Cincinnati Art Museum
A couple of weekends ago, I dashed into the Cincinnati Art Museum to see the Treasures of the Spanish World exhibit. The exhibit was created by the Hispanic Society and very clearly, the descriptions were written by the Hispanic Society. The exhibit spanned the typical exhibit hall and then also one of the other halls sometimes used for exhibit too.
With my annual membership, I had free admission to the exhibit.
The exhibits starts much further back than expected, which if I had read the description closely, I would have known. It focuses on the holistic Iberian peninsula. The exhibit is set up chronologically and has a mixture of art mediums. The exhibit had descriptions of the art in both English and Spanish. As i mentioned earlier, the descriptions were definitely written by the Hispanic Society as a few of them were quite complimentary about their collection and its possessions.
So I did end up taking a bunch of photos during the exhibit.
Unclear who this painting is of, but it is done by Diego Rodriguez. It likely was someone close to him personally -- potentially even a granddaughter.
I love this more modern, impressionist painting. It is actually of Charles Lewis Tiffany.
This one is by the same artist as well. I love how free this one feels. It has the proportions of a Greek or ROman goddess, but with the casual attitude of bathing on the beach.
Last but not least though. Honestly, I think this was the strongest piece of the entire collection. They have The Black Duchess by Goya.
Her husband had died the year before, so she is in mourning clothes. Goya did a series of paintings of the Duchess. Also if you look closer in the painting, you see this little detail...
What does that imply?!
This was a fun exhibit! I was happy I was able to make it to visit!
Time in museum: 1 hr
Times visited: 12
Overall: B+
With my annual membership, I had free admission to the exhibit.
The exhibits starts much further back than expected, which if I had read the description closely, I would have known. It focuses on the holistic Iberian peninsula. The exhibit is set up chronologically and has a mixture of art mediums. The exhibit had descriptions of the art in both English and Spanish. As i mentioned earlier, the descriptions were definitely written by the Hispanic Society as a few of them were quite complimentary about their collection and its possessions.
So I did end up taking a bunch of photos during the exhibit.
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| A miniature of a crypt |
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| Miniature by El Greco-- one of the few that is known to be done by him |
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| Clearly another El Greco -- painting of St. Jerome, one of his favorite subjects |
Unclear who this painting is of, but it is done by Diego Rodriguez. It likely was someone close to him personally -- potentially even a granddaughter.
I also really loved these old maps -- one of them was made by Giovanni Vespucci, the nephew of Amerigo Vespucci. He made this map just before he died, 1526, with the whole world as it was known at the time. You can see the resemblances to the world as we know it today -- almost 500 years earlier!
This one is by the same artist as well. I love how free this one feels. It has the proportions of a Greek or ROman goddess, but with the casual attitude of bathing on the beach.
Last but not least though. Honestly, I think this was the strongest piece of the entire collection. They have The Black Duchess by Goya.
Her husband had died the year before, so she is in mourning clothes. Goya did a series of paintings of the Duchess. Also if you look closer in the painting, you see this little detail...
What does that imply?!
This was a fun exhibit! I was happy I was able to make it to visit!
Time in museum: 1 hr
Times visited: 12
Overall: B+
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