National Gallery of Art Washington DC Tour
of Art, 2016). The gallery portrays exhibits by nation of origin and era, in suitably-designed galleries. For example, Italian Renaissance art gallery walls feature hand-painted plastering and Italian travertine paneling, with door- and base- surround decorations and inbuilt recesses for displaying sculptures. On the other hand, seventeenth-century Dutch artworks are portrayed in galleries having wood paneling for bringing to mind their real setting (National Gallery of Art, 2016). A monumental sculpture garden can be found to the original edifice's west. In the midst of arcing paths and curvilinear native plant beds, I was delighted to come across Louise Bourgeois' Spidery, Roxy Paine's Graft, Roy Lichtenstein's House I, and… Continue Reading...