Chicago 4 Litogether at THE ART INSTITUTE

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OK you’ve packed your bags, chosen your food, picked your costume … played strip poker … handed out some awards…

… but what about a bit of culture?

...it was good enough for that ferris wheel guy on his day off...

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jrs esq

 

[scouries]

this could be you...

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The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) is an encyclopedic fine art museum[1] located in Chicago, Illinois's Grant Park. The Art Institute has one of the world's most notable collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in its permanent collection. Its diverse holdings also include significant Old Master works, American art, European and American decorative arts, Asian art and modern and contemporary art.

It is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. The museum is associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is overseen by Director and President James Cuno. At one million square feet, it is the second largest art museum in the United States behind only the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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[scouries]

i've sat on this very bench ... so should you!

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The collection of the Art Institute of Chicago encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world and contains more than 260,000 works of art. The art institute holds works of art ranging from as early as the Japanese prints to the most updated American art.

Today, the museum is most famous for its collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and American paintings. Included in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection are more than 30 paintings by Claude Monet including six of his Haystacks and a number of Water Lilies. Also in the collection are important works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir such as Two Sisters (On the Terrace) and Henri Matisse's The Bathers, Paul Cézanne's The Basket of Apples, and Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair. At the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is another highlight, as are Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and Gustave Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy Day. Non-French paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection include Vincent Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles and Self-portrait, 1887. Among the most important works of the American collection are Grant Wood's American Gothic and Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.



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[scouries]

yes seeing a naked AHer can be fun but does it beat this?

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[popcorn2721]

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I loved Ferris Bueller day off when I was a teen.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Says e.e.cummings;

mr youse needn't be so spry
concernin questions arty

each has his tastes but as for i
i likes a certain party

gimme the he-man's solid bliss
for youse ideas i'll match youse

a pretty girl who naked is
is worth a million statues



That said, I have dissolved into tears in front of "The Blue Room," and the subway from O'Hare goes straight downtown and stops two blocks from the Art Institute, if I recall rightly.

 

[scouries]

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james r scouries

 

[scouries]

Isn't that just like a typical greek lesbo babe - takes a shot at you one second , then concedes you were right the next. Meanwhile she's not even in the right city. WTF?

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jrs esq..

 

[scouries]

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jrs

 

[YoursSINSerely]

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jrs

The second girl needs to get her money back, IMHO.

 

[midwestyankee]

Says e.e.cummings;

mr youse needn't be so spry
concernin questions arty

each has his tastes but as for i
i likes a certain party

gimme the he-man's solid bliss
for youse ideas i'll match youse

a pretty girl who naked is
is worth a million statues



That said, I have dissolved into tears in front of "The Blue Room," and the subway from O'Hare goes straight downtown and stops two blocks from the Art Institute, if I recall rightly.

You're correct, Stella. The blue line does, indeed, allow patrons to walk a mere couple of blocks to the finest museum of art in the country.

In fact, at least a few Litogether participants have visited the AI during each of the last few gatherings.

 

[scouries]

QUOTE miss SIN The second girl needs to get her money back

Maybe. But the barmaids hot.

in fact, at least a few Litogether participants have visited the AI during each of the last few gatherings

P T L

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jrs esq

 

[wicked woman]

Oooo I love the Art Institute. I could spend hours there and have.

 

[wicked woman]

You're correct, Stella. The blue line does, indeed, allow patrons to walk a mere couple of blocks to the finest museum of art in the country.

In fact, at least a few Litogether participants have visited the AI during each of the last few gatherings.

Yank you didn't mention the absolutely fabulous minature exhibit there.

 

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from somebodies blog: ....visited the Art Institute of Chicago where, by chance, I saw a couple of Monet's 1885 paintings from Étretat. The descriptive bill for one mentions that the view is from his room in the Hôtel Blanquet." Here's what the notice says: 'Forced indoors by inclement weather, Monet painted this narrow view of the beach from his room in the Hôtel Blanquet where he stayed from mid-October to mid-December 1885.'

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[driphoney]

Okay ... you've gone and done it now. This is just plain lower than low.

I soooo want to go there. What a tease.

As much as I'd like to meet the Litizens, I want to see this museum more. *sigh*

 

[RunningJib]

It's Been A While Since I've been to Chicago

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And I remember the American Collection very well

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Thank-you for sharing.

 

[scouries]

you're welcome...

QUOTE honey As much as I'd like to meet the Litizens, I want to see this museum more. *sigh*

yes if it was an either/or decision the choice would be easy. However why not do both?

And make sure you pick up some authentic [size=+2]ScouriesWorld[/size] gear while you’re there (fyi: that cheap LIT 4 stuff was made in Albania).


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