Hi everyone!
I've recently spent a few days in Copenhagen - nope I'm not going to post a picture of the colorful houses of nyhavn, even though I think they're really pretty - and I went to this weird museum, the national museum of Denmark. It wasn't uncommon because of its architecture or interior decorations, that was actually quite conventional. However, the works exhibited were all over the place, and somehow a lot of it had nothing to do with the nation of Denmark. There was a whole section about South America, don't ask me why...
A great thing was the exhibition room dedicated to the people of Denmark, which was very interesting and insightful as it enabled me to really understand their way of life. There was also a video projection of a documentary about the fact the autonomy of Greenland which is still a danish territory, which I had no idea about!
So, all in all if you have a chance to go to Copenhagen, this is quite a nice way to spend half a day.
Back to what I actually wanted to mention, In that same museum, I took many pictures of some religious figures and statues dating from the early ages of the nation. There was a specific one which reminded me of a book I was reading: My name is Asher Lev.
It is basically the story of a kid, who has a gift and draws majestically, but cannot pursue this career as his from a Hasidic jew community and his father thinks it's against his religion. At the end (sorry spoiler), he will paint a crucifixion staging his parents as the main protagonists causing the outrage of everyone in his family.
That made me think, religion and the scenes described in the holy books have probably been the first things to be depicted. Art, in general, is so closely related to religion and at the same times, those two things seem to be so conflictual. But, I guess they both enable people to reach a certain state of grace, let's put it this way.
