National Gallery Timelapses and Painting Details
Mon 28 Apr 2008 21:41:10
Amy and I were at the National Gallery on Saturday to look at American works by Homer, Eakins, Bellows, as well as explore the little-known inner maze of Italian Renaissance galleries in the West Building. Along the way I tried out the time lapse feature on my Powershot and got a few quick videos:
I had hoped to catch the giant Calder mobile in motion but it was not a very windy day, so there was no movement.
I also paused in the Italian galleries to get a few detail shots of paintings that caught my eye -- Saint Anthony's meeting with a centaur (or is it a satyr?) in the wilderness, Saint Helena's flower-nippled breastplate, Gian Federico Madruzzo's dog's weird shrunken head, and Aeneas and Achates' classy travel attire:
Neat.
What music is that?
You know, I'm not sure; it's some random lute piece I picked out of my "early music" library at random because it just happened to fit the length of the film. Something 14th Century.
I love your detail shots of the paintings, and the water shots as well.
For the record, that's a centaur (or faun - think Mr. Tumnus) :)