Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful‚ that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography‚ Garry Winogrand‚ pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart‚ 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand’s amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his
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Interactive Museum (Storytelling and Gaming Environment) Nowadays‚ the focus in museums is shifting towards the use of artefacts for providing an interactive experience to visitors‚ in contrast to the traditional museum approach‚ where the focus was on the collection‚ display and storage of objects. Hence‚ more people are increasingly visiting museums with the expectation to learn something‚ while having an entertaining experience. Digital technologies‚ in particular interactive storytelling
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1. A piece that uses actual light as a medium. (hint: there’s a really cool one under the street connecting the two buildings.) The Light Inside‚ James Turrell‚ 1999 2. A piece that is by an Asian artist. White Porcelain Jar with Cloud and Dragon Pattern‚ Joseon Dynasty‚ 19th Century 3. A piece that is of an idealized form.(hint: the Greeks tended to do this in their sculpture) Standing Yaksi‚ Kushan Empire‚ Mathura‚ 2nd-3rd centuries 4. A piece that plays with scale. Apollo Flaying
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Cameron Lyons Alesia Williams Eng La Com AP 16 August 2009 The Beauty of Snap Decisions Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell embodies the entire subject of the book “Blink‚” in both the title of the book‚ and the phrase “thin-slicing‚” which is a person ability to accurately gauge what is important from a very narrow period of time. To put it simply‚ impulsive decisions can often be more reliable than well thought out decisions. Gladwell provided the reader with multiple examples throughout
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I. Identification 1. The Issue The British Museum‚ located in London‚ England‚ purchased the Parthenon Marbles‚ also known as the Elgin Marbles‚ from Lord Elgin on July 11‚ 1816 through an Act of Parliament (1). The Parthenon marbles consist of 115 panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens
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artifacts and works of art can be seen as some of the most important elements of the past in today’s museums. Some considerations for acquisitions upon an ancient piece must be made. Research and correct installation are just the beginning parts of securing a particular artifact. Preparation of grant proposals and ensuring proper storage are two needed steps in the process of decision. The message that the museum seeks to convey to the audience is quite imperative. It is important that only the artifacts
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of a museum is to protect and conserve the different artifacts that represent human history throughout the world for the sake of human knowledge‚ understanding‚ and enjoyment of the beauty and wisdom from different cultures. The main principle of a Historical museum is to pass on information to future generations in order to avoid repetition of specific historical events. Although‚ by exposition to museums including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)‚ Toul Slen Genocide Museum in Cambodia
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country and put it in their own museum for visitors to see. This document has so much importance to the United State of America and it just would not be right for someone else to be showing it off. This is the issue that has risen with the Elgin Marbles. These marbles hold such a large part of Greek history and art but they are being seen by others in the British Museum. The Greeks have tried for decades to get these important items returned but the British Museum just does not want to let them
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Archaeological Museum In this report‚ I’m going to write about my expressions about Istanbul Archaeological Museum and then I will focus on Egyptian tomb find which is a section of Ancient Orient Museum. Istanbul Archaeological Museum is the first museums of Turkey and also a great museum which have several collections from different cultures and periods. The museum firstly fascinates me from its courtyard‚ because I perceived the building of Archeological Museum‚ Tiled Kiosk Museum and Ancient Orient
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exterior walls of a temple (“Parthenon Sculptures”). The real heat of the argument begins in the early twentieth century when a restoration movement was put into motion (Venieri). Greece wants their art back‚ as they have spent a great deal of money on a museum to house them. Though the legality and ownership of the Elgin Marbles remains a controversy‚ a compromise can be reached for their location. The British‚ however‚ do have quite a serious claim to the legal possession of the marbles. Consequently‚
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