On a recent visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I took a tour of the museum with a lecturer. During the tour‚ the leader lectured on particular paintings. She told the know history behind each shown painting. She also gave the history of the period in which the painting was painted. The lecturer also helped everyone to understand what the colors in the paintings brought to each painting. While viewing the many paintings‚ the first one that caught my eye was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and
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METROPOLOTIAN MUSUEM OF ART Fatima Lundy I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my mom and my sister. I didn’t quite enjoy it at first‚ but as I explored the museum more‚ I began to feel enlighten at the sight of the different forms of art. It was hard for me to choose just two pieces out of all the amazing sculptures and paintings in this museum. I finally made the decision to write about two different pieces‚ from two different cultures‚ time periods‚ and even mediums. The first piece
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4.2 Comparative Parallels The study of different religious and/or historical museum is important to be able to study the future storyline and visitors’ path of Cilicia Museum. Hence‚ studying the displays‚ their panels and their methods of engaging with their audience is essential. The parallels were chosen‚ amongst a very large number of museums visited. during cultural trips. The four following museums have many similarities in themes and/or in the richness of their collection‚ but the difference
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Joslyn Art Museum I recently took a trip to the Joslyn Art Museum and was very impressed with the art‚ mainly the paintings. I had never really been to an art museum just to look around but I found that a lot of the paintings used the techniques that we discussed in class. I will be analyzing three paintings Fallen Angels by Francois Cibot‚ Saint Francis in Prayer by El Greco and Sacred Conversation- Madonna‚ Child‚ Saints and Donor by Giovani di Niccolo Mansueti. One of the most interesting
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VA Art Museums Painting: Jimmie O’ Donnell Artist: Robert Henri Museum: Tuabman Date: 1924 Medium: Oil on canvas In this painting‚ I can clearly see a little boy sitting down. The boy is staring right at the painter‚ Robert Henri. The boy has a brown hat on‚ and a suit like appearance with a blazer‚ and a nice dress shirt. The boy seems to be worried at something. The background is a dark blue‚ indicating to me‚ something scary‚ and there are no forms of light. The art element that is the
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institution‚ the Dallas Museum of Art significantly improved its standing within the art world when it received the undeniably world-class modern and contemporary art collections of three prominent local collectors (the Hoffmans‚ the Rachofskys‚ and the Roses); the collections‚ gifted together in an unprecedented deal‚ totaled more than 900 works and with subsequent acquisitions has grown since the announcement to more than 1‚200. The Edward Larrabee Barnes-designed museum also contains impressive
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Danielle Burbank Dr. Lee LC22 ANT201 23 February 2017 The Lightner Museum: A Window into the Gilded Age The Lightner Museum in St. Augustine contains several exhibits that accurately reflect American culture in its Gilded Age. From stained glass windows to rusted railroad tracks‚ this brilliant museum offers a window into late 19th to early 20th century American lifestyle. Museums and their artifacts are often used as resources to ethnographic research‚ which is what our classroom attempted
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the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan where we explored the Gauguin‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ and John Cage exhibits. I was very surprised with the amount of people that were in attendance at the museum that afternoon; I guess when one of the most famous museums in the country gives out free tickets everyone takes advantage of it. At first I just wanted go to the specific exhibits‚ but once I started looking around I staying for another hour looking at almost everything. I always thought that art was
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discussed in class. Table at the Window‚ Pablo Picasso‚ 1919 7. A work of art made in the Renaissance. (hint: think 1400-beginning of the 1600’s) Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist‚ Giuliano Bugiardini‚ 1510s 8. A drawing. Drawing of the Chief Painter Abol Hasan‚ Mohammad Shah‚ 1842-66 9. A piece that would be considered “art for day-to-day living.” Comb‚ Indian‚ Karnataka‚ 18th Century 10. An Egyptian work of art. Mosque Lamp‚ Egypt. 1320 11. A painting by Jackson Pollock. (hint:
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around the Bowers Museum‚ I would recommend the Bowers Museum to any person that is interested in studying the culture of Ancient China. However‚ the Bowers Museum is not perfect. As stated earlier in the essay‚ The Ancient China exhibit does not fully represent the culture of Ancient China. There is no artifact that represent the daily lives of the average person in Ancient China. People like artisans‚ peasants‚ and farmers are not represented in the museum exhibit at all. The museum focuses heavily
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