A day at The Dayton Art Institute with a handful of STM primes

[Mr Roboto]

I recently spent a lovely afternoon at The Dayton Art Institute with a handful of Canon STM primes (16mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm). They, along with the R6, easily fit into my smallest camera bag (an old Tamrac Velocity 5x hip bag) with room to spare.

Sure I could have just taken my 24-105mm zoom and be done with it. But sometimes it’s just plain fun being methodical and deliberate and a museum is the ideal place to do that.

Lots of images to follow.

Posted in the order that they were taken. You can follow my lens changes with the EXIF data.
Better yet, make it a game and guess the lens before you read it.
Or make it instructional by asking why I chose the lens that I did for a particular image or how you would have shot it.

Thanks in advance for looking!

 

[Mr Roboto]

Set 1 of 5

Hunt Slonem - Abstraction with Birds, 1997


Alison Van Pelt - Louise Nevelson, 2001 - oil on canvas


undocumented


Louis Comfort Tiffany - Jack-In-The-Pulpit, 1900-1915 - blown glass

 

[Mr Roboto]

Set 2 of 5

Samuel Richards - Blissful Hours, 1885 - oil on canvas


William Louis Sonntag - Dream of Italy, 1859 - oil on canvas


Mattia Preti - The Roman Empress Faustina Visiting Saint Catherine of Alexandria In Prison, 1640~1643 - oil on canvas


Greg Price - Untitled, 2016 - shaped glass

 

[Mr Roboto]

Set 3 of 5

Dale Chihuly - Aurora Red Ikebana With Bright Yellow Stems, 2001 - blown glass


Bertil Vallien - Head II - cast glass on metal stands


Curtis Barnes, Sr. - Untitled (Nuclear Family), 1980 - oil on canvas


Greater Nicoya (Nicaragua-Costa Rica) - Skeletal Fleshed Shaman Effigy Bowl, 500-800 CE - earthware and slip paint

 

[Mr Roboto]

Set 4 of 5

Zapotec - Effigy Urns, 300-600 CE - earthenware with post-fire stucco & paint


Nayarit - Pregnant Seated Woman, 300 BCE~300 CE - earthenware and slip paint


left: Las Bocas - Standing Figure, 1200-600 BCE - earthenware & slip paint
right: Tlatilco - Seated Figure with a Divination Mirror, 1200-900 BCE - earthenware & slip paint


Nyamwezi people - Fertility Doll, 20th century - gourd, fiber, beads, shells

 

[Mr Roboto]

Set 5 of 5

Suku people - Kakunga mask, 20th century - wood, fiber, pigment


Eastern Han dynasty - Watchtower, 2nd century CE - earthenware with green glaze


Ming dynasty - Stone Relief with Dragon Design, 14th-15th century - stone

 

[Mr Roboto]

That's all.
Thanks for checking it out!

Have a wonderful day

 

[K9Kirk]

Set 5 of 5

Suku people - Kakunga mask, 20th century - wood, fiber, pigment
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Eastern Han dynasty - Watchtower, 2nd century CE - earthenware with green glaze
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Ming dynasty - Stone Relief with Dragon Design, 14th-15th century - stone
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I'm most amazed by the Ming dynasty stone relief with dragon design. I cannot fathom someone working the long hours, the care, the detail, and expertise required to create such a piece. Just amazing!

 

[Mr Roboto]

I'm most amazed by the Ming dynasty stone relief with dragon design. I cannot fathom someone working the long hours, the care, the detail, and expertise required to create such a piece. Just amazing!

Agreed!
The curves, the lines, the intricate details... and to smooth out the eyeball edges and the inside of the mouths? In stone?

 

[Archibald]

Excellent photography, good experiments with the lenses.

I haven't been to a museum in a long time, so this virtual visit is interesting.... they sure have weird things in museums. Makes me wonder about the thought-processes of the artists. Do they previsualize, or invent as they go along? Also there is the contrast of the many hours an artist takes in creating an object, compared to the brief time a visitor devotes to viewing it.

 

[Mr Roboto]

Excellent photography, good experiments with the lenses.

I haven't been to a museum in a long time, so this virtual visit is interesting.... they sure have weird things in museums. Makes me wonder about the thought-processes of the artists. Do they previsualize, or invent as they go along? Also there is the contrast of the many hours an artist takes in creating an object, compared to the brief time a visitor devotes to viewing it.

Thank you, Ed.

I'm constantly amazed when visiting a museum (or even when attending an art festival) at the level of creativity and talent that some people possess. I watched a documentary on Michelangelo recently and, according to the show, he pre-visualized his sculptures that existed within a given block of marble. Still, to envision the final product and actually creating it are two vastly different things.

I sometimes feel guilty that I don't admire or study a work of art long enough. So I agree with you there.
I think artists would prefer their works to be viewed by the masses (for however brief the individual interactions) than by the few in private collections.
So I think the artists would be content

 

[Perfectly Frank]

Both the artwork and your photography are wonderful.

 

[Mr Roboto]

Both the artwork and your photography are wonderful.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed viewing them