Yale

It’s so wonderful to live in an aria that is so rich with culture. Many will say Connecticut is so great because 2 hours north we have Boston and 2 hours south we have Manhattan. Lets not over look the fact that we have the finest university in the country in our home town. This gives us access to wonderful facilities that include the Yale Museums of art.

I was able to share this experience with my mother and Emily. Even though she is so young I feel it is important to expose her to art. I have taken her to every museum I have been to and even talk to her and read the captions out load. You may think I am crazy but I feel that the more I expos her to it now, the more likely she will be to understand it and appreciate it as an adult.

I saw some intrusting work this time around. They had a Photo exhibit that was all shots of “eye teasers”. They were pictures of things that trick you into thinking they are something ells. For example I think one may have been an up close shot of some ones leg folded cafe to thy but it looked like cleavage. It was very cool! I also took a shot of a Picasso that I think I have seen on display before.

There was a painting of an artist that I have never seen before that I decided I wanted to dig into a bit and learn something new. His name is Sano di Pietro. I had a hard time finding a bio on him so I am not shore how well know he is but I did find his art intriguing.

Sano di Pietro was an Italian painter who lived in Siana from 1406 to1481. He went to art school in Florence. He is most noted work was on the Cathedral of Siena. He was classified as a Renaissance painter. His would have been considered in competition with Raphael.

The Painting is called “Saint Anthony Abbot tormented by Demons”. It is Tempera and gold on panel. This medium seems to be a trade mark of the artists as I found more information on him plugging in the medium then running a search on his name. Tempera is paint made with egg yoke. You can grind the color into the yoke. Artist like this paint because it dried very quickly.

The painting was commissioned in 1435. If my art history serves me right I belive this was a time when the artist we not free to paint what they wanted to paint. They were told by the church what it was they were to do. Most of the time it would be ether a religious work, painting Nobles or architectural painting.

The painting caught my eye do to its brilliant coloring. It shows the Saint tormented by four demands in a tropical looking setting. It looks to me more like something that would be painted more recently because of the way the demands are portrayed. They haven’t seemed to change too much over the years. I also find it interesting that the demands are attacking him in what look to be such a paradise. I think the artist was trying to show that it does not matter who you are or were you are that any one can be tormented by there own diamonds, any time any place.

All in all Yale was a great trip. I would defiantly recommend this as a great museum to some one who is looking to learn more about art and is not ready to hit a big museum. It has a little bit of everything but yet it is small enough to not run the risk of being over welling to a young person or a new adult just getting into art.