Introduction: Going to the museum is one of my favorite things to do. I just acquired this hobby last year‚ when I took my first art class. Since then‚ I have been to many museums in Baltimore‚ New York and the DC area‚ however‚ the Walters Museum is by far my favorite. I looked forward to going again‚ and reacquainting myself with my favorite art pieces‚ as well as doing the assignment. However‚ the blissfulness I expected from this encounter turned out not to be‚ as the Eternal Egypt collection
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The Harold Washington Library was constructed in 1991‚ the winning design of Thomas Beeby. After being stored in temporary warehouses for twelve years‚ the city of Chicago finally decided to create a permanent home for the 4‚700‚000 items belonging to the public library. A design competition was held with the hope that hundreds of submissions would produce a new building that was not only pleasing to the eye and cost efficient‚ but also one that would end the embarrassment of not having a library
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The trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum was an insightful and eye opening experience. It was my second trip to a large art museum‚ the first one being The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Though I am not one you would call an art connoisseur‚ I do take interest in specific art pieces. I often find myself wondering what the artist was thinking about when painting or constructing a piece of work. I wonder what emotions they might have been going through or if someone unknown inspired them
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teachings of his mentor by changing the phrase to “form and function are one.” This principle is thoroughly visible in the plan for the Guggenheim Museum. According to Wright’s design‚ visitors would enter the building‚ take an elevator to the top and enjoy a continuous art-viewing experience while descending along the spiral ramp. Wright’s design for the Guggenheim has sometimes been criticized for being inhospitable to the art it displays. However‚ over the past five decades Wright’s design has
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them in the many modern art museums that are out there. There are over one hundred and sixty modern art museums. Each painting in the textbook has a caption that tells you the title and also where it can be found. This makes it so you can easily find these pieces online. I found the museum websites to be very useful. For example‚ on page 202 in the textbook‚ figure 9.27 has an oil painting from Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum‚ New York. Once you are on the museum website you search the artists
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"All" Maurizio Cattelan As he had done throughout his half-life career Maurizio Cattelan set tongues wagging and pens scribbling with his Guggenheim show titled "All". From the beginning of his career‚ he has created sculptures‚ and produced events with their dissemination as photographic images in mind. In the exhibit Cattelan dangled from ropes and cables every single work—or their images—he had created in the twenty-one years of his ‘making art‚’ a gigantic mobile. Titled "All‚" fills one of
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Last Sunday‚ we paid a visit to the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. It is three stories high and each floor has its theme. The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge holds a world-class collections of art and artefacts from all over the world. Objects ranging from stone tools and pots to sculptures and paintings represent cultures and histories over millennia. Great recent and contemporary works reflect the diversity of peoples worldwide‚ and the resilience of
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children as they have to struggle through a system of conflicting education regulations and avoid the academic pitfalls that are public schools in order to receive a proper education that may guarantee them a career. The film‚ directed by Davis Guggenheim‚ asserts the claim that Teachers’ Unions are a main problem to public education‚ and that charter schools are the safest and most definite method to ensure that a student acquires a proper education. While the film was created with good intentions
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Maddy November 11th‚ 2013 Waiting For Superman Rhetorical Analysis Davis Guggenheim is the director of two documentaries examining education in America. His latest one‚ Waiting for Superman‚ was released in 2008 focusing on the idea that the American public school system is failing. Mr. Guggenheim even sent his own two sons to private school because he felt so disappointed and pessimistic of the public school system. Although most parents and teachers of the public school system feel the pressure
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about the serious issues in society today. Her work is in many common places for the view of the public eye. Kruger provokes people with her direct messages and bold images. She has worked in collaboration with other artists as well as galleries and museums. Barbara has also written several books. In her book Remote Control: Power‚ Culture‚ and the World of Appearances‚ she explains how she views art and society. It states that popular culture does not have the ability to do certain things. We must do
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