by Naoko Adachi | Nov 9, 2018
Three peacocks march along a stream, surrounded by cherry blossoms, magnolias, peonies, and orange lilies in full bloom. One of them majestically spreads its wings, occupying a large space in the picture. While most of the flowers have subtle colors, the blue of the...
by Erin Wrightson | Nov 2, 2018
In the last twenty-five years of his career, the impressionist artist Claude Monet obsessively began and reworked a series of increasingly large paintings of waterlilies. Monet was inspired by the Japanese-style pond and bridge that he’d built at his country...
by Alyssa Garcia | Nov 2, 2018
Les Galeries Lafayette represent the turn to modern commercialization that began in the middle of the 19th century, when there was a radical shift in the culture of Parisian retail. The intertwined phenomena of, on the one hand, industrialization and mass-production,...
by Tyler Shine | Nov 2, 2018
Thus far on our trip we had seen Claude Monet’s carefully designed home and studio with its vibrant colors, overflowing amounts of light, and collection of Japanese prints. We also visited the Musée d’Ennery, a small museum of Asian art, tucked away in the 16th...
by Ramey Mize | Nov 2, 2018
Kohei Nawa’s Throne is on view at the Louvre this year as part of “Japonisme 2018: Souls in Harmony,” a city-wide exhibition program in Paris launched with the purpose of commemorating the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and...
