Philadelphia museum of art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located along the west side of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The museum was established in 1876 and stocks more than 227‚000 objects. There are over 200 galleries that span over 2000 years. Each year the Museum puts on 25 or more exhibitions‚ an example being Salvador Dali. The main building of the museum is visited by more than 800‚000 people annually. This museum was not always an art museum. It began as a
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About The Poet: Goodbye Party For Miss Pushpa T. S. was written by Nissim Ezekiel‚ one of India’s foremost Indo-Anglian poets. He was born in 1924 and was educated in Mumbai and London. He produced several volumes of verse and plays and was an art critic. Ezekiel died in 2004 at the age of 79. Most of Ezekiel’s poetry is for adults‚ as it is serious and quite difficult to understand. In this poem‚ however‚ Ezekiel uses simple Indian’ English. Here he is making gentle fun of the people who
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Museums are of all different sizes and show different history within them. The museum I went to is the New Hampshire Historical Society (NHHS) which was founded in 1823‚ it is located on park street in Concord‚ NH. Like other museums around the world its mission is to save‚ preserve‚ and share history. NHHS is specifically focused on preserving New Hampshire’s history and sharing it. The museum is an independent nonprofit relying on money from visitors‚ members‚ and contributions from anyone. For
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A mural seems to be an ordinary piece of street art in some neighborhoods. But what about right on the lawn of the Illinois Capitol building? The capitol has many pieces of artwork but when colorful pieces of glass and metal comes together there is a change in the scenery. The piece of street art titled The illinois “Very Special Mosaic Mural” was created by the participants of the 1982 Illinois Very Special Arts Festival. The participants came from all over illinois‚ including the schools Northern
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Spike Lee and the Sympathetic Racist Author(s): Dan Flory Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism‚ Vol. 64‚ No. 1‚ Special Issue: Thinking through Cinema: Film as Philosophy (Winter‚ 2006)‚ pp. 67-79 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700493 . Accessed: 10/01/2012 20:49 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www
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For my art analysis paper‚ I decided to select a work of art that can be found on page 465 in the textbook‚ the full title of the oil on canvas piece is called‚ The Old Guitarist‚ by the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s artistic phrase of the piece is during the years 1901-1904‚ during his Blue Period‚ which began after a close friend of Picasso committed suicide in Paris. Throughout those years Picasso‚ began painting many canvases portraying the miseries of the poor‚ the ill‚ and those cast out
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Formal Analysis of Art Nancy H. Wieczorek Arina Melkozemova University of Phoenix September 28‚ 2014 [Title Here‚ up to 12 Words‚ on One to Two Lines] Formal Analysis Question 1 Van Gogh Gallery‚ 1889) (Every stock photo‚ 1968) When comparing Vincent Van Gogh’s " Starry Night "painting lines to Sol Lewitt’s The Wall Drawing No. 681‚ the lines are in opposition with each other. In the " Starry Night "painting
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Lueem Samsung Museum of Art. Completed: 2004. Architects: Mario Botta‚ Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhas. Location: Hannam-dong‚ South Korea. Site area: 6274 square meters. Floor area : 21797 square meters. 1- General description about the whole museum: Samsung museum was built for several purposes‚ such as‚ presenting the traditional art‚ showing the beauty of Korea and the powerful of the international art. However‚ the museum is a collection of two museums and one center. The first museum was designed
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The Grammy Museum is situated at the corner of W. Olympic Blvd and Figueroa Street in the Los Angeles Live District. It is opened throughout the week from 1030 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. during weekdays and 10.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on weekdays. The museum is widely known for its tremendous efforts in paying tribute to the rich cultural history of music. It is a 21st century museum focused on celebrating and exploring legacies of all types of music‚ the technology of music recording and the entire creative
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The Art of War Analysis The Art of War was one of our world’s first written documents that dealt with militaristic strategies and advancements. The book was written by a Chinese military leader named Sun Tzu‚ who commanded and analyzed his military over the Warring States Period of China. Sun Tzu produced this text in an attempt to provide future military advantages for the Chinese‚ but The Art of War’s ideas eventually spread to neighboring civilizations and empires. The ideas and facts expressed
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