Inspiration: AGO Field Trip

This past Thursday we went to the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) to see different forms of art that we would be doing our selves later on, like Renaissance Art. the most impressive work of art I saw was "Massacre of the Innocents" by Peter Paul Ruben oil on wood panel. the painting is portraying the biblical story of the massacring of all the boys under two years old, in Bethlehem. if you would like to see it, there is a link to a picture here on the AGO website.


Another piece of artwork that I found very impressive was a portrait by Chuck Close. He is a very realistic painter, that does mostly portraits of peoples faces. I could not fine the one that was at the AGO, but here are some other works by him. His painting was so realistic that I had to put my face right up to it to be able to see that it was a painting.