Astounding glow of Frederic Church's Aurora Borealis and yet its enduring message of War's devastation resonates today (Smithsonian Institute in DC)
The word Smithsonian brings back memories of reading Time Magazine and Reader's Digest Magazine back in my younger days and New Yorker in my college years. It is a depository of all American Art. I learned that the Smithsonian Institute houses varied all-American thingy that has historical significance. I just chose two, the Museum of American Art and its sister, the Renwick Gallery. These are the six features in the museum when we visited. I like the space and dedicated rooms, wings and floors in this museum as it gave intimacy to the art and the viewer. Meanwhile, the traffic is flowing outside of the room which is not annoying when one is having a personal commune with a particular art. I want to bring your eyes with me to gaze towards the painting of Frederic Edwin Church as its glowing and admirable Northern Light has a gift of reflection on the end result of every war. This is a very relevant painting when taken in its hi...