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A Visit to the Gallery
1877
Pier Celestino Gilardi
oil on canvas
In A Visit to the Gallery we observe three elegantly dressed museum goers as they sit on a couch observing, in turn, and with apparent delight, the famous classical sculpture of Venus de Medici attempting to cover her nudity. Gilardi brilliantly incorporates a large mirror into the scene, which shows the viewer something of what the women can see but also wittily serves as a prop that instigates Venus’s gesture. Another visual witticism is the juxtaposition of Venus and the heavily clad woman standing to her right in a similar pose: the naked Venus is a forceful reminder of the body hidden under all those layers of dress. The setting of the scene is possibly the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, which has housed the Venus de Medici since 1647, when it was removed from Rome by a Pope who felt it was inciting lewd behavior in the citizenry. The sculpture quickly became an icon of the Grand Tour and of feminine beauty.
The subject of art viewing may have been particularly interesting to the painting’s owner, Henry C. Lewis, an avid Michigan art collector who established a gallery in Coldwater, Michigan, to which he welcomed visitors. Lewis’s vast collection was eventually donated to the University of Michigan, where it formed the core of one of the earliest art museums in the United States.
Subject Matter:
Elegantly dressed women in 19th century attire whisper and titter about the sculpture of Venus de’Medici in the center of the room, depicting the goddess in a fleeting pose as she unsuccessfully attempts to cover her nude body with her arms in a gesture of modesty. Gilardi, who places Venus’s back to the viewer, cleverly reveals her front side reflected in a mirror above a settee upon which the women are seated, enabling the viewer to see both the expressions of the women and what it is they are whispering about, creating a witty commentary on the prudish social mores of 19th century puritanical society.
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART FROM 1700–1900
Stroll the second floor balcony gallery overlooking the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse and take in a pleasing procession of some of the Museum’s most beloved and iconic works, including Claude Monet’s La Débacle (The Breakup of the Ice), James McNeill Whistler’s Sea and Rain, and Spring Landscape by Arthur Wesley Dow. Natural light returns to the heart of the Museum for the first time in over half a century through the reopened and restored skylights.
umma.umich.edu/art/the-collection/
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The U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) is one of the oldest and largest university art museums in the country. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university’s Civil War fallen, the building originally housed U-M’s alumni office along with the University’s growing art collection. UMMA’s collections represent more than 150 years of collecting at the university, with more than 21,000 works of art that span cultures, eras, and media. The Museum hosts nearly 20 special exhibitions per year, and displays works from their permanent collection that features world renowned artists like James McNeill Whistler, Helen Frankenthaler, Pablo Picasso, Joshua Reynolds, Claude Monet, and Andy Warhol, among many others.
In addition to visual art, UMMA hosts a variety of performing arts events. The Helmut Stern Auditorium, located on the lower level of the Museum, is a state-of-the-art, acoustically superb space that seats 185, which hosts lectures, film screenings, readings, and performing arts events. The Auditorium is home to the Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and the Mark Webster Reading series—ongoing events that are free and open to the public.
UMMA hosts a variety of programs and events for all ages. Admission is free and open to the public.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is a meeting place for the arts, bridging visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation. The museum's collections include nearly 19,000 objects that span cultures, eras, and media and include European, American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African art, as well as changing exhibits. The Museum of Art re-opened in 2009 after a three-year renovation and expansion. UMMA presents special exhibitions and diverse educational programs featuring the visual, performing, film and literary arts that contextualize the gallery experience.
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