Portrayed in the Baltimore Museum of Art is Mysteria #1‚ 1926 by John D. Graham‚ who was born in Ukraine in 1881 and died in Maryland in 1961. This particular painting of Graham’s presents three white horses surrounded by shades of darker colors. Graham chooses to portray the horses dancing‚ because he is presenting the theme of a circus act. He then chooses a dull background with loose strokes‚ presented as shadows‚ in order to draw attention to the act being presented by the animals. Also‚ the
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Alex Skolnik November 23‚ 2013 Art History Outline 1) Title of the piece: Metropolitan Kouros Date: 600-590 BCE Medium: Naxian Marble Dimensions: Heigh 6’4 5/8" Meseum location: The Metropolitan Meseum of Art 2) This free standing sculpture shows signs of egyptian influence on Greek art. The pose has one foot standing forward while one is behind‚ the arms rest at the side with supports attatched to the tehighs‚ and the face shows no emotion and the eyes seem to have no pupils
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Last Saturday‚ on February 17th‚ as I took care of my little brother while my parents when out on a date. I decided to visit a place called “Color Me Mine” studio on Sunset Place Mall; located at: 5701 Sunset Drive. A place not only for kids to have fun‚ but for the entire family as well. It brings out the creative side of you‚ while the instructors guide you all the way. It is a place where you choose your canvas or porcelain to paint it using your creativity. If you attend in a group of minimum
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The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore‚ Maryland displays quite a few Ancient Islamic art pieces‚ including the silver dish entitled “Plate with a King and Queen” (Figure 1). Constructed in Iran during the 6th or 7th century‚ this dish depicts a wedding between the two people. It is twenty-three centimeters in diameter and is supported at the bottom‚ making it five and one-fifth centimeters in height. Figure 1. “Plate with a King and Queen” This is a common type of Sasanian art piece. The Sassanian
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When I first arrived at Maidu Museum I was pleasantly surprised of how beautiful it looked. I automatically wanted to take the walk first and see how beautiful it looked‚ because the last time I saw something so beautiful was in China‚ Zhangjiajie. However this was amazing site‚ because it was in California. I never knew that such a place existed nearby‚ watching everything on the trails was amazing I just wished I was able to get closer to it. Plus at the same time I was quite envious of the Nisenan
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William McKinnon IV Geology Lab Report: Gold Mine and Museum January 27th 2013 Gold is the buzzword associated with some of the most amazing human migrations during the 19th century. The first major gold rush occurred in Dahlonega‚ GA. This town lies in the portion of the state that is in the Appalachian gold belt and was originally discovered by Benjamin Parks in 1828. It is estimated that the total amount of gold yet to be retrieved from the Earth is 100‚000 tons. South Africa is the world’s
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2015). There is an early example of this painting technique usage in the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ where frescoes recovered from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistorat at Boscoreale‚ an area north of Pompeii‚ are exhibited. These wall paintings‚ dated somewhere between the 40–30 B.C‚ use various trompe l’oeil devices to simulate objects and architectural details which in reality aren’t there (The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2004). Then‚ the purpose of the illusion was purely ornamental. Trompe l’oeil
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The artifact that I picked from Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion’s Roar. It is a large wood statue of an Avalokiteshvara‚ the basic idol of Buddhism‚ completed around the 12th century in China during the Ming Dynasty. The Buddha Statue is a representation of the philosophical belief system of Buddhism. Different Buddha Statues have different meanings. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara symbolizes "the compassion in the world and the willingness to bear the pain
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As I entered the gallery where the Bust of Queen Nefertiti was displayed‚ my attention came to a complete focous on the work. The lifelike beauty radiating from this work of art has the ability to capture all attention in the room. I could only imagine that Queen Nefertiti had the same capability herself. The formal elements that contributed to the intensity of the art were color‚ shape‚ and pattern. The bust features an array of colors covering the entire surface of the figure. A soft‚ brown color
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The object being analyzed is the Railing Pillar Yakshi on display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. The object depicts a yakshi‚ traditionally a fertility spirit‚ usually associated with a tree‚ standing on top of a gremlin or imp-like figure in relief. Above the yakshi is another smaller figure in which only the torso is shown. The second smaller figure is surrounded by columns and appears to be in something like a chaitya hall. The yakshi has a similar purpose to others surrounding such places
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