Jan
09
A Rubens Moment
- POSTED BY Carol Neville IN Travel
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“We’re not doing the whole ten corridors are we?”
AC was living in terror of yet another tour of the National Gallery in London.
This fear was based on what we now call a ‘Rubens Moment’. It refers to that point of visual saturation that occurs when one’s eyes have been forced to look at too many famous paintings in one day.
Standing in a room full of Ruben’s paintings, unable to even enjoy ‘Samson and Delilah’, we knew it was time to head for the exit.
Perhaps Rubens will forgive us for walking out on ‘Samson and Delilah’. We did squeeze a lot into the day.
Tags : Art history | Travel
I feel tired reading it.so much to see – so little time.