Nowaday in modern society there are a large number of museums and galleries‚ which help to provide essencial functions of education and entertainment to the public. However some people think they are of less importance now as citizens can achieve the same purpose on the Interne. Personally I do not agree with such views. Certainly we can almost search all information from the Internet‚ yet all we retrieve is just pictures and texts. While in a museum‚ one see real objects‚ such as a Chinese ancient
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Museum Art Critique If you live in Dallas‚ most likely you have been to Northpark Mall. However‚ did you ever notice that Northpark is also a museum? Sort of. Most art people do not know about it‚ and the shoppers do not seem to care‚ but the place is owned by Ray Nasher of Nasher Sculpture Center‚ and he has placed an impressive percentage of his collection in front of Neiman’s‚ Barney’s‚ Victoria’s Secret‚ and the Watch Hut. For the sole purpose and interest in the art presented throughout the
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illustrious and often tainted past. The Lahore Museum in itself has captured the essence of the great diverse history of the city; giving on lookers a feel of all that it went through to reach to this point and imparting key historical lessons to the youth of today. Standing proud for over a hundred years The Lahore Museum signifies the past‚ present and future of the one mighty city of the Mughal Empire. The imposing two storey building of The Lahore Museum was constructed in 1887 to serve as a memorial
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visiting museums boring as a form of entertainment‚ while others believe that the role of museums is to educate people‚ not entertain. Discuss‚ what is your opinion? In our world today‚ there is a wide variety of museums where people can travel to and see differently interesting things. Some people state that visiting museums is only a form of recreation; others disagree‚ arguing that museums play a role in education. In fact‚ each of these arguments has its own validity. Firstly‚ museums such
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For my museum visit‚ I visited the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. I visited the museum on November seventh with my mom and my younger siblings. The first thing I go to see was their Cinco de Mayo installation. They had all of the elements represented in sand boxes with colored sand depicting images related to the elements on a huge alter. There were cards that you could fill out for a loved one who had passed on to put on the alter. This was one of my favorite part of visiting the museum. After the
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Museum Paper I went to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts on Stanford Campus on 2/28/13. I saw a lot of sculptures and vases there. They are very beautiful and interested. The most interested one I think was Kleophon Painter‚ “Volute Krater”‚ ca. 430 BCE‚ Greece‚ red-figure terra cotta vase‚ size 26’ ¾” * 19’ *19’. Hazel D. Hansen Fund‚ 12‚ 1972 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. This vase is located in the Iris & B Gerald Cantor Center from the classical period between 479-323 BCE
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Sebastian Lazarte AP Art History Period 6 1/12/13 Museum Report For my museum report‚ I went to LACMA. I chose two artworks from the following art collections‚ Egyptian Art and Ancient Near East Art. The two artworks that I chose were Assyrian Relief Panels from Nimrud for Ancient Near East‚ and the Round Topped Stela for Egyptian Art. For my theme I chose religious beliefs. The religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic. In Ancient Mesopotamia‚ the facts of nature were
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Are Seltz’s new Japanese museums ‘counter-museums’ by Patterson’s definition? Patterson and Seltz introduce new museums differing in subject matter‚ context and methodology‚ but sharing analogous goals. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia (JCM) in the United States is touted by Patterson as a ‘counter-museum’ that ‘seek[s] to engage visitors as active participants in dynamic‚ continuing memorial processes’ (66)‚ and one that ‘seeks to use products of intolerance to teach understanding’ (68)
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Museums and tourism Stakeholders‚ resource and sustainable development Master’s Dissertation International Museum Studies Museion/Göteborg University Spring term 2004 Author: Guðbrandur Benediktsson Supervisor: Cajsa Lagerkvist LIST OF CONTENTS FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1. Aims and objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Theoretical approaches and sources. . . . . . . .
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Running head: VISTING A MUSEUM Visiting a Museum Victoria Johnson Dr. Gerald Franz Humanities – World Cultures II March 16‚ 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to share the experience I had visiting a museum for the first time. I believe it was a great event and feel every person should go to one in their life. During my visit I learned about the author of the classical novel‚ about the many artifacts on display‚ and about different characters‚ and their achievements. After you read
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