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It was the day of April 13, 2000. I woke up at exactly 12 o'clock because my boyfriend was to pick me up at 1 like we planned the night before. The day looked quite nice, but I was in a fowl mood. I got into a car accident the night before and had a huge argument with my parents about the car. I finally dragged myself into the shower and got ready in half an hour. Then I went downstairs, sat on my couch, and repeatedly told myself the day would hopefully turn out better than last night. At around 1:15, my boyfriend came to pick me up. We took the 5 freeway to the 57 since it was the only way I knew how to get there. As we approached the 134 freeway, my girlfriend veered to the right, taking the 210 which was wrong way and got us lost. So, we exited the freeway and got back on the right track. Then finally, before long, we reached Norton Simon. As we reach the museum, the exterior was very beautiful. The first things I saw were the bronze statues in the front. We took a couple of pictures in front of them and in front of the Norton Simon. The entrance where the glass doors had sat was very unique and elegant. The glass walls that the glass doors were attached to, added to the elegance and beauty.
Manet fools the eye because the fabric of his shirt and the roughness of his jeans appear to have texture but they do not. This scene seems to take place of a lower-class man late in his age, probably near his seventies, appears to be looking out of the corner of his eye. This gives you a sense that he is just standing there, almost like he is posing for the camera on a backdrop. My first experience at the museum was a good one. The walking stick he carries clenched in his left-hand stands from feet to chest. The painting has realistic 3 dimensional space by the use of linear perspective and chiaroscuro. The knees of the old man are slightly bent and his head is hung over to the side. The shading in the background also adds to that state of melancholy. The bags under his eyes seem to compliment the walking stick and both show the aging process of man. Its like I am just here and I do not really get excited that I am here, but I am not really feeling sorry that I am here either. I could feel its pain and so then, I decided to do my paper on this piece. He wears a gray hat and has grown a long white beard on his unshaven face. It has not influenced me so much as to change my major, but it did open my eyes to a whole new world.
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