posted by Savanah on Oct 28
Two events are happening in the next couple of days at the Portland Art Museum. One is an art exhibit and the other is a lecture on architecture. I am a painter and my brother is an architect so we have planned to take trip, book a room in one of the best Portland hotels, and head to museum for a few days in a row. “My” exhibit consists of just one painting that will be seen for the first time ever in Portland as the painting rarely makes it out of Italy.
This is a rare opportunity to see this masterpiece of the Renaissance time period by none other than Raphael, “The Woman with the Veil”. Bring the piece to Portland took over a year’s worth of negotiations between the Portland Art Museum and the Palatine Gallery in Florence, Italy. Raphael was known for his portraits and his still lifes, his balance and his composition. Raphael used a technique similar to Da Vinci in applying layers of thin paint over a long period of time, which created richness of color and luminosity. The subject of the portrait is believed to be a woman named Margherita Luti, a model in depicted in many of his works, and also believed to be his long time companion. The painting will be in the Museum for just over three months, opening night is the 24th of October and she will leave the museum on January 3rd.
The architect to speak is Yung Ho Chang. This will happen at 7 o’clock on Thursday night. Yung was born in Beijing, China and studied design and environmental architecture at the University of California @ Berkeley. In 1993 he moved back to Beijing and began the first independent firm ever in the country of China. He is not only one of the most influential and innovative architects in his country, but is fast becoming known so throughout the world. He goes from designing homes to museums and factories. The firm constructs installation art pieces and builds furniture which combined the contemporary ideas of global harmony and practice with the traditional designs of country. Both my brother and I are excited as these two men from different times, affect our times so much.
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