Africa

The African Gallery

The African Gallery at the New Orleans Museum of Art by Scott ShephardJust beyond the pottery featured in yesterday's post I encountered this scene. Maybe it's not at special as I think it is, but I liked how the human on the left complemented the figure on the right. It results in symmetry that would be absent with the standing woman. This was taken at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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Fixed Orbits

Pottery at the New Orleans Museum of Art photographed by Scott ShephardIn this case I was confronted by this collection of pottery at the beginning of the museum's African collection. The spherical shape and the brilliant arrangement of these pots reminded me of circling planets. Thus the title of today's post.

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