2013-10-23 - Wednesday - Saint John the Baptist Cathedral

Before we left town on Wednesday morning we walked over the Saint John the Baptist Cathedral to have a look at the inside of this beautiful church.  We weren't disappointed.  It was magnificent.

After a quick look around it was back in the car and home again.

That night I had a class at Clayworks and worked on another face pot.  (bottom photo)

Our hotel in the background.

Just down the street:
"The Henrietta Apartments.

Future cookie jar.

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2013-10-22 - Tuesday - Balcony shots

I stayed in and did some work on Tuesday.  I was hoping to get to the SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) museum, but I had too much to do.  I guess I'll save it for another time.

Our last night in Savannah was a bit misty --the weather, not us.  Although we enjoyed exploring the city, we weren't all choked up about it.  I would really like to go back again to see more of it and find out more about its fascinating history.

Here are some more balcony shots.

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2013-10-21 - Monday - Savannah museums

Monday I visited the Telfair Museums of Art.  The Telfair Academy is a classical art museum in the original Telfair mansion.  One of the most striking paintings is The Black Prince at Crecy by Julian Story.  It's a 13' x 17' oil painting from 1888.  Another very moving painting is Relics of the Brave by Arthur Hacker.  There are many extraordinary paintings in there but since no photography is allowed you'll have to take my word for it.

Next I went to the Jepson Center, a museum housing some more modern art along with a near-east exhibit that featured dishes and bottles, some from as far back as 10 B.C.

There was an Andy Warhol exhibit mounted that concentrated on his screen prints inspired by JFK's assassination.  It was one of the first times that images had been lifted from the news media and used in repetitive sequences.  Quite moving, along with a monitor showing the Zapbruder film on a continuous loop.  It still gives me shivers to see that loop.

Another current exhibit was an extensive collection of oil paintings by Robert Henri.  The collection focused on his Spanish Sojourns where he painted dancers, picadors, gypsies, and peasants.  Apparently Henri was a leader of the Ashcan School of American Realism, forsaking his earlier interest in impressionism.  He was an organizer of landmark show, The Eight and was included in The Armory Show which I just learned about on NPR recently.  A lot of history and a lot of very beautiful paintings.  I was so taken with them that I purchased a small poster commemorating the show.

On the way back to the hotel I snapped some interesting photos.

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2013-10-20 - Sunday - Savannah

On Sunday we went to Savannah for Karen's planning retreat.  It's a beautiful city and we had a balcony room on the eighth floor.  I couldn't stop taking pictures of Saint John the Baptist church from the balcony.  It was so pretty in so many different types of light.  I took lots of photos from that balcony as it offered a different perspective than I'm used to.

Sunday night we took a walk down by the riverfront for supper and sightseeing and listened to a busking trumpet player.  He was very good, playing TV and movie theme songs as different people walked by.

Beautiful architecture.

Zoom.

Interesting composition.

The place on the corner.

The riverfront at night.

The treacherous stairs we took on the way back.

Earlier in the day.

Near sunset.

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