Art In The Capital

Today, it poured. Sheelagh had the best in rain protection. (In my defence, it looked like a normal umbrella when I pulled it out of the household stand. When I was forced to open it on the walk to the National Art Gallery, I discovered that it was one used by the girls in their made up game of "Capture the Umbrella" and had suffered accordingly.)

Da Vinci's tears.

Um.

Oh well I was trying to be artistic but not tonight I guess.

This morning Shush and I boarded a #32 bus and went down to the National Art Gallery in search of Vermeers. But, alas, they are all away on a tour of somewhere else. So we made do with the only Leonardo painting that is on display in the USA. It is reportedly worth over $400,000,000.

We thought her much more attractive than the "Mona Lisa". She wasn't behind bullet proof glass and we didn't have to battle the hoards trying to take selfies.

Then we had a look at the work of Luca Della Robbia. He was a chap who developed a set of opaque glazes on ceramics that were a huge hit in the 1400's and 1500's. This one of the meeting of Elizabeth and Mary was life size and very beautiful. Done in four pieces, it's held together only by gravity. Others were very colourful.

We had a coffee/tea and a cranberry scone before hustling back to Beatrix's school to give Janelle a hand with the scenery and props for Willie Wonka, the upcoming school play. Bea is creating the character of Willie.

Art art art. All around us here in the capital.