After visiting the J. Paul Getty Museum, I now know why it
is one of the most visited museums in the United States each year. My
experience there was a good one and the scenery and views the museum displays
grabs your attention right away.
Probably my favorite part of the museum was visiting the
Central Garden that was created by Robert Irwin. The big thing that attracted me to the garden
was that it wasn’t just a garden; it was a sculpture of art in the form of a
garden. The formation of the garden was so precise that this relates to our
class in the sense that art is all around us. An example of why this garden is
a form of art and how it is so precise is the fact that they are about 500
different varieties of plants used in the garden. The selection of plant
material is never the same twice.
There were 2 paintings that intrigued me at the museum the
first was Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises from 1889. This painting caught my eye
because Van Gogh made it when he was in a mental war. This painting shows the
feelings of Van Gogh while he was in the ward and he was lonely and isolated.
The other painting that caught my eye was James Ensor’s Christ’s Entry into
Brussels from 1889. This painting was about Christ when Ensor was an atheist
and he used Christ to show his disgust with humanity. Both of these paintings
had there unique ways of showing their feelings, one showing a depressing
painting that showed his isolation and loneliness, while the other showed his
problem with humanity by using bright colors to get the viewers attention.
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