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NORTON SIMON MUSEUM

Last Sunday, I went to field trip to the Norton Simon Museum. It is my first visit museum in The U.S., so I expected. I took my friend’s car, so it was very comfortable. When we arrived at NSM, teacher and classmates arrived at there also. The museum was very quietly, simply, and nice.
Firstly, I went to the lower level. There was The South Asian collection. When I was in my country, I saw that several times, but when I saw again in here, it was very newly. It is very similar to that, before I saw, but I thought it had western faces. That is little bit funny. However I did not like stone images or Buddhist art, so I did not impressed from that.
Secondly, I went to the main level to 14th-16th centuries collection. I thought it showed about Rome Catholic. I did not like religious art or something that, but left a religious sight, works were very beautiful themselves. Color, soft line, and described people are very beautiful.
Thirdly, I went to the 17th-18th centuries collection. They showed very realistic and details. It was very sensitive and romantic. I liked whole works in these centuries. Especially, I was impressed to that “Man in Armour Holding a Pike”, c. 1630, Jan van Bijlert, “Portrait of a Lady”, 1641, Johannes Corneliszoon Verspronck. They were very realistic, so looks like photo. Also this work “Happy Lovers”, c. 1760-65, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is very romantic and beautiful. When I saw this, I was happy too.
Fourthly, I went 19th century collection. There were a lot of impressionism artists, who I knew such as Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude-Oscar Monet, and Auguste Rodin and their works, which were very famous. Among others I liked Degas’ works, because he drew very girlish and romantic at least in my eyesight. Especially, there are 4 works, which described dancer, appealed to me. This work name is Dancers in the Rotunda at the Paris Opera, 1895, Edgar Degas. It is...