GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO Bilbao—today one of the top tourist destinations in Europe—was such a backwater in the 1990s that‚ according to Gehry‚ the 265‚000-square-foot museum‚ beside the Nervión River‚ went up almost unnoticed by the press. That only contributed to the drop-dead impact it created with its unveiling. “I like to work under the radar as much as I can. It’s been harder since I’ve gotten notorious‚” says Gehry. The first photos of the near-complete structure‚ which resembles a gargantuan
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English Language and Composition Section II Directions: The following prompt is based on the accompanying seven sources. This question requires you to synthesize a variety of sources into a coherent‚ well-written essay. Synthesis refers to combining the sources and your position to form a cohesive‚ supported argument and accurately citing sources. Your argument should be central; the sources should support this argument. Avoid merely summarizing sources. Remember to attribute both direct and indirect
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exactly forty-four years before I was born‚ makes me connect with it even more. Finally‚ after 9 years of looking up facts and watching documentaries‚ I visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Farmington Hills‚ Michigan. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ this museum in particular “may be the most provocative museum of them all” (“What They’re Saying‚” par. 1). Just driving past the building makes a strong statement due to the museum’s exterior wall which resembles the barbed wire fences from a
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Michael Leek Period 3 Cultural Synthesis Essay “They come in and they profile me and say that I’m not who I am‚” said Deshawn Currie‚ a black teen‚ after being accused of theft and being pepper sprayed by a bunch of cops in his white foster parent’s home. This incident shows that our culture and race still affects the way that we view others. Black people are still being accused of crime when they are really innocent‚ and they are still being racially profiled by white people. There is
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I had the pleasure of visiting The Miami Art Museum and was very impressed by what I encountered and viewed. I have never found interest in art until I got to see the museum. Throughout my exploration at the Miami Art Museum I was able to view a wide selection of art. In this venture‚ I viewed the most beautiful artwork I had ever seen‚ observed interesting non European/North American art‚ was alarmed by the most disturbing works ‚ explored a breath taking exhibition‚ and actually found work that
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Synthesis Essay One: Chaparral Jake Nokes Student K00701244 (Malibujake2010@hotmail.com) Login: Saki Question A The chaparral biome is found in small parts of most continents‚ central and southern California‚ parts of the southwest United States‚ the area adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea‚ and areas of southern Australia‚ South Africa and Chile. The chaparral area in Santa Barbara County is the fourth largest in California in terms of acreage. Chaparral communities occur between 200 and 5000 feet
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Museum I’m going to tell about one of the oldest museum in Kazakhstan. West Kazakhstan Regional History Museum was founded in 1832. In his organization were directly involved well-known scholars of the time Karelin and Berg. Now the museum is located in the historical and architectural building built in 1879 in the eastern style of Russian-Kazakh school. The museum has its own branches: House-Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Mametova‚ House Museum of E. Pugacheva‚ The House-Museum
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The Tenement Museum The Tenement Museum is prestigious for its fine architecture and history that continues to relive itself. The tours of the museum show the lives of the people who once lived inside the tenements. The tours educate the visitors on historical events and display a museum unlike any other. The following essay will incorporate my experience at the museum along with the stories of the families that once dwelled in these tenements and lived during a time of economic struggle. In
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The last decades‚ museum studies and practice are marked by a shift in traditional museum views that emerged from a strong critique towards the narratives‚ values and‚ finally‚ the very definition of museums in contemporary western society. The emergence of New Museology was decisive in theorizing and putting this turn into a larger context that involved ideological‚ political and aesthetic dimensions. Museums‚ far from being neutral spaces of knowledge have a significant function in the mediation
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they experience is lack luster. The Sutliff museum is full of timeless treasures‚ offering a wonderful insight to 19th century history and the underground railroad. Unfortunately‚ the current promotional material does not do the museum justice. It appears out date and doesn’t grab the attention of an audience. I’d like to rebrand the promotional material for The Sutliff Museum so that it reflects an updated‚ fresh design that draws people to the museum. My intent is to design two brochures‚ an information
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