June 10
Moscow
Our second day in Moscow would begin, in the afternoon, with a shore excursion to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts . . .
[This is the view from out boat’s “parking lot” . . . ]
[De-boating to board buses for the trip to the museum . . . ]
[It was a Sunday afternoon, the traffic was light . . . ]
[A reminder of soccer (futbol) games to come . . . ]
[We’re downtown now . . . ]
[And now a series of statues as we roll along – I believe this is Pushkin . . . ]
[Dunno . . . ]
[Dunno . . . ]
[Should know?]
[And back to the ever popular Vladimir . . . ]
[And now, we’re in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. I did not shoot the exterior of the building until we left – so it will be at the end of this missive . . . ]
[So we begin a long series of what’s called “art” . . . ]
[I do not know much about “art” other than I take lots of photos of it . . . ]
[So commentary will be little befitting my knowledge . . . ]
[Just know that I shoot what ever captures the attention of the windmills of my mind . . . ]
[Our guide, obviously, with the Viking lollipop . . . ]
[This is generically called a “bust” . . . ]
[This is generically called a “painting” . . . ]
[And I have heard of such, so far, as Rodin (pronounced row-dan), Manet (man-ay), and Degas (day-gah) . . . ]
[And Renoir (wren-wha) – plus I think “Jeanne” is really cute . . . ]
[And this is “sculpture” . . . ]
[And this is called a “nude” – I know that because it’s the title of the “painting” . . . ]
[And Monet (mow-nay), not to be confused with Manet . . . ]
[This is called a “kiss” . . . ]
[Another bust, of Cezanne (say-zon) . . . ]
[Particularly partial to bald guys with beards . . . ]
[The best thing about works by the old masters, it’s not difficult to guess the titles. Here is a man smoking a pipe, so logicically enough it’s titled “Man Smoking a Pipe” . . . ]
[The Super perusing “paintings” . . . ]
[And Van Gogh (van-phlegmish cough) . . . ]
[Girl with a jug, obviously . . . ]
[Guide with a pointing arm . . . ]
[Guide pointing out our previously recognized “Nude” . . . ]
[Did you know the artists used paint and canvas?]
[And Gauguin (go-gan). We’ve been to Arles, but don’t recognize any of these French people . . . ]
[This is called a “still life,” because it doesn’t move . . . ]
[This is called a “caravan” . . . ]
[A/k/a, a water nymph . . . ]
[As should by now be obvious, Gauguin spent a lot of time in French Polynesia . . . ]
[Always remember while traveling, when you escape modernity you escape escalators and elevators . . . ]
[I don’t know about Bonnard, other than he died in the year I was born . . . ]
[Would you have guessed “Lady With Black Glove”?]
[We’re forever searching for benches – just standing is hard on the legs and back . . . ]
[And Matisse (meh-teece) . . . ]
[And Rousseau (rue-sew) . . . ]
[And one of my favorites for obviousness – “Young Acrobat on a Ball”) . . . ]
[Not to be confused with “Young Acrobat on a Ball” . . . ]
[Unknown (to me) artist’s woman’s portrait . . . ]
[And Chagall (shuh-gaul) . . . ]
[I supposed she could just be “sitting”?]
[Ahhh, the Romans . . . ]
[A favorite for reasons unknown . . . ]
[And I love the title . . . ]
[This has to be Parisienne?]
[Heading for the New York Times?]
[My first thought was teacher . . . ]
[Whom amongst us doesn’t like lutes?]
[Another “Nude”?]
[Again, great title . . . ]
[First emailed this photo to our travel agent, a horse enthusiast from her earlist years!]
[Or, On Being Shy?]
[Another title for the ages . . . ]
[Occasionally “Nudes” are standing . . . ]
[And we’re back to the beginning . . . ]
[And now outside . . . ]
[The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts . . . ]
[In Part 2, we will spend the rest of the day doing Moscow by Night.]
I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. ~ Susan Sontag
Up Next: Part 2 . . .
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