In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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Alex Montalbano Vincent van Gogh 1 In the painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh‚ you see two prominent swirls in the background in the sky. One swirl flows into the second‚ smaller swirl. Both light blue swirls are flowing to the right through a dark blue night sky. In the upper right hand corner is a yellow-orange crescent moon surrounded by a yellow glow. Also in the background are eleven variously sized yellow-orange stars scattered amongst the blue sky. At the bottom of the background‚ right
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D. Pasturel Arts 2C Winter 2013 Midterm Review Date of Quiz: Thursday‚January 24 Date of Midterm: Wednesday‚ February 13 The following are images which you will need to know for the exam. I will ask you to call to mind the artist‚ or the title‚ or the date‚ or the period. You should memorize all of the information provided. * 1. Bemini. Baldacchino. St. Peter’s‚ Rome. 1624-1633. Italian Baroqu6. pg.673. 2.Bemini. Ecstasy of St. Theresa. Comaro Chapel. 1645-1652. ItalianBaroque. pg. 675
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Curtis Hess Museum Experience The outside activity that I chose to do was to visit a museum. The museum in which I visited was the Brandywine River Museum. This museum is located in Chadds Ford PA‚ which is right outside of Philadelphia‚ and like the name says it sits right along the Brandywine River. I went to this fine art museum with my sister who lives in the area and we did not take a guided tour‚ instead we just walked around on our own time and were able to talk about the paintings with each
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of news about Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) drew my attention. It said that this nonprofit museum suffered decreasing investment and donation since the worldwide financial crisis in 2008; indeed‚ it lost about 18% money. It is no doubt that the great power of financial crisis damages the development of nonprofit museums‚ which rely on the endowments and donations from the individuals‚ institutions‚ government‚ etc. There may be some negative expectation on the future of nonprofit museums because of the
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Introduction and Background of Museum of Brisbane Museum of Brisbane is one of the gallery in the Brisbane City located in the city hall. The Museum is the one which explores the vibrant living history of people including life style and exhibits the identity through exhibitions‚ workshops‚ tours‚ talks‚ Special events and MOB kids Children’s activities. Museum of Brisbane was opened in October 2003‚ replacing the Brisbane city Gallery. The prime motive of Museum of Brisbane is to explore and present
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Walter Podbielski Professor Harris HUMN 420 Week 3 assignment 01/26/08 For week 3 assignment I chose the Van Gough painting and the corresponding poem “The StarryNight” by Anne Sexton. The poem references death rather frequentlyand I think that night in some way goes hand in hand with death. In contrast morning and daylight give way to life‚ the flowers opening up to the sun’s warmth and birds awaking; the day begins. The painting shows a town at night‚ which is asleep‚ quiet and peaceful. During
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Edward Hopper’s painting “Office at Night” creates a psychological puzzle in the viewers mind. It appears as if the man is the boss of the woman‚ who seems to be his secretary. The way the man and woman are both positioned in the picture suggests that either the woman has asked the man and question and she is waiting for a response‚ she is expecting him to give her a new order‚ or she is standing by just to see what he will say or do next. Either way many viewers will interpret their actions differently
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The two artists‚ Picasso and Velazquez‚ both painted a painting called Las Meninas. They have some similarities and differences‚ but each artists were portraying something different. Also every painter has a motivation. They can be the same motivation or another motivation for an artwork. In Velazquez’s artwork‚ he was portraying the attendants doing hard work for the little princess. There were many more attendants in the painting than anyone else. Also he uses realism to show the real life of
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“A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” had a style that‚ once I took a closer look‚ surprised me somewhat. The painting seems to be made with many dots. It’s very impressive that the artist took the time and had the talent to use dots in such a way. Of course‚ it may have been the type of brush he used‚ or it is a painting technique that I do not yet know‚ but it certainly adds to the feel of the painting. I was also curious about the border of the painting. Rather than not have a border or having a simple
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