Johnston Mr. Lowery Art Appreciation 11/29/11 Museum Visit People throughout the world are blessed with the gift of art. We all ponder how it is accomplished and achieved‚ but in the end it all comes down to the remarkable artists that craft each work of art. Even though areas in the world house a substantial amount over others‚ there are still a number of cities that possess a great deal of art. Lucky for us‚ we live in a metropolitan area‚ and have a great art museum. In addition to that‚
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Nancy Smith ARTH 101 Professor Judy Callaway My museum visit took place at the Michael Carlos Museum in Atlanta on the Emory University campus. The building in which the art was kept was quite special in detail and character. The art on exhibit there that of Southeast’s most distinguished collection of art and artifacts from ancient Egypt‚ Nubia‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ the Near East‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas. The art on display had a way of allowing me to take a moment to reflect on the time in a world
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Museum Visit Report Jon Fairbanks Norton Simon Museum February 21.2013 Why did you visit this museum? I decided to visit this museum because I have been to the Getty museum and wanted to try something new. I have gone on tours of the famous Green and Green home in Pasadena and truly enjoyed it. I felt that a visit to this museum would be beneficial. How long were you at the museum? I was at the museum for approximately 3.5 hours. Which parts of the museum did you visit? I did a whole sweep
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manipulated and mounted upon a back-lit photo transparency. “While modern photography in the first half of the twentieth century may have been guided largely by the “decisive moment‚” after the 1960s‚ much of the photographic work circulating in the fine art realm could be characterized as highly premeditated‚ systematic‚ and staged: in other words‚ this work embodies an ethos of “think first‚ shoot later.” (MCA Exhibit Description) I think that Jeff Wall’s Nightclub captures the idea of “think first
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Museum visit paper The piece of art I chose is “Landscape” (Garden at St. Tropez) by Henri Edmond Cross (French‚ 1856–1910) this piece was done in oil on canvas. This was Marjorie Tiefenthaler Bequest and partial gift of Louise Uihlein Snell Fund of the Milwaukee Foundation M1996.29. As I took my time walking around the Art Museum‚ it was very difficult for me to choose just one. Nonetheless when I saw The Garden at St. Tropez by Henri Edmond Cross‚ I was amaze at how well the painter
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Arts 1301: Introduction to the Visual Arts (Chelsey Moore‚ Instructor) Guided Worksheet for Visit to the Blanton Museum of Art Due September 18‚ 2013 In order to complete this worksheet‚ you will need to visit the Blanton Museum of Art‚ which is located on the UT campus at the intersection of Congress and MLK. You will probably need about two hours for your visit. The museum is free to everyone on Thursdays‚ always to UT students‚ and it is $5 for college students on any other days. Please
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A group of us Arts and Music students used the day on Wednesday to go into the city to visit the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It was a cold‚ breezy day so we were all bundled up in jackets and hats. As we got off the E train and walked toward the museum‚ its appearance was not what I expected it to be. The museum was an elegant‚ beautiful building made of what looked to be marble; not the big‚ brick monstrosity I had expected. Once we walked into the museum‚ it was even more elegant on the inside
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craziness surrounding this past week‚ I decided to spend a day in London visiting a few museums. Everyone is stressed about writing papers‚ including myself‚ and I decided that spending a day looking at art and history would be a nice break. On Thursday‚ I visited the Holburne Museum‚ Bath’s art museum. The museum had a great collection of art and small objects from the height of the Georgian period in Bath. The museum was also the starting point for the Lantern Procession‚ an annual event that kicks
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I would like to tell you about my visit to the one of the most beautiful museums in the world The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is located in the east of Central Park‚ being‚ in fact‚ part of it. The main entrance is the majestic and pathetic. The building has several floors are spacious‚ and each of the gallery halls like immerses the visitor in a parallel world. Whether it’s a bloodthirsty Aztec god figurine‚ rock reliefs by the ancient Sumerians‚ harmoniously ancient statue‚ sarcophagus with
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For my first field trip assignment‚ I decided to go to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Believe it or not‚ this was my first time visiting this museum. By walking through the museum I saw some amazing paintings and sculptors. These artists were truly talented in what they were able to create. It was extremely difficult to choose a single piece of art and categorize it as my favorite. However‚ there were a few sculptors that left a lasting impression on me. The sculptor of the man nailed to a cross
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