Saturday, October 27, 2012

el puerto santa maria spain Big Basin State Park, Boulder Creek Highway 9 is one of the most picturesque drives in the Bay Area,





Sts. Peter & Paul Church North Beach s landmark Italian Church was once dubbed the Marzipan Church for the frothy stucco decoration on its soaring pinnacles. Inside, there is a sculpted reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci s Last Supper (see p88).

Big Basin State Park, Boulder Creek Highway 9 is one of the most picturesque drives in the Bay Area, winding its way among the green Santa Cruz Mountains and through little towns where nothing much changes. Although it s minutes from Silicon Valley, life has a backwoods feel here.

*Ghirardelli Square Housing over 70 restaurants and shops, this former chocolate factory has become one of the most frequented destinations in Fisherman s Wharf. The stores range from tourist TT TTshirt shops to fine jewelry boutiques (see p13). d 900 North Point St Map K1

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The second floor is the main event for most visitors, with paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection, as well as exhibits relating to architecture and design. el puerto santa maria spain The third floor focuses on photography and other works on paper, while media arts are on the fourth. Special and temporary exhibitions may be displayed on any of the floors. ^Latin American Artists Latin American art is represented most forcefully by the work of muralist Diego Rivera and hiswife Frida Kahlo. 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One of the perennial hits of the collection (above) is Jeff Koons hilarious ceramic sculpture Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988). &Photography One of the museum s strengths, rotating exhibits el puerto santa maria spain may include masterpieces byMan Ray and Ansel Adams, as well as more avant-garde works. 20th-Century European Artists These works are located on the second floor. Here you will find important el puerto santa maria spain works by Matisse, Mir , Degas, Picasso, Braque, Klee, Mondrian, Duchamp, Dal , and Magritte, among others. Bay Area Artists San Francisco Bay Area artists are also represented on the second floor, and include Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Theibaud, and Clyfford Still, all with international reputations. Bay Area figurative painters in the collection include Elmer Bishoff,and David Park. Most noteworthy, perhaps, el puerto santa maria spain is California Artist (1982), a humorous sculptural self-portrait by Robert Arneson in glazed stoneware (right). 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