San Diego Timken Museum Analysis

San Diego’s Timken Museum of Art is considered one of the great small museums in the world. the Timken Museum houses the world-class Putnam Foundation Collection of European old master paintings, American paintings, and Russian icons. Each collection displays unique and priceless representations of the distinct genre. Artists represented include Rubens, Francois Boucher, Fragonard, Bierstadt, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Eastman Johnson. The Timken Museum is home to the Putnam Foundation. The affluent Putnam sisters, Misses Anne R. and Amy Putnam, coming from Vermont, arrived in San Diego in the early 1900s, accompanied by their elderly parents and followed by a millionaire uncle, Henry Putnam.
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It was my first time at that museum and I am surely I will be back to do the audio tour. The artwork I chose was Lovers In the Park by Francois Boucher and was made in 1758. I was attracted to this piece because I instantly recognized the Rococo style of painting in which I really enjoy. To have the opportunity to experience and physically see a Rococo painting in person truly brings to life everything we discussed in class such as the gentle brushstrokes and meaningful colors that are involved and used in the Rococo style. I decided to challenge my skills and try to interpret the meaning of the painting on my own. From my first few glimpses of the painting, I noticed how the couple on the right had wealthy looking attire so I’m assuming they are aristocrats. To the left, there is another woman walking by and it seems as if the man is smirking at her in almost a flirtatious way while his girlfriend is unaware and stares into space. I also noticed that there are two baby statues above them that seem to aware of what was going on as they looked down at the couple. to me, the baby statues were a symbol of innocence and the dog next to the couple was a symbol of loyalty. The expressions on the figures faces were soft and pleasant. The image confirmed to express that at that time men were wealthy and powerful, and were able to get away with having more than one spouse, although you can tell the girlfriend in the painting seems somewhat uneasy with the situation. It turns out that the painting is Boucher's way of remarking on the endless game of love. "It invites the viewer to dream awhile" it continued to say and it successfully did that for