Danny Caceres ART 201 Reaction Paper: Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Professor Applegate Reaction Paper: Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the largest art collections in the world. The museum also known as The Met is an enormous‚ marvelous architectural structure that takes up the entire block on 82nd street in Manhattan. The Met has around two billion art pieces stored and displayed in its art galleries. Entering inside‚ I recognized myself
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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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Maria Popova said this about art. “This is the power of art: The power to transcend 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
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Art up close and personal is a profound experience that is unique compared to looking at art through a textbook. Art can express emotion‚ have a political meaning‚ portray history‚ and bring people together as not only a community but a generation. Art can change a society‚ and that is one of the reasons I find art compelling. I can lose myself in one painting for hours; forgetting about the world around me. Art can be found outside‚ or inside; art is universal. However‚ after reading Duncan’s "The
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analysis for the Cinicinnati Art Museum is what gives the viewer the information to easily see what is wrong and isn’t wrong with the museum‚ while providing information on possibilities the museum can capitalize on and what threats could harm the museum. The strengths were not hard to identify. I identified six different ones‚ all self-explanatory. Free admission‚ membership purchases‚ host of traveling exhibits‚ host of special events (weddings‚ parties‚ etc.)‚ the museum is located in a popular
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Denver Art Museum Visit Visiting the Denver Art Museum for the first time can be something of clouded experienced. There is almost too much for one day for your mind to overcome; the architect‚ surrounding area and‚ of course‚ the many wondrous works of art can overwhelm any first-timer. Although originally dating back all the way to 1948‚ the Denver Art Museum‚ as well as the surrounding Civic Center buildings have dramatically changed and become a work of art themselves. As anyone is driving
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themselves betray the assumptions of the past about human social evolution’. Some which are on loan to the Museum (Archive of the collection after the arrival of the totem poles 1998 267.95.3.) (Pitt Rivers‚ 1904). Plate 3.2.25: The display of Benin bronzes at the Horniman Museum is viewed now as works of art instead of pieces of anthropology as they were in 1903 a ‘war booty’. Bronze commemorative heads representing ancient sovereigns‚ ceremonial costumes‚ insignias and royal personal objects
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I would like to go to an Art Museum for a field trip. I would love it if my class go to go to a real Art Museum. I’ve always wanted to go to one before. If my class got to go to one the people who want to draw it can inspire some kids to draw. We could look at cool and interesting pictures and see how old they are and see what year it was painted. We could also look at pottery that was made by the people.I would also like to go is because you can think of whatever you would like and draw it.
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The San Jose Museum of Art is nicely decorated and furnished museum with many different types of art. I decided to start out by looking at some of the various paintings. There were many different kinds‚ including traditional oil paintings on canvas as well as ordinary paper. One that stood out in my mind was "Desert Restaurant" by John Register. It’s a painting of the inside of a diner sitting in the middle of an open desert. The picture gives an eerie sense of isolation. One sculpture that
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and interesting event that happened and seems to be missed by most people: The Boston Art Heist. What makes this event so interesting is that not very many people seem to know what actually happened or have never even heard of it. The Gardner Art Heist remains a mystery today. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was opened in 1903 by Isabella Stewart Gardner who lived from 1840 - 1924. The museum is located in Boston‚ Massachusetts and has been around for almost 113 years. In the year of 1990 on
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