Parthenon/LeQuire Gallery

Parthenon-
1. The Parthenon was built in the 5th century Greece, whose main function was to show dedication and a protective place to show signs of worship to the Greek goddess Athena.
2. The Parthenon's metopes show stories of the battle between the centaurs and the regular people. The Pediments, the big triangle at the top of the Parthenon, is a story of the birth of Athena and how she came out as a full grown adult from the top of Zeus' head. It also tells how she is the goddess of war.
3. Doric (outside) & Ionic (inside)
4. The Parthenon is in Nashville because we once had the World's Fair here, and Nashville is also sometimes referred to as the 'Athens of the south'. This is one of the sculptures that was left over after the World's Fair finished.
5. This monument doesn't really feel relevant to me today as a Nashville resident. I do think that it is interesting to learn about the history of the Parthenon and how it cam to be, but in regards to today, there is not really anything that I can relate to with it.

LeQuire Gallery-
1. Being able to discuss the artist's work with him most certainly changes my impression of the artwork I am viewing. It allows me to understand more clearly the message that the artists is trying to get across. Also, it draws a greater understanding out of myself for how hard the artists work and the amount of time and energy they put in to each piece of work.
2. Greg Decker's paintings, for the most part, brought positive feelings to arise within me. The use of bright vibrant colors and light images makes for a happy mood.
3. With the exhibit installed with specific rooms dedicated to certain artists and particular types of work allows me to get a better understanding what kind of work an artists does, and what they are capable of doing.
4. One painting that I really loved was titled 'The Sacrifice of Isaac'. The painting portrays a body of water with only one gorgeous tree in the middle of it all. And then more in the foreground of the painting is some sort of saw, looking like it is being handed to the observer. My personal response to the work is that the artist is asking if we would have the ability to take the life, whether it be the tree or our son, and follow God's commands as Abraham did so. I loved how the artists took the traditional biblical story and made it into something entirely new. A sculpture that I really thought was interesting was the group of 'body forest' in the sculpting room. The sculptures were well over  10 feet tall, and all had a different contour to them. Personally, I found each one to have a different personality, and I loved how each was made with different colors/materials, and how the texture appeared different for each tree figure.