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By: noah youn
Museum Report It was the day of April 13, 2000. I woke up at exactly 12
oclock because my boyfriend was to pick me up at 1 like we planned the night
before. The day looked quite nice, but I was in a fowl mood. I got into a car
accident the night before and had a huge argument with my parents about the
car. I finally dragged myself into the shower and got ready in half an hour.
Then I went downstairs, sat on my couch, and repeatedly told myself the day
would hopefully turn out better than last night. At around 1:15, my boyfriend
came to pick me up. We took the 5 freeway to the 57 since it was the only way
I knew how to get there. As we approached the 134 freeway, my girlfriend
veered to the right, taking the 210 which was wrong way and got us lost. So,
we exited the freeway and got back on the right track. Then finally, before
long, we reached Norton SimonAs we reach the museum, the exterior was very
beautiful. The first things I saw were the bronze statues in the front. We
took a couple of pictures in front of them and in front of the Norton Simon.
The entrance where the glass doors had sat was very unique and elegant. The
glass walls that the glass doors were attached to, added to the elegance and
beauty. When I had first walked in, I was very shy, timid, and unwilling to go
on, this was due to the more mature audience that I had seen when I had first
entered the museum. I was still unsure on how to act in a museum, being this
my first time, so I was very calm, cool and reserved, but as time went on I
saw college students my age probably doing the same thing I was doing. So I
then I felt more at ease. Plus my girlfriend was with me so I was not alone.
We walked and walked looking at each art piece, which were all well
displayed. Then as I looked at the back wall, a large oil canvas painting
looked right back at me. I could feel its pain and so then, I decided to do my
paper on this piece. The painting was The Ragpicker by Manet. (The Ragpicker.
Edouard Manet.1865.Oil on canvas.) The painting was so enormous that it was
hard to miss. Such a huge painting for one man, it almost looked life-like.
The dimensions of this work is 76.75 x 51.25 . This scene seems to take place
of a lower-class man late in his age, probably near his seventies, appears to
be looking out of the corner of his eye. The walking stick seems to symbolize
the old age as most walking sticks do. He is geographically set in the middle
of the canvas as the center of the painting. His facial expressions seem to
look like something is bothering him. He wears a gray hat and has grown a long
white beard on his unshaven face. The bags under his eyes seem to compliment
the walking stick and both show the aging process of man. His clothes look to
be unwashed and is probably the only clothes he owns. His clothes consist of a
long white v-neck long sleeved shirt and a pair of torn blue jeans to cover
his legs. He also has a sack that is hung over his right shoulder. This sack
is the same color or appears to be the same color
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