Norton Simon Museum

Thomas painted the men and women of his era with these strange collars called ruffs. These collars are very round and ruffly and I’ve never seen them before except maybe on a queen. Verspronck’s work showed alot of breast. The dress was usually worn off of one shoulder. Fragonard was a fun and romantic artist. The man and women were usually playing in “The Swing” and “The BirdCage” in a garden wonderland. The angels are particularly frightening to me. Some looked very angry and were inflicting pain on people. Im not sure they are good. I wonder if they really saw the angels or wether they were just make believe. I don’t like angel paintings. They gave me the creeps. I really liked Aelbert Cuyp. His artwork was just yummy. I thought I was at the buffet and getting ready to eat. Best looking food I ever saw. People like Agnes Martin and Josef Alker don’t even deserve to be called artist’s. There work just looked incomplete and it was never finished. There wasn’t any idea. It was like looking into an empty box. There probably is, I’m just guessing, a million paintings of Madonna and Child. Not really a new idea. Downstairs was really interesting. The Asian art shows how the people who did’nt wear much would dress themselves up for ceremonies. Their headdresses are tall and pointy. Their bodies are draped in beads and jewelry. Alot of statues carved from stone are half human with the head of an animal. Oh and lastly we stared at “The Mulberry tree” painted by Vincent Van Gogh. The paint was very very thick and swirly. We walked through the garden.