Art or Craft: American Museums and the Shaping of Perception Contents Introduction 3 Craft in America 6 Jewelry as a Transitional Model 9 Introduction to Case Study 11 The Museum as Ritual 13 Institutional Titles 16 Collection‚ Exhibition‚ and Work Titles and Labels 18 Display and Presentation 21 Conclusion 25 Visitor Interviews: Museum of Fine Arts Houston 27 Visitor Interviews: Houston Center for Contemporary
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Introduction: Know the definition of the following terms: art‚ aesthetic‚ gestalt‚ imagery‚ imagination‚ and verisimilitude. What is the difference between denotation and connotation? What is a metaphor? What is a simile? How can you tell them apart? What would be the subject matter of a portrait‚ a still life‚ or a landscape? Criticism: What is the purpose of criticism? What is the critical process? What issues might a formal critic and a contextual critic disagree on? What is propaganda
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After visiting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ I will write about four art works. The first one is called Salome Receiving the Head of St. John the Baptist by Andrea Solario. The work is very colorful‚ and it shows chiaroscuro with the dark background and light on the faces of Salome and John the Baptist. The focal point is on John’s head. This is one of Solario’s most notable works‚ and the figure style is influenced by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story behind the painting is that Herodias had a quarrel
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Brooke Payson 10/27/13 Danforth Art Museum Photograph Essay For many‚ abandoned buildings hold keys to the past. They are places frozen in time- authentic‚ eerie‚ and intriguing all in the same. Photographer and mixed media artist Samuel Quinn is one willing to break laws and trespass property in order to explore and capture these deserted wonders. In 2008‚ while in the South Shore driving his friend home‚ Quinn passed an eye-catching abandoned white house that stood lifeless in between two
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manipulated and mounted upon a back-lit photo transparency. “While modern photography in the first half of the twentieth century may have been guided largely by the “decisive moment‚” after the 1960s‚ much of the photographic work circulating in the fine art realm could be characterized as highly premeditated‚ systematic‚ and staged: in other words‚ this work embodies an ethos of “think first‚ shoot later.” (MCA Exhibit Description) I think that Jeff Wall’s Nightclub captures the idea of “think first
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In many school districts‚ fine arts programs have been cut or plan to be due to budget cuts across America. But in fact‚ fine arts are just as important as other subjects and can greatly benefit a student in school. Fine arts should be taught in schools because it strengthens learning in all subjects‚ it helps develop personal skills‚ and promotes a student’s self-esteem and the value of others. To begin‚ fine arts is scientifically proven to improve learning throughout all subjects. In the article
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Fine Arts Education Are cutting fine arts necessary or there is more to it? When thinking about arts‚ they are everywhere around us whether it is painting‚ sculptures‚ music‚ theaters‚ landscape‚ architecture‚ building‚ and the list goes on. It is part of our lives‚ and it has been around since the dawn of time. It has been passed from our Stone Age ancestor‚ generation after another and become the modern day arts. Today‚ fine art programs are hanging by a thread due to limited funding for school
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Museum Paper [pic] Statue of Kaipunesut. c.2528-2520 B.C. Egyptian. Accession Number: 26.2.7 The Statue of Kaipunesut dates back to the fourth dynasty in the Old Kingdom of Egypt. It was excavated at Saqqara‚ a vast burial ground. This specific piece was located at the mastaba of Kaemheset‚ which was Kaipunesut’s brother. It was carved out of acacia wood which is a native timber of Egypt. The native wood did not create the highest standard of sculpture because it was knotty and
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Intro to Art/Art 100 Pre-Raphaelites I visited National Gallery of Art‚ Washington DC on Friday‚ March 29‚ 2013 to see the exhibition “Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design‚ 1848-1900”. It is the first major survey of the art of the Pre-Raphaelites to be shown in the United States features some 130 paintings‚ sculptures‚ works on paper‚ and decorative art objects. The young members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood‚ formed in 1848‚ shook the art world of mid-19th-century Britain by rejecting
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the study and appreciation of fine art. The Museum offers art exhibitions‚ programs and events to showcase its collections of Californian‚ European‚ Asian‚ African and Oceanic artworks and international ceramics. The Crocker Art Museum offers many outreach programs in the Sacramento community including internships‚ volunteer opportunities‚ student and community exhibitions and scholarship art projects (Crocker). In the past Sacramento State and the Crocker Art Museum came together for an evening showcasing
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