improving our content for our museum’s website‚ I have given this a lot of thought and decided that our new timeline theme should evolve around sculptures of the High Renaissance in Italy. I chose this period because it was the time where classical art of antiquity was recaptured . I started with a marble sculpture by Tullio Lombardo from 1490 which was the start of the High Renaissance. The artists that I chose are Tullio Lombardo‚ Michelangelo‚ Lorenzetto‚ Bandinelli‚ Cellini‚ and Domenico Poggini
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The current atrium at the International Spy museum has been described as dark‚ unwelcoming‚ ineffective in its use of space‚ and lacks the proper signage and visitor flow. All these opinions came from employees at the International Spy museum‚ so one can image how the many guests that visit the museum each year must feel. The entrances into the atrium are confusing for visitors. Visitors can come through multiple entrances which can cause misunderstanding about where visitors should line up and
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BCE) and the partially reconstructed large ziggurat of Ur ( ca 2100 BCE) are two examples of the accomplishments of the Sumerians in architecture. Female head (Inanna)‚ from Uruk (modern Warka)‚ Iraq‚ ca. 3200-3000 BCE. Marble‚ 8″ high. National Museum of Iraq‚ Baghdad. The white marble used for this female head would have been imported at great cost as fine stones for carving were scarce and used sparingly. It’s possible the statue is an image of Inanna since it was found in the sacred precinct
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art. The discussion will include a formal analysis of each of the two artworks mentioned. The analysis will cover the materials and techniques used during this period of Greek art‚ the relation of certain styles to one another‚ the function of the artworks‚ its subject matter‚ and the social or religious meaning and context. As illustrated in the marble sculptures of the Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace and the Aphrodite‚ Pan and Eros‚ the Hellenistic era exposed such expansion with dramatic
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within a work of art‚ and a work of art may reflect more than one theme. A theme is an “idea” thread running through the entire history of art. There are many threads." - Chapter Three For this discussion board choose at least two “thread” categories from what is listed below. Check Chapter 3 for the textbook’s examples of what art and environments fit within these categories‚ then think of your own examples of what would be “ sacred” art‚ political/social order inspired art‚ etc. Write a post
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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Dallas Museum of Art Project Example (pg. 504 in your book) 1. Andre Derain‚ View of Collioure‚ 1905‚ Fauvism. 2. Landscape‚ oil on canvas 3. FORM: a. Color: the use of color is a predominant visual element. The very warm color Derain uses creates an emotional effect of playfulness and warmth. b. Rhythm: rhythm‚ a principle of design‚ is based on repetition‚ and the repetition of the bright colored brushstrokes in the bottom half of the painting create a sense of movement‚ as if
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2. 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
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Professor: Kim de Beaumont 11/30/12 I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after seeing all the paintings‚ sculptures‚ and art works‚ I chose Kouros‚ for my final paper‚ because it shows Greek’s first nude youth male during Archaic period on ca. 600 BCE. My piece of art is Marble statue of Kouros (male youth) which is characteristically depicted nude with the left leg striding forward and hands clenched at the side. This noble figure of a youth is one of the earliest freestanding marble
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‘The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.’ -Pablo Picasso How can events in the life of an artist influence the work they produce? Although the ideas that shape an artist’s work come from within‚ their inspiration comes from the outside world: their own experiences within it and reflections upon it. Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in response to the bombing of a village in northern Spain‚ perhaps finding some relief in transferring uneasy thoughts sparked by the tragedy
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