Week 34: Aug. 25, 2024

Balcony over Rozzell Court, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, 1933

Rozzell Court…

Rozzell Court is my favorite part of the museum. They created a replica of an italian courtyard and turned it into a practicl space for visitors to enjoy lunch or a glass of wine. The fountain, the architecture, it’s all wonderful.

This area is in the balcony of walkways that allow you to pass between exhibit halls one floor above the courtyard. The grandeur of the structures - columns, arches, soaring ceiling, contrasts with the painted detail on the vaulted ceilings.

This was another phote in which I had to work hard to remove the elements of modern life that popped up - exit signs and the like. But it really forced me to figure out how to show the elements that I wanted to highlight and I was happy with how it turned out.