Theoretical context “There is no escape from the politics of our knowledge.” This chapter will focus on state of the art theory regarding museums in a global perspective‚ but also museums in a post-Apartheid context. A number of concepts have already been mentioned that warrant explicit explanation due to the nature of the terms. The concept of ‘museum’‚ ‘heritage’‚ ‘community’ and ‘identity’ are broad enough to warrant explanation within the context of this paper. These concepts have been unpacked
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The Norton Simon Museum My recent visit to the Norton Simon Museum was very different than any previous experience I have had with modern art. With only a semester’s worth of knowledge under my belt‚ I was most definitely in awe‚ and thoroughly entertained‚ to say the least. Although inspired by many‚ I chose to analyze two works with very similar subject matter‚ by two German Expressionist artists. I compared a piece entitled‚ "Bathing Girls"‚ painted by Franz Marc‚ to the similarly titled "Bathers
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The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum‚ and is internationally famous for its repertoire of art‚ which has been collected by William and Henry Walters. Founded in 1934‚ in Baltimore‚ Maryland; the Walters Art Museum has a range of artwork varying from the Medieval World to the Ancient World. The collection has grown to more than 35‚000 objects and is offering 55 centuries of art. The Walters Art Museum mission statement: “The Walters Art Museum brings art and people together for enjoyment
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Executive Summary The New York Metropolitan Museum of the Art is a non-profit institution with an established history as a behemoth of the artistic world. It was founded and maintains today the mission of “establishing and maintaining in the city of New York a museum and library of art‚ of encouraging and developing‚ the study of the fine arts‚ and the application of arts to manufacturing and practical life‚ of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects‚ and‚ to that end‚ of furnishing
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our own self-interest‚ our solipsistic zoom-lens on life‚ and relate to the world and each other with more integrity‚ more curiosity‚ and more wholeheartedness.” Over the course‚ I look art differently and actually in enjoy it. I went to the Brooks Museum of Art to get a better feel for art. The Brooks’ collection of African Art includes wood carving‚ metal‚ textiles‚ bead-work‚ paintings‚ and books. These holdings largely reflect the generous gift of Henry Easterwood‚ a local collector. The collection
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Chumash Indian Museum located in Thousand Oaks is located on land where the Chumash had their homes for thousands of years. This museum houses one of the largest collections of Chumash remains and artifacts. The museum covers the history of the Chumash people along with their culture and preserves and brings awareness to the Chumash culture. Some historical artifacts in the museum include‚ tools‚ basketry‚ glassware along with many replicas and scenes of Chumash culture. The museum covers so many
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prevent it from happening again. This article is about what was said at the dedication ceremonies for the Holocaust museum. There was a lot of personal stories of persecution and concentration camps‚ and it talked a lot about how there is still more people can learn from this event and a lot more people can do to honor those involved with this event. Throughout “ Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ April 22‚ 1993” Elie Wiesel uses a hopeful tone‚ a conflict between a person and society‚ and metaphors to show
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in what the modern world can offer‚ many artists were drawn to these cities to depict and explore the marvels that they contained. However‚ some artists remained in the rural areas of Europe and some lived in more suburban areas. The Milwaukee Art Museum has a specific gallery that deals with this issue of the dichotomy of increasing modernism and continuing ruralism through the eyes of German Expressionist artists. All of the artists in this gallery were associated with a German Expressionist movement
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FIN-1103: Principles of Marketing Assignment Details Dear students‚ this document will give you the detail idea about your module assignment. This assignment consist two parts i.e. one write up and a presentation. First we discuss about the write up’s outline then about the presentation. Well‚ let’s see…. The write up: As you know‚ marketing mainly deals with the value of the product. We have to add superior value to our product to capture the customer base. All the participant of the market makes
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quantitative amount of time to make a drastic change in artwork‚ however much altars and it can be traced back to the zeitgeist of the period surrounding the art. Take a step into the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ when gazing at the masterpieces take a look at the dates of the
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