A work of art that I selected from The North Carolina Museum of Art is titled‚ The Triumph of Venice. The artist’s name is Pompeo Girolamo Batoni. The medium used in this painting is oil on canvas. The size of the painting is 68 5/8 x 112 5/8 inches. My first impression of this piece was so inspiring. This piece of artwork has so much going on. From the different actions being taken by everyone to the amazing landscape and colors‚ this piece is my favorite out of all the artwork at The North Carolina
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The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore‚ Maryland displays quite a few Ancient Islamic art pieces‚ including the silver dish entitled “Plate with a King and Queen” (Figure 1). Constructed in Iran during the 6th or 7th century‚ this dish depicts a wedding between the two people. It is twenty-three centimeters in diameter and is supported at the bottom‚ making it five and one-fifth centimeters in height. Figure 1. “Plate with a King and Queen” This is a common type of Sasanian art piece. The Sassanian
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The American Museum of Natural History: Anthropology The American Museum of Natural History has many exhibits that demonstrate many aspects of anthropology. The Museum is located on Central Park West between W81st and W77nd streets. The museum is an excellent place to open oneself to many new ideas and cultures. When looking through the museum the exhibits that are anthropological could enhance ones understanding of a culture. The museum is very big and a lot of time is needed to get the most
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the massive crowd of people outside of what was once the closed down and abandoned Museum in Coutts. Coutts is a Small town located just above the border into the United States. I saw the reporters interviewing the people looking to get their side of the story as they waited for the event to be underway the grand opening of the museum of native American history. One reporter was interviewing a tall Native American who wore a name tag that said I am Blackfoot on it. The man said to the news reporter
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The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs‚ based in the Chicago area‚ which has since spread throughout the United States‚ specifically in the Midwest[1] and the South.[citation needed] They are rivals to the People Nation. Within the Folk Nation alliance there are many gangs which all have their own unique colors‚ hand signs and organization. Many of these gangs have signed a charter to join the Folks alliance. It was formed on November 11 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections
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of practice is no longer common as before. Many child choose to send their parent to the old folks homes. Based on the visual aids given‚ the number of people aged 60 and above who placed in old folks homes from the year 2006 to 2010 averagely increase. On 2006‚ about 320 people have been placed in old folks homes‚ 220 male and 100 female. Then on 2007‚ about 170 male old folks has been placed in old folks homes while 95 from female‚ decrease about 55 people from both genders compared to 2006. Meanwhile
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family’s values? Chances are they where telling you a folk tale. Folk tales are stories passed down usually by word of mouth but often they are written down. Folk tales teach a valuable life lesson while entertaining the reader or in some cases the listener. This essay will give examples of three folk tales and go into depth on how they teach lessons and still remain entertaining for children and even adults. The first of the three folk tales I will be discussing is titled The Sheep of San
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The artifact that I picked from Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion’s Roar. It is a large wood statue of an Avalokiteshvara‚ the basic idol of Buddhism‚ completed around the 12th century in China during the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha Statue is a representation of the philosophical belief system of Buddhism. Different Buddha Statues have different meanings. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes "the compassion in the world and the willingness to bear the pain
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Native American art and its history are fairly new in the museum world. From the beginning‚ their culture as a whole was not understood. Research and study of the culture to fully understand their lives was few and far between. Even Native peoples that lived among us throughout history were the not used for their wisdom‚ advice‚ or involvement in the representation of their own arts or crafts. The value of Native art was always viewed as of lesser value and lacking interest compared to Western
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the art of a few Asian American artists but it delves much deeper than that. Further research has led me to the discovery that it took some guts for these artists to step out of the comfort zone and confront the stereotypes pressed upon them by society that prevents them to be what they want to be. It has led me to an understanding that this issue poses more of a problem than previously thought. Why can’t Asian Americans see themselves as artists‚ rather than follow the unfortunate American stereotype
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