Milwaukee Art Museum

I felt very youthful in the exhibit. Within all of the art forms I could see history. One of the oil paintings that really got myself thinking about the time in history was the Princess Henrietta of Lorraine Attended by a Page. This oil painting was very odd to me. It had a very tall women pressing on the shoulder of a young dark skin boy holding flowers. I started to think of slavery, but the boy was very nicely dressed and was gazing up at the women as if she was the most fascinating creature in the world. I still could not put the pieces together. I still think about that art work now and wonder what the artist was trying to tell us.

Although I paid very close attention to the exhibits, I could help but think about the building that holds such beautiful pieces. The architecture of the building was more interesting that the art inside. The lines that the museum contains on the outside, along with the retractable wings made it very fascinating to look at. How it is placed along Lake Michigan allows the white building to stand out. The hallways inside are not the usual square halls and the building itself is very artistic in itself.  It is a building that looks very simplistic but has become an iconic symbol to the city.