Peachy the Magazine May June 2015 | Page 79

ART + ARCHITECTURE PREVIOUS PAGE: Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. To walk within this celebrated open space and to sense the ordered logic and visual corridors speaks to the genius of L’Enfant’s plan. The open space makes sense and feels timeless. It is here where your family can begin to have a conversation about art: what it is, why it is important, how art can speak to many different people regardless of language, and how it can be so different. Within the 20 works highlighted