Providence Adventures: Day II
For our first full day in Providence, we got up early and started walking. It was a crazy, busy day and we did a lot! We kind of wanted to see everything since we were there for such a short time.
We grabbed a coffee near our Air B & B and then walked along the river being epic photographers.
Beautiful day light views of Providence
Modern Art
modern art and a view
Beautiful skies
I absolutely loved this little path leading to the water.
Happy to be away on our vacation
Our Swan friend
This wheel was so much fun..
I couldn’t resist climbing it!
Having a SuperGirl moment!
A lovely seagull
And it flew away
This is such a beautiful mural. I love the colors and everything it represents.
Views from the Bridge
Beautiful Fall Foliage
The Patriotic Soldier
In the summer, they do water fire here. I haven’t been in years, but I would love to go with Baros’
After our river walk, we went into the RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Art Museum and we had so much fun. It was our first art museum together and it was gorgeous. The RISD really seems to have a little of everything.
We spent half the day in the museum and pretty much saw everything. They have some absolutely stunning pieces that you don't always find under one roof. There are Modern, Roman, Grecian, Renaissance, Chinese, Japanese, Impressionist and so many more styles of art represented in this art museum. My favorite style is impressionism but I was so impressed with the quality and representation offered.
The rooms were in order... but somehow my pictures have gotten mixed! I’m going to try to group them together, but I may have messed up the order in some places!
The first area of the museum was a more modern art area which seemed to focus on social commentary. It was beautiful and fascinating and powerful. Here were some of our favorites.
This combination of colonial style and traditional African colors and fabrics is such an amazing dichotomy. It really makes you think back on history and where we are today.
This was such a beautiful piece for me. I see it as a commentary on traditional culture blending and shifting over time. I love it. It shows the beauty of tradition but also that the shift is not always a bad thing. There’s beauty in change even if not everything is perfect. What do you think when you see this piece?
The pope is made of chains.
Love this interpretation of the American flag.
Blog colors and a play on traditional values
How do you interpret this piece?
Over time.
American
I loved this series of portraits.
Love the black and white
Adore the neon here
America and capitalism…. Don’t pass go
After passing through this first section, there was a whole fashion wing which I didn’t take as many pictures of. The museum then led into multiple wings with multiple styles. I’m just going to separate by general category. :)
There were the statues. I’ve put all the Greek, Roman, Renaissance, Medieval together here.
I am always in awe of marble statues. The skill it takes in incredible.
In college, I learned so much about the symbolism behind these sarcophagi. It’s fascinating!
Baros sharing the art over a FaceTime with his Mamma.
Just breathe
A beautiful Trio
Look at this beautiful Grecian vase!
And a nod to my mother and grandmother... I was constantly admiring statues like these growing up!
I always wanted to play with them and story tell, but I wasn't allowed because they were so breakable.
There were some beautiful paintings!
I was so happy to see my favorite Renoir in person!
You can never go wrong with Picasso!
Love Van Gogh
Back in a different time
Monet
Another of my favorite Renoir
Candid with some beautiful paintings
I love this painting but I can’t find the picture I took with the painter’s name! Does anyone know?
Through the arch
One of my favorite Monet
This was actually the wall of a random room. I loved it so much!
There was also an amazing section with Egyptian art:
A relief
I believe this was in the Egyptian section! But I could be wrong. I just love this little turquoise hippo!
There was an absolutely gorgeous section filled with different kinds of Asian art:
I love this vase and its amazing golden dragons!
Golden Buddha vs. Wooden Buddha. Both are absolutely amazing!
Such beautiful plates
Then there were some beautiful textiles, woodwork and glasswork that I was excited to see!
I love the combination of textile and culture here!
Bolivian textiles!
Our reflections with some beautiful glasswork!
Look at that amazing woodwork! The inlay is insane!
This is so gorgeous! And it’s incredibly well preserved
Such a gorgeous tapestry
Look at that incredible glasswork!
I love seeing these different types of fabrics! So beautiful
such gorgeous beading
Baros and I loved the art museum and we had the added bonus of checking off another of our Bucket List since it was our first Art Museum together!
That was only the first part of our day but I think it's quite long thanks so all of the pictures so I'll put up another post with a restaurant review of Trattoria Zooma where we had the most amazing Italian lunch, and information about Federal Hill and some of the final sights that we saw in Providence!
