Journal 1‚ Humanities‚ Museum/Fine Art Gallery Visit The Saint Louis Art Museum’s architecture is beautiful. There are many roman influences to the outside of the building including round arches‚ tall stone columns and roman statues of persons in robes and sandals. The building itself is very inviting and enjoyable to view just from the outside. When entering inside‚ one will notice the gorgeous marble floors‚ the lofty ceilings and the roman style pillars‚ wall trim‚ steps and hallways. The dominant
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Discover World Treasure At The Victoria and Albert Museum‚ London LEAD PARAGRAPH If art and design is your forte‚ there is no better place to visit than London’s Victoria and Albert museum. Located in the world famous museum district of South Kensington‚ this real treasure of a collection is sure to captivate art lovers of all ages. It’s easy to fall in love with this architectural gem as well as the astounding exhibits on show. The Victoria and Albert museum combines education with a enjoyable day out
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Art History 1 Museums as a Ritual In the article “The Art Museum As Rital‚” in Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums by Carol Duncan‚ she compares art museums to religious seculars in the sense that they are not only similar in architecture‚ but also in their meaning and purpose; rituality. She goes on to state that unlike churches and other various places of worship‚ museums are also secular places. At such places‚ “the secular truth became the authoritative truth.” When I went to
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ON ART GALLERY CONTENT Introduction An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art‚ usually visual art. In its most basic form what we call a gallery‚ has come to mean a collection of something. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects‚ however sculpture‚ decorative arts‚ furniture‚ textiles‚ costume‚ drawings‚ pastels‚ water colors‚ collages‚ prints‚ artists books‚ photographs‚ and installation art also regularly shown. Art galleries
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Page 1 The Getty museum. J Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota on December 15‚ 1892 and died in England 1976 (age 84). In 1945 J Paul Getty purchased a home in Malibu. During his years of living there he collected historical paintings‚ statues‚ and furniture. Nine years later he then decided to open his home to the public to share the art collections‚ Greek and Roman antiques‚ 18th century furniture‚ and European paintings. After some visits he then decided in 1968 to began work
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When I was first told I was to visit the Cummer Museum I thought‚ "This is going to be boring. How can I write a paper on just art?" However‚ after my visit‚ I found there were more things to write about than I had imagined. I come from Washington‚ D.C. and I’m used to visiting museums but I had never seen one with so many different kinds of artwork. From various oil paintings and ancient sculptures to modern photography and ceramic figures. There was even a beautiful garden to enjoy. According
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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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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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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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I chose to do my review project in “The High Museum”‚ in Atlanta GA. It was found in 1905 and its very first name was Atlanta Art Association. Also it is the one of the most visited art museum in the world. While‚ visiting High museum‚ I was drawn to two particular pieces from two very different artists. The Chest and drawers by Teyo Remy‚ gained my attention because of creative design and deep meaning. My other favorite piece is “The beginning of Life in the Yellow Jungle”‚ by Thorton Dial. I
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