people art is very important‚ to others it is nothing. To most‚ it is nice‚ but fades besides the everyday problems of physical survival‚ housing‚ food‚ money‚ children‚ etc. The value boils down to what you think you are: a meat machine or a spiritual being. For a meat machine‚ naturally anything that is not about physical survival is very secondary. The spiritual being needs more than physical product‚ but sources for development of mind and thought. There appears to be something about art that really
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Assignment 1 Art 100: Introduction to World Art Visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. INTRODUCTION: For the first assignment in Instructor Laude’s Art 100 class‚ the class had to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s Egypt Exhibit on the 3rd floor. Where we chose a work of art each student thought was interesting and writes a paper describing and analyzing the art work. The work of art that I chose is the Anthropoid Coffin of the Priest Thothirdes. The reason I found this artifact interesting because
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Danny Caceres ART 201 Reaction Paper: Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Professor Applegate Reaction Paper: Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the largest art collections in the world. The museum also known as The Met is an enormous‚ marvelous architectural structure that takes up the entire block on 82nd street in Manhattan. The Met has around two billion art pieces stored and displayed in its art galleries. Entering inside‚ I recognized myself
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James Gleason ART 203: Art History I Instructor: Patricia McDonald April 5‚ 2017 ART 203 Museum Report Museum #1: Detroit Institute of Arts (www.dia.org‚ Detroit‚ Michigan) Museum #2: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology – University of Oxford (www.ashmolean.org‚ Oxford‚ England) Museum #3: Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo (MUAC) (http://muac.unam.mx/‚ Mexico City‚ Mexico) Artwork: The Detroit Institute of Arts contains over 60‚ 000 works of art including art from Africa‚ Oceana‚ the
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Diggs Art Appreciation- Art 100 Adam Veil November 21‚ 2014 I decided to do my museum visit essay paper on the Torpedo Factory Art Center. I chose this particular museum because it’s located in Old Town Alexandria about ten minutes from my house. So when I dropped my son off for school I hopped on the bus and went there early Friday morning. During my visit to the Torpedo Factory Art Center on November 21‚ 2014 I got to see many different forms of art and although this museum isn’t
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Marble Statue of the Diadoumenos Waqas Yaqoob Professor Vitali 12/8/2010 Art History 1 Marble statue of the Diadoumenos is a Roman statue by Polykleitos from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias‚ Myron and Kresilas‚ he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity. He was of the school of Argos‚ a contemporary of Phidias and‚ in the opinion of the Greeks‚ his equal.
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Art has the ability to tell a story‚ to connect with the pictures‚ and to allow people to express their imagination. Once a person looks at an artwork whether it is a drawing‚ sculpture‚ or pottery the viewer is taken to the artist’s world. This paper will discuss the description‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of a painting called Regatta at Saint-Adresse painted by the French painter Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monet designed this painting in 1867 and applied oil painting on
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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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The art museum is a place that collects and preserves very valuable and profound pieces of art created by some of the most influential artists of all time. Not everyone can understand the emotions and profound ideas that are expressed in old works of art. Only a fraction of all people can really appreciate a fine work of art and understand its true meaning. Many people that go to the art museum do not belong. They do not hold the higher level of education needed to look at a painting and see its
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The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum‚ and is internationally famous for its repertoire of art‚ which has been collected by William and Henry Walters. Founded in 1934‚ in Baltimore‚ Maryland; the Walters Art Museum has a range of artwork varying from the Medieval World to the Ancient World. The collection has grown to more than 35‚000 objects and is offering 55 centuries of art. The Walters Art Museum mission statement: “The Walters Art Museum brings art and people together for enjoyment
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