Birmingham Museum of Art Presents: Pompeii: Tales From An Eruption "Many strange things happened to us there‚ and we had much to fear." Pliny the Younger The quote above comes to us from one of the letters of Pliny the Younger‚ the namesake of the man who was the commander of the Roman Fleet in 79 A.D. Pliny the Elder was last seen by his nephew as he prepared to sail across the Bay of Naples to Pompeii; the older man would perish in an attempt to rescue citizens of a coastal Italian town
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Museum of Modern Art in New York Roxanne Briano The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the world’s leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museum’s outstanding collections of modern painting‚ sculpture‚ drawings‚ and prints range from Impressionisms to current movements. Moreover‚ there are exhibits of modern architecture‚ industrial design‚ sculpture
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I would like to tell you about my visit to the one of the most beautiful museums in the world The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is located in the east of Central Park‚ being‚ in fact‚ part of it. The main entrance is the majestic and pathetic. The building has several floors are spacious‚ and each of the gallery halls like immerses the visitor in a parallel world. Whether it’s a bloodthirsty Aztec god figurine‚ rock reliefs by the ancient Sumerians‚ harmoniously ancient statue‚ sarcophagus with
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The Cleveland Museum of art has a major collection of works from Italy‚ roman‚ Egyptian‚ and African art. Also‚ the great collection of earthly painting‚ religious painting and sculptures go back to Ancient Rome and Greece. Various forms of art can be individual from other collection such as sculpture‚ portraits‚ and earthly‚ religious paintings. The Annunciation‚ by Bouts at the Cleveland museum of art falls into the category of religious art. The artist that made this painting‚ Albert Bouts‚ is
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for my ethnographic essay was The Museum of Modern Art‚ commonly known as the MoMA. I traveled to the museum on Saturday‚ March 6th‚ 2017 and arrived at 3:11 pm. Surprisingly this museum was quite small at least in comparison to the grand museums I’ve visited in the past. The exhibit that I focused on was their ongoing collection gallery that displayed art from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. I chose this particular exhibit because whilst walking through the museum that this was by far the MoMA’s most
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Art Institute of Chicago Art Museum 1. For this assignment I choose to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. I choose to journey down town to see the so much talked about Vincent Van Gogh exhibit. As a waited in line I meet a student of Colombia College he told me that you do not have to pay to get in donations are welcome. I was confused and unsure what he meant. He explained to me that College students could offer a donation of one dollar or fifty cents as admission to the museum. So from the start
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YOUR NAME: Fares Albahairi FULL CLASS NAME AND SECTION: Art 2140 Themes in Visual Culture INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Marsha Pippenger FULL NAME OF MUSEUM OR GALLERY YOU VISITED: The Art Institute of Chicago DATE OF YOUR VISIT: 10/27/2013 WAS ADMISSION CHARGED‚ NO ATTITUDE OF STAFF: They are helpful the guy that helped me he was really funny. TITLE OF ARTWORK YOU CHOSE (if not titled‚ say Untitled and use italics): Paris Street: Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. ARTIST’S NAME (if name
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For my first field trip assignment‚ I decided to go to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Believe it or not‚ this was my first time visiting this museum. By walking through the museum I saw some amazing paintings and sculptors. These artists were truly talented in what they were able to create. It was extremely difficult to choose a single piece of art and categorize it as my favorite. However‚ there were a few sculptors that left a lasting impression on me. The sculptor of the man nailed to a cross
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The artwork that I chose for the museum art assignment was Footed Goblet‚ 1924‚ painted by Fernand Leger. Footed Goblet is at first glance a precisely-ordered grid of rectangles and curved shapes that lie flat against the picture plane. The painting was done on a medium of oil on canvas. Looking closely‚ objects described in terms of basic geometric forms become visible: upon a table rests an electric light‚ a book‚ a domino‚ and an adjustable lamp. On the shelf sits a footed glass. The painting
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In 1996‚ the Neon Museum was established in order to bring more attention to the signs. “…the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to collecting‚ preserving‚ studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational‚ historic‚ arts and cultural enrichment.” In this contextual analysis‚ I will reaffirm the importance of the Neon Museum’s
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