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“Which piece would be my favorite in here?” It was a question that I asked myself while walking into a Philadelphia Museum of Art. For what I have known about Philadelphia Museum of Art, it is one of the largest and age-old museums in the United States. I heard a lot by friends and teachers that this museum would be a great place for me to stop by in order to observe, to learn and understand more about beautiful arts that were created by many talented artists, histories of Philadelphia, the United States and the world. Due to the assignment, I finally had an opportunity to visit the museum. From the first sight, Philadelphia Museum of Art strongly surprised me by its enormous dimension. There was also an imposing garden …show more content…

I had never been to the museum here; it is completely different from what I supposed the normal museum should be. As I slowly wandered inside the building, I could see many various departments with many kinds of art, which were from the United States or every place in the world. Afterward, the Modern and Contemporary Art department in the first floor was the last department that I came into. In here I was totally impressed by one painting called “Self Portrait With Palette.”
“Self Portrait With Palette” is the oil painting that created by Pablo Ruiz y Picasso in 1906. 19th Century was the foundational century of Modern Art that contained many famous painters such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, George Seurat and Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was one of them. Talking about Picasso, I suppose most of the people know or at least has heard about this talented and inspired painter. Besides of being a …show more content…

I was indeed coming to Philadelphia Museum of Art intending that I could see his paintings that I had never seen directly. I eventually found a gallery with many of Picasso’s painting hanged on the walls in the Modern and Contemporary Art department. As walking around enjoying, I was completely attracted by “Self Portrait With Palette” painting. The first reason was its prominence. “Self Portrait With Palette” was hanged in the middle surrounded by many paintings, but it is somehow the most remarkable and different one among others. Other paintings were mostly drawn by pencil or painted in black and white, “Self Portrait With Palette” was painted in bright colors, more simple but easier to get people’s attentions who walking across. Secondly, the painting captured me by the appearance of a man in the picture. As mentioned above, I also felt that “Self Portrait With Palette” depicted the image of the strong man with a little tan on his symmetrical body, standing straight, a smile on his face. These little things still made the audiences perceive the full passion of life throughout the picture. Moreover, Picasso only held the palette in the picture without his brush, I supposed Picasso deliberately do this on purpose to show his confidence in painting that he did not need a brush to help him creating a picture. Likewise, this portrait seemed to be painted confidently without any fixing,

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