, but these trips have helped me about as equally as the essays. I didn't realize how inarticulate I was when speaking of art. It's an entirely different experience being in front of a piece that you've read about and someone asking you, "So what do you think?" At first, I felt like a pretentious art snob, but I've really grown to enjoy it (lingering over a work of art that is not being a pretentious art snob). Of course my essays, or lack thereof, have caused me to become a source of contempt and mockery among my peers. They pretentiously scoff"Oh you study 'art history'" or "Did you see any pretty pictures today?" I would be jealous too if I saw someone actually look forward to their weekly tute.
Today was my final tutorial field trip of the term. I met Claire (my tutor) at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The V & A, as we hip art students like to call it, is according to it's website "the world's greatest museum of art and design." Being the world's greatest museum of art and design must be quite a feat in that the V & A is HUGE! There are a few prints and paintings, but the museum is so much more than the typical "high" art. There are collections of metalwork, ceramics, photography, and textiles. It has tons of sculptures including several casts of famous ones such as Michelangelo's David. There were also special interest exhibits, the two main ones featuring the dynamic fashion of Kylie Minogue and the affect of the slave trade on decorative art (needless to say these were not in the same room). The V & A is probably my new favorite museum, and I study paintings, not design. The museum spans from prehistoric to contemporary. I definitely would recommend it for anyone with an interest in museums. In fact, I'm going to make a trip to London later in the term for a special V & A visit for the Surrealism exhibit that will be in effect at the end of March
Today was my final tutorial field trip of the term. I met Claire (my tutor) at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The V & A, as we hip art students like to call it, is according to it's website "the world's greatest museum of art and design." Being the world's greatest museum of art and design must be quite a feat in that the V & A is HUGE! There are a few prints and paintings, but the museum is so much more than the typical "high" art. There are collections of metalwork, ceramics, photography, and textiles. It has tons of sculptures including several casts of famous ones such as Michelangelo's David. There were also special interest exhibits, the two main ones featuring the dynamic fashion of Kylie Minogue and the affect of the slave trade on decorative art (needless to say these were not in the same room). The V & A is probably my new favorite museum, and I study paintings, not design. The museum spans from prehistoric to contemporary. I definitely would recommend it for anyone with an interest in museums. In fact, I'm going to make a trip to London later in the term for a special V & A visit for the Surrealism exhibit that will be in effect at the end of March
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