Sunday, August 10, 2008

Academic Excursion, Part 2

The second leg of our trip took us to the Huntington. I could not take photos of the Ellesmere Chaucer or the Gutenberg Bible, naturally, but I did take some of various art pieces that caught my eye.

So delicate and detailed.



A detail from a tile piece about Cinderella. Quite unusual, rustic, and utterly enchanting.


Detail from stained glass piece.

A crazy European family played in the sprinklers, fully clothed, from children to mother (pictured here) to grandmother. It was hot, in all fairness. They made a fun spectacle.

Stone gazebo (or whatever it's called) and roses




Nice ass!


Nice, uh, triton!



From the Japanese garden



Walkway detail from the new Chinese garden. Love the intricate stone work.



Bridge from the Chinese garden. Overexposed, but it seemed unthinkable to exclude it.


Design from Chinese garden.


Design from Chinese garden.


The giant greenhouse, with surprisingly visible mountains behind. (It was a quite a clear day.)


Lovely.


Lovely.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

the stained glass is particularly compelling.

concretegodmother said...

omg, it's ppb! so good to see you around these parts again! thanks on the stained glass; i'm rather partial to that shot, too. i like clicking it large so i can see all the detail.

Gawdess said...

okay - how sad is it that after all those beauitful pictures of gorgeous art - I can only think of two things - nice ass and that would be me, jumping away in the sprinklers!!!!!
I will just have to visit again and enjoy some more.

Beth said...

Great photos. I still miss the Huntington.

Sharon said...

LOL! Is that your triton, or are you just happy to see me?