Second dayyyyy!

Today was very fun for me (probably because I got a really good night sleep) !!! It started off with an amazing sunrise over the city. We toured multiple old historic churches on foot with amazing intricate stained glass, woodwork, and stonework. Our tour guide was really knowledgeable about the whole city, he showed us little nook and cranny places that almost felt hidden inside courthouses and courtyards, but they were really interesting.

After touring the city for a while we went to the Groningen Museum. I honestly liked the art in this museum way better than yesterday. First off, because the museum way smaller I didn’t feel as overwhelmed with how much art there was. Also, I really liked having a guide to explain the art in detail it helped my understanding and it was way more interesting. Also, I really like the different styles of paintings displayed such as  what would have been degenerate art in Hitlers eyes and the realistic versions of the crusifitions and other biblical scenes as well as portrsits. This museum is my favorite so far!!!

Today each student choose or was assigned something to write about that we visited today. I was given this painting by Gustave van de Woes tyne called The Last Supper which was created in 1927 via oil on canvas. The first thing I noticed about the painting was its size, it’s huge!!! You can see its tremendous size because in the picture im standingbright nextbto it and im onky 5’2″!! It is a representation of the last supper, you can tell by the bread and wine displayed on the table held by the figure in the middle who is surrounded by multiple other people. It’s different from the original last supper because of the enlargement and disproportionate features the features have, the hands and heads being the main ones. Also, it is very dark as far the the overall  colors used in the painting and the sad and solemn which leads the onlooker to believe they are weak, unpowerful, and possibly poor,  and because of this it would have been considered “degenerate” to Hitler and the Nazis. Fortunately, it survived the war and I was able to see it today.

Overall I thought today was very fun, even if it felt like we walked 70 miles haha, I really enjoyed the crypts, buying chocolate, seeing the blood of Jesus, and seeing the Bruges Madonna. Cant wait til tomorrow! Another blog coming soon!

 

Keep Smiling,

Juliana Eike