Hahaha,
but seriously The Ghetty Center was very packed that Sunday. Nevertheless, I
did not let that get in the way of me enjoying this wonderful place for the
first time! I was not sure what I was going to write about when going here, so
I walked around and looked at all of the art chronologically and made some
observations.
The first
pieces I saw were dated before 1400AD and it was quite apparent that the
concept of perspective was not very widespread as most paintings were very
two-dimensional and mostly had religious scenes where the people mostly had
profiles of faces. It was not until I walked around paintings dated around 1600
that I saw Brunelleschi’s influence on perspective reach nearly all of the
paintings. After this point the paintings became more and more realistic; all
of the faces had every wrinkle noted perfectly and each bowl of fruit looked
quite appetizing.
The
architecture of The Ghetty Center itself is a sight to behold. It is very clear
that the architecture was carefully designed to really take advantage of the
ever-shining Los Angeles sun with walls of glass and louvers to capture the
natural and quite plentiful light. Some parts of the building’s exterior
reflect a golden ratio-esque theme. I also marveled in the beautiful contrast
between the natural mountainous surroundings to the north and the glorious view
of the city to the south which made me think of the theme of this class: The
mountainous landscape representing the artistic beauty, the city view
representing scientific achievements, and the museum itself showing both joined
together to create a utopia where both aspects thrive off of each other, which
I thought was pretty dang cool. I hope everyone gets the chance to visit The
Ghetty Center; I know I want to return to see everything that I missed!
(golden rectangle????)
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