by Jeremy Miller | 27 May 2010 | Museums, Teaching
Walking through the Birth of Impressionism exhibition at the De Young Museum, I realized that Kenneth Baker got basically one thing right in his sparse review: it builds anticipation for coming Fall exhibit.
What I noticed about this well-executed exhibition was its genuine interest in teaching us something about the relationships between mid 19th-century painting and French socio-political developments, and that its narrative seems to be drawn largely from Ross King’s book on the topic. I also realized that my students would almost certainly learn more about this topic by spending two hours here than in any series of lectures I could offer them.
