Read the following extract from reading 2.2 ‘Benin antiquities at the British Museum’ and look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was
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for my ethnographic essay was The Museum of Modern Art‚ commonly known as the MoMA. I traveled to the museum on Saturday‚ March 6th‚ 2017 and arrived at 3:11 pm. Surprisingly this museum was quite small at least in comparison to the grand museums I’ve visited in the past. The exhibit that I focused on was their ongoing collection gallery that displayed art from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. I chose this particular exhibit because whilst walking through the museum that this was by far the MoMA’s most
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spaces remain available for the 2016 Pioneer School at Century Village Museum. Reservations should be immediately made to be assured of participation in this year’s program that begins on Monday‚ July 11‚ 2016. Continuing one of the area’s longest-standing traditions‚ the Geauga County Historical Society is pleased offer its 44th Annual Pioneer School. This program will take place on the grounds of Century Village Museum‚ in Burton‚ Ohio‚ during the week of July 11-15‚ 2016‚ mornings and early
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The object that I chose to study is a board for the game of “Pegs and Holes‚” which I found at the Museum of Fine Arts. The game board dates to 2000-1500 C.E. and is from the Levant region in the Near East. The object itself is a stone board with multiple holes carved into the top. The pegs seen in the museum are reproductions of what would have originally been ivory pieces. Played by two people‚ the game’s objective seems to have been for a player to race their pegs through the holes and seize
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Sir John Soane Museum Audio Tour John Soane 1753-1835 Lincoln’s Inn Fields & Exterior No.12: 1792-94‚ Soane is at peak of is career‚ born poor but married well to Elisa‚ heiress to her uncle’s great fortune after he passed. Combining Soane and Elisa’s they bought this freehold Has uninterrupted south light‚ close to coaches to high Holborn‚ 25mins walk to his work in Bank of England‚ close to theatre in Covent garden‚ and the royal academy of Somerset house Building was demolished and
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Institute of Chicago Art Museum 1. For this assignment I choose to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. I choose to journey down town to see the so much talked about Vincent Van Gogh exhibit. As a waited in line I meet a student of Colombia College he told me that you do not have to pay to get in donations are welcome. I was confused and unsure what he meant. He explained to me that College students could offer a donation of one dollar or fifty cents as admission to the museum. So from the start my
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Did you know that a very famous art work got stolen back in 1990? A famous art work in the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum was stolen the night of March 1990.The artwork that was missing was Christ in the Storm on the Sea galilee Also in 1942‚ all of the illustrious poets were missing. The Poets notebooks were unsealed. The art work in the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum got stolen‚ it only took a whole two minutes for the criminal to steal the art work. It has been missing for twenty-five years
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1 Describe the McVitie’s product range. Outline the range of their different products( See website for details of their current products) McVite’s have a great product range which they sell different type and different taste of products and they are : Jaffa Cakes Digestives Medley Hobnobs Mcvities Breakfast biscuits Rich tea These products are mainly sweet product and its mainly on teenager and other people. 2 Describe the specific product features of 4 different Mc Vitae’s products (type
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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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The adventure movie‚ Night at the Museum which was produced in 2006‚ evokes different emotions throughout the movie. The movie tells the story of Larry‚ an unemployed man who is forced to get a job at the national museum as a night guard for his son’s benefit. What he doesn’t know is that the museum comes to life at night due to an Egyptian stone which people are planning to steal so he comes together with the museums exhibits to stop them. In the movie‚ it becomes evident that the director was able
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