College Admissions Essay: The Grand Tour :: College Admissions Essays

The Grand Tour I had many objectives for my trip to Europe. These objectives include making drawings, researching aspects of Western European art and culture, and purchasing research materials age completing an extensive Museum tour beginning in Italy and concluding in Amsterdam. My trip was eventful, and I did complete my original objectives. I spent sixsome weeks in Florence Italy making drawings under the direction of Professor Barry Gealt, and while in that location toured the urban center of Florence and the Tuscan region extensively, visiting the Florentine Ufizzi Galleries, the Venetian respect of San Rocco and San Marco, as well as the Roman Coliseum. In search of French hospitality, and the likes of Monet, David, and Gericault, my art historical whirlwind tour landed me in the south of France, consequently on to the beautiful cities of Spain. While in Spain I visited Barcelona and toured the fairytale buildings of Antonio Gaudi, and rambled bring the amazing Ram blas corridor in search of Tapas and spontaneous street performances. Leaving Barcelona, I had my eyes set on seeing the Spanish masters housed in the glowing walls of Madrids Prado museum. As the intense museum tour rolled on I visited the home and museum of the nineteenth century master Sorrolla, and made drawings of his masterworks. It was from Madrid that I was able to twat a midnight train to Pamplona, arriving just in beat to see the annual running of the bulls. I too had to run to catch my next train to Paris to ensure my visit to the Louvre. It may be that seeing painting after painting in each metropolis I visited would dampen even the most zealous art enthusiast, on the contrary each untried city brought on a new level of understanding that slides in a lecture hall or slick pages of a textbook cannot. To understand the influence of a heathen climate on an artists work while backpacking through the city that was their home is an incomprehensible experience.