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The Tate Britain Museum |
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The National Gallery |
We spent a day each at the Tate Britain and at the National Gallery. At the Tate, we did a couple guided tours, but almost entirely Turner, which is what we came for. After the tours and galleries, I did the new exhibit entitled "Turner and the Masters." Turner's appeal, to me, has been almost entirely intuitive or aesthetic, if you will; I knew very little of the man, and certainly little of art and of painting. I came away with my intuitions bolstered, but also better understanding why I like his work, his contributions to art history, etc. A learned painter--he read and criticized Newton's and Goethe's theories of colors--but also a great innovator and experimenter. And beneath it all, a surpassingly energetic competitor and businessman.
We were very impressed with the National Gallery. It does not have the size nor scope of the Louvre, but the art seemed to us better displayed, more accessible. And, of course, there is far more there than can be taken in, even hastily, in a day. Alas, neither of these great museums permits photography, but they both have superb websites.
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