A big idea is that people came to Rome from all over the world. Or that the Catholic church ruled Rome, so it had a lot to do with the way art looked. This fall, she's planning another guide for the show on van Gogh, a favorite with children who all know the ear story. Even so, the bread and butter of her department remains the 70,000 children a year who visit the museum on school tours. That's where we figure out how people think about art.
Works of art are full of the content of life.
They're full of emotion, they're full of human endeavor. They're full of history, in addition to design and aesthetics. There's almost no conversation you can't have.