The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, part 2

This summer, in 10 posts: post 4 {Boston}

Endless roaming through massive galleries continued!

 

Αληθινή ξεφτίλα ιστορία: για να τραβήξω την παρακάτω φωτογραφία (η οποία δεν είναι καν καλή), πλησίασα προσεκτικά στο βάθρο της σαρκοφάγου, άπλωσα το χέρι μου πάνω από τις φιγούρες κρατώντας τη φωτογραφική μηχανή με αυτό, το ένα, τεντώθηκα όσο περισσότερο μπορούσα ισορροπώντας μάλιστα στο ένα πόδι και… ενεργοποίησα τον συναγερμό! Μετά έκανα σαν τον Mister Bean στις σκηνές που πανικοβάλλεται γιατί έχει καταλάβει πως έχει κάνει την υπέρτατη βλακεία, και ο Μιχάλης έκανε ότι δεν με ήξερε! Αυτά…

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To get the shot below I stood as close to the pedestal as possible, leaned over the sarcophagus as much as I could without touching it, lifted my camera up in one hand and tried to get it as closer above the heads as possible! Sure enough… I triggered the laser alarm!! Then I looked pretty much like Mr. Bean when he knows he’s in trouble, started fidgeting and expected an angry guard to storm into the gallery… M. pretended he didn’t know me and I’m pretty sure, had I been reprimanded in anyway he would deny having any relationship with me whatsoever! Punishment never came though and I figured I was being watched acting goofy but meaning-no-harm through the camera security system and left alone to die of sheer embarrassment in front of peer-visitors who witnessed the scene…  It’s not even a decent shot, for crying out loud!!

After that little incident was over we proceeded to the next gallery and I got to admire this impressive lady:

 

Τhen,  on to more galleries we ventured…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to pay the MFA a visit make no mistake: the venue is enormous and you had better plan your visit in advance, especially if you’re visiting with children or wishing to see something particular. There’s a plan-your-visit page (here) on the museum’s website which includes floor-plans and all sorts of useful information that I wish I had known of, before visiting myself!

All information on selected items is quoted from the museum’s section/object labels & credit panels ~ Οι πληροφορίες σε επιλεγμένα αντικείμενα/φωτογραφίες είναι ακριβείς παραθέσεις από τις ταμπέλες των εκθεμάτων.

*images by Athina D. Pantazatou for Kicking Back the Pebbles