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I really liked this painting Mette showed us because I really enjoy the coast. I thought it was interesting how she said that the coast doesn't actually look like this, but were only painted so big to represent nationalism. I also liked how there was an underlying story, with the broken carriage and the 2 people trying to figure it out. It is almost like symbolism for Danish people for being persistant, despite the hardships the faced with losing Norway. It's interesting how such a simple painting can have so many elements

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I really like this painting because of its simplistic yet detailed nature. Even though there is no color used, you can tell a lot about the space it depicts and the lighting of the room through the artist's use of shading. I think the slightly-crooked door that our guide pointed out is really cool as well, and the space in general aligns well with a lot of Danish architecture. The mundanity of the piece is well contrasted with the precision of the artist's brushstrokes.

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I also visited Cirkelbroen with my renewable energy class. If you look closely, you can kind of see me in Elizabeth's picture haha! It was a great experience to bike on the bridge while knowing so much about the cycling culture in Copenhagen. It is a little sacry for me to bike around the round circles, making sure not to hit any bike or the people walking. But overall! I will so so so much miss biking in Copenhagen.

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I walked to the Inderhavnsbroen with my family friends when they were visiting. It was exciting to see how many bikers were on this bridge. Something that amazes me about biking culture is that everyone (or most people) participate in it in Denmark. I have a bike, but this bridge is a bit far from where I live. I do, however, plan to bike there before I depart. Biking in Copenhagen has been one of my favorite parts of studying abroad because it's both sustainable for the planet and good for my health. I hope that one day biking will be easier to do in the US.

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My sister was visiting this week and we biked to several locations around CPH. I’ve walked this bridge before but this was my first time cycling it. Paired with the strong winds this day, the uphill was pretty challenging.

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I visited the circle bridge! It was a beautiful day for a walk and there was so many other people walking across the bridge. I didn’t see many bikers though, it was mainly just pedestrians when I walked through. There is no divide or indication for where people are supposed to walk or bike, it’s just big circles which I thought was kind of cool. It was super easy to find and is located at a really beautiful spot!

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I walked across Inderhavnsbroen on the way from Nyhavn to Christianshavn when my parents came to visit! There were a lot of bikers but also a lot of space to walk so it was easy for us to take our time and see everything clearly. It was cool to show my parents a bike bridge too because it is very unique to Copenhagen in that we do not have similar infrastructure in the US. I enjoyed getting to see the efficiency of the system firsthand after we learned about it in class!

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I walked across Inderhavensbroen with my family when they came to visit! We went to dinner on the other side and I thought it was interesting how the bridge was divided between bikers and walkers. As Nyhavn is on one side of the bridge, I'd imagine it's a popular crossing point for locals and tourists so the division between bikers and walkers maximizes safety for both parties.

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I live in Nyhavn so I often pass by Inderhavnabroen on runs. The bridge has delegated lanes for bikers and walkers/runners which makes it very easy to navigate and I saw many other people out running, walking and biking for exercise and for commuting to work or school.

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I really enjoyed visiting this bridge that I frequently saw from a distance. It was easy to navigate, felt playful and a memorable shape. It was also great to see everyone hanging out by the harbor to enjoy the sunny weather.

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I decided to go for a run along the harbor and stumbled upon the Inderhavnsbroen while running and recognized it immediately. One thing that I appreciate is how the bridge is not only a convenient way to get from one side of the harbor to the other, but it is also a place for cyclers, walkers, and runners to use for exercise as they enjoy their day. I also love the colors that are used on the bridge. When crossing, I almost got hit by a biker who was speeding across the bridge. I noticed that the bridge has separate lanes for bikers and walkers/runners, allowing it to be used by bikers with minimal fear of trying to navigate around pedestrians.

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I biked with my renewable energy systems class the Friday before break and we visited the cycle bridge! I really enjoyed biking around as a class and learned a lot about biking culture in Copenhagen. I thought it'd be a lot scarier biking on a busy road but it wasn't too bad. I did run into a horse-drawn carriage though....

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I've been over many walking and biking bridges, as I use my bike as transportation, but this time I was on a boat with my family and we actually went right under it!

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I visited the circle bridge with my renewable energy class today! We did a biking field trip to talk about transportation in the city, so I actually learned a little bit about this bridge along the way... how it was designed by an artist to have cyclists and pedestrians share the same space, and how it is not in a straight line to make people feel more present while navigating across. Overall, biking around the city was fun! I was nervous as first but it was much easier than I had expected.

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visited bike snake today!

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I personally love landscape paintings. I think that the ability to capture the natural beauty of the earth through the eyes of a human is a gift, and brings something entirely different to the painting that a picture wouldn't have been able to capture. However, learning about the history of this painting made me view landscapes in an entirely new light. The idea that the artist would manipulate the landscape itself for economic, political, or social reasons had never occurred to me. Additionally, the fact that something as simple as a painting of a cliff and the sea had the power to bring together a nation and instill a group of people with a sense of national pride is extremely powerful to me, and just proves the ability of art to evoke extreme reactions out of people.

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Katie Peterson: Portrait of Otto Marstrand's two daughters and their West-Indian Nanny, Justina, in the Frederiksberg Gardens

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Katie Peterson: Portrait of Otto Marstrand's two daughters and their West-Indian Nanny, Justina, in the Frederiksberg Gardens

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This painting immediately drew my eye because I was curious about its historical background due to the Danish involvement in the West Indies Slave Trade. I was surprised to learn that the artist deliberately chose to dress Justina in Red and White(the colors of the Danish National Flag) to represent the opposition of the slave trade. Also, the headscarf that Justina was wearing was adopted by Afro-Carribeans to signal freedom since clothing style was often restricted for enslaved persons. I also was drawn to the way Justina is engaging the audience and she is also placed in the central position while Otto's children are placed on the side, which I think was a deliberate choice on the artists part as well.

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This was my favorite piece that was talked about during our tour. I really liked the simplicity and the minimalist look of the painting, it is showing what a lot of people think or picture when they think of Denmark (the minimalistic aesthetic). This artist is super popular and famous and is a Danish artist, however, this was my first time seeing or hearing of him. It was really interesting to hear that it was completely staged and was created from many different shades of gray and white. This adds so much more depth to the painting and made me really appreciate his art since only one color in different shades is very difficult. I also really liked how it had a foggy aspect to the painting, creating a feeling of wonder and mystery. We cannot see what the woman, his wife, is doing and that adds to the sense of mystery.

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Hearing about this painting was the most interesting to me, and was extremely visually appealing because I love the water! To think about how a landscape of the Danish coast could be considered such a political statement in promoting nationalist ideas was quite thought provoking, and made me very grateful that we had such a wonderful guide to tell us more about what we were seeing. You would never think of this piece as an item of propaganda, but upon hearing the explanation it made a lot of sense and will definitely allow me to evaluate the intersection of politics and art differently in the future. (Also really makes me want to visit the coast of Denmark!)

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I chose this painting because I admired how the artist chose to depict an instance of poverty as this forces the rich attendees of museum to acknowledge the misfortunate and address the pressing issue of unlivable wages that were being paid to the working class. I also thought the amount of emotions shown in every person was fascinating and added depth to the painting. The difference in facial expressions between the three generations of women (grandmother, mother, daughter) showed their differing stances on being evicted, with the older woman giving up but the two younger women remaining hopeful. The amount of detail shown in the family's belongings allows the painting to tell a story and you can really envision the storyline of events that occurred since they were evicted.

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Vilhelm Hammershøi | Interior Artificial Light

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This painting depicts a dark interior at night, representing an intimate setting for human interaction. It appears to be viewed through the window. And this felt like peering through the window of a Copenhagen restaurant. In the majority of restaurants I've observed in Denmark, candles are lit on the table. I was mesmerized by the artist's paintings of sparsely furnished rooms, which may have been intended to portray the simplicity of Danish homes or culture. This painting hung next to our tour guide's favorite painting, which depicted a woman sitting alone in a minimalist bedroom.

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Though this was the first painting we were presented at the museum, I found it to be most beautiful. It is large, grand, and each of the persons painted appear to look perfect. However, it was interesting to learn the background of the painting - that it is grand only because the money put into it was earned through the selling of slaves. I think this taints the beauty of the image. Another thing I found interesting about the painting is how the direction that each of the people are looking has meaning, and can almost tell a story about the family in the painting itself.

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I choose this painting as I was very intrigued and surprised on how a landscape painting could be the most political painting in the museum. I was fascinating that this painting was illustrative of the growing nationalism of Denmark at the time and was meant to show an exaggerated and more beautiful Denmark than actually exists. It was also somewhat ironic and tragic that the painter really began to believe in the nationalism and patriotism that his painting was meant to employ twirling in him enlisting and ultimately sowing in the war.

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Eli - A Danish Coast. View from Kitnæs by Roskilde Fjord, 1843

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Eli - A Danish Coast. View from Kitnæs by Roskilde Fjord, 1843

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I was immediately drawn to this traditional Danish landscape when Mette showed it to us, focusing on how it reflected the simple, quaint Danish coast that defined the country and showed its beauty in nature. Mette discussed how this painting was political, given how the coastline and cliffs were painted differently than how they looked to build a sense of nationalism. I reflected on how we often paint over the truth to create a rosier view of things for nationalism and to defend the idea of a nation, something I see quite often in the US. She also said that this painting is still used today and is a source of nationalism for the Danish people. I did not realize how a simple landscape painting could play a key role in building national identity, but that is the beauty in art. I feel as though this painting took on a new meaning for me that reflected its underlying politics.

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One of my favorite pieces is a painting by L.A. Ring called "At the French Windows. The Artist's Wife." It was made in 1897 as a declaration of love for his pregnant wife. Spring is the symbol for his love. The artist portrayed his wife beautifully in vibrant colors and I love that this is dedicated to her.

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I like the painting "Badende drenge en sommeraften ved Skagens strand" by P.S. Krøyer from 1899. It shows the relationship between man, sea and light. In the painting, we see three boys on a summer evening by the sea in Skagen. As I read of, the boys (or youth) surrounded by the blue color of hope, symbolize a positive attitude towards the future and the coming century.

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Lauren- Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche

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Lauren- Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche

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My favorite piece that I saw today was “Bouquet of Flowers in a Stone Niche” which was painted by Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder in 1618. The painting was done on copper, and is an example of the still life genre. According to the description next to the painting, flowers may appear in art as a symbol of middle class wealth and rejection of church decoration. There were several similar paintings in the collection, and I was drawn to them due to the high contrast between the darker background and the bright, detailed flowers. Other things to notice in this painting are the seashells in the bottom right corner, and the butterfly perched on the fallen rose in the bottom left corner.