event 2

On Wednesday November 6, 2013 I attended the Getty museum.  This was my first time ever at the Getty, even though I have lived 15 minutes away my whole life.  After getting of the tram up to the Getty I was immediately blown away.  After I got off the tram to my right was one of my favorite sculptures.  There was this sculpture made from pipes that stood 20-30 feet tall and the top was at an angle.  The sculpture looks impossible for a human to build.  This makes me think of the math and art week, because so much math was done to make this sculpture work.  If the pipes were one degree too far to the right or too heavy the sculpture would not work out. 

Before entering the museum we checked out the gardens around the Getty.  The view of LA from the Getty is one of my favorite views I have seen before.  I could see all the way from downtown LA to the beaches.  All around the Getty they have different pieces of art which involve rocks and water.

The first exhibit we went in consisted of many different sculptures.  The sculptures that interested me the most were the different sculptures of the mythological creatures.  This goes into the week 1 discussion of 2 cultures, the sculptures were made so that cultures could worship them, combining cultures and art.  

The next exhibit contained one of the best paintings I have seen out of all these events I have been to.  It was a Vincent Van Gogh painting, Irises worth 54 million dollars (peter).  For the rest of my life I can say that I got a picture next to a Van Gogh picture.

The next exhibit we attended contained tons of photographs.  The most interesting part of this exhibit was that it contained the first photograph ever, by William Henry Fox Talbot.  Besides this photograph this exhibit really showed the advances in technology and the effect it had on photographs.  We discussed this in week 3.  The Getty even incorporates technology to explain paintings, with the “getty guide”.    

I do not really think that 400 words can describe the Getty.  It was an amazing experience and I suggest it to everyone.  Whether you like art or not the Getty will still be beneficial.  The view will blow you away and the art will amaze you. 

Bibliography

Peter Passell; Peter Passell Writes About Economics For The New York. "Vincent Van Gogh, Meet Adam Smith." The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Feb. 1990. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.