Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Sculptures @ MFA (Boston)

2 months ago I became a member of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and have come here already about 5,6 times to sketch especially on days that are cold or raining. I like this place and usually come with an open mind, walk around, and sketch whatever interests me at that time.
This day the theme seemed to be 'Sculptures'.

1st one was the Kneeling Knight from Spain (1600's)
Very powerful room setting with the stained glass in the background.

121216_knight 

Not really a 'Sculpture' but a Burial Urn from Mesoamerica.
There were a few of these some what fun large sized Burial urn's.

121216_urn 

Here's Ganesha from Northern India in 11th Century
121216_ganesha



Amida Buddha from Japan (1737)
  121216_amida 

The last one was Aizen Myoo from Japan 14th Century.
The sculpture was very lowly lit and was quite scary.
  121216_aizen 

Happy Holidays everyone!