Chin H Shin
Manet Special Exhibition
We decided to go family trip to Metropolitan museum by train, it turned out a lot more fun than I thought.
A bit of walking and bus traveling is one thing but the exhibition itself was a huge success-a lot of famous
Degas and Manet painting was right there! I discovered Manet and Degas was close friends and they collaborate
each other on several project. Some of the paintings was shown side by side with similar or same subject matter.
In some occasions they shared similar color stories-I am sure they must had been discussed about their new
discovery of color impact! That is why these two belongs to pioneers of Impressionism movement.
What I was impressed was they were going on to pursue their own discovery of very distinguished art respectably-
We all know what Degas is famous for and Manet's distinguished and almost shocking method of color display
of portraits-but these portraits are very distinguished art itself-nothing like regular portraits-...
What I learned from this exhibition is their dedication of color study and sincerity of their attitude toward art world.