This is a pic of the St. Louis Art Museum, which has three floors dedicated to art. The basement/bottom floor is full of ancient and medieval art, along with some modern art, the main floor is dedicated to special exhibits and Renaissance, Impressionism, and Asian art, and the top floor is dedicated to Modern Art (which we skipped because we just don't get it).
Funny story, though. The Bioarch was snapping pictures (and trying not to snap at the curator who may or may not have been misinforming the public about the ancient Maya artefacts that the Museum has-she tried avoiding her as the last time she was the museum they horribly misrepresented the entire culture, so she's still got issues...gotta the bioarch, though). But anyways, she was snapping pictures of some of the Medieval armour and her camera dies. So she has only a few pictures that will possibly be posted later when all her camera batteries are recharged. To warn you, she went a little nutty on the South American exhibit, but what can one really expect out of her? Though she did have fun explaining to B* about the different artefacts and cultures associated with the artefacts.
A brief summary:
Teotihuacan: Large city in Mexico. Name is Nahuatl (language of the Aztecs) for "City of the Gods". Abandoned for unknown reasons, and had barrios from various different cultures including the Zapotecs, Mayas, Pueblos (?), and more. Currently at risk of destruction from urban sprawl of Mexico City (the actual barrios, not the city center).
Moche: North coast of Peru. Beautiful ornate pottery covering a vast number of themes ranging from death, eating, sacrifice, sex, birth, etc. Everything from pottery that came out of molds to individually crafted pieces. Fineline was popular during this time, as was anthropomorphic pottery pieces.
And B*, if you're reading this, the other culture that she couldn't remember was the Chavin de Huantar. Go figure she'd remember now. ;)
Egypt: At some point, it wasn't about status that got you mummified but how much money you had and whether or not you could afford it (all of the Museum's mummies are from the later periods).
End summary (so as to keep it brief).
Then we walked down the hill and over a ways to the St. Louis Zoo, and of course, got lost trying to find the Penguin Exhibit. Didn't miss the Primates, though! The St. Louis Zoo has this special Primate Exhibit where they're sponsoring the preservation of endangered primates such as orangutans and chimps. :) (Both of which are apes, not monkeys like me. The no tail is a giveaway.) But yeah, the zoo was fun, too. Lots of exotic birds, primates, mammals, and a cute little wallaby. :P
More information and pics of the zoo can be found here: http://www.stlzoo.org/.
We were supposed to go to Shakespeare in the Park, but due to inclement weather, it was canceled. But the lightning over the Mississippi was pretty cool, and pics would have been taken had the camera been working. :( Lesson learned. Will hopefully not happen again.
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