(three posts in one day. whoohoo =D)
I thought the museum was interesting. I love art so I was curious of what I was going to see.
Most of the Himalayan art was in red and they were about gods and their stories and their connection with other gods and people. The stories told are pretty interesting. But, I felt that the images are very dark. The gods are illustrated in a way that makes them look evil, even if they were good. And the gods of destruction and evil look really creepy and scary, especially the huge golden mask hanging on one of the floors (I forgot which one…).
And it was interesting to see the change in style as I went up to the different floors. When western, Christian art starts appearing, the images of the Himalayan gods are shown lighter skinned, and have more human-like. Their expressions seem softer and there is less killing and destruction depicted in the art.
And all of the art was so detailed and every small part of the sculpture or drawing/painting seemed to be carefully and purposely planned. That skill and patience is worth it when you look at the final result!
I can go on and on talking about the little things I saw. But overall it was very interesting and I enjoyed it.
