A couple weekends ago (October 10th &11th), we headed up to Washington D.C. on a multipurpose road trip. Chris and I went to the temple on Saturday, but on Friday we boarded the Metro and headed into downtown D.C. for some culture.
We have been studying the colonization of America and for our history group projects, decided to study the settlement on New Amsterdam and the Dutch culture. This led Jared to a project on the 16th & 17th century Dutch artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer. So we decided to make a trip to the Gallery of Art while we were in D.C.
Here's Jared in front of a Vermeer (we both agreed that we like Vermeers paintings better than Rembrandt's, but the Rembrandts were bigger and there were more of them).
This is actually a seft portrait of Rembrandt (one of many), Jared liked this one the best.
We were also very lucky to see this painting. It is the only Leonardo DaVinci in the United States at this time.
Here's Jared giving his report on the Dutch artists, (notice he's talking about the same Vermeer that he got his picture in front of).
Here's Clarissa giving her report on tulips and their economic history in Holland, very interesting. At the height of the tulip mania, a bulb actually sold for the equivalent of $10,000!
Krystal did her part by dressing in a traditional Dutch dress.
We have been studying the colonization of America and for our history group projects, decided to study the settlement on New Amsterdam and the Dutch culture. This led Jared to a project on the 16th & 17th century Dutch artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer. So we decided to make a trip to the Gallery of Art while we were in D.C.
Here's Jared in front of a Vermeer (we both agreed that we like Vermeers paintings better than Rembrandt's, but the Rembrandts were bigger and there were more of them). 
This is actually a seft portrait of Rembrandt (one of many), Jared liked this one the best.
We were also very lucky to see this painting. It is the only Leonardo DaVinci in the United States at this time.
Here's Jared giving his report on the Dutch artists, (notice he's talking about the same Vermeer that he got his picture in front of).
Here's Clarissa giving her report on tulips and their economic history in Holland, very interesting. At the height of the tulip mania, a bulb actually sold for the equivalent of $10,000!
Krystal did her part by dressing in a traditional Dutch dress.
2 comments:
That's the best field trip EVER!
For further study about New Netherland, the 17th-century Dutch colony of which New Amsterdam was its principal town (capital city?), I welcome your family to visit my fledgling website, DutchNewYork.com. It will feature video and audio, and will provide comprehensive coverage of Henry Hudson's 400th anniversary celebrations up and down the coast. It's coincidentally child-friendly (the subject matter just has no reason to go near any boundary). Knowing how networked home-schooling families are (I gleaned that from your bio; I hope I'm right), I invite you to spread the word to anyone who would care to follow along, and even contribute.
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