Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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During our trip the the Metropolitan Museum‚ our class explored various exhibits‚ including the Greeks‚ early Tribal works‚ Renaissance art‚ and 19th century art. One piece in particular that stood out to me‚ and reminded me of a text we’ve read this semester‚ was Prayer in the Mosque by Jean-Lèon Gèrome in 1871(87.15.130). This oil on canvas depicts the interior of a mosque in seventh century Egypt and reminded me of the readings we had done on Al Andalus from Jarbel Rodriguez‚ where the description
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discuss two paintings I observed at the Art Institute of Chicago and compare the two as well. During our field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago even though we did not have enough time to properly view the pieces along with a large portion of the museum with pre-renaissance pieces in them were closed off to the public. Two pieces that really stuck out to me during the trip were: “Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)” by Dieric Bouts and “Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin” by Jean
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all rides it could not sell.[2][4] The board’s original plan was to sell the carousel and the narrow-gauge railway rides.[5] Only the carousel remained in Indianapolis after it was unsold;[2] the steam locomotive is now at the Indiana Transportation Museum at Noblesville‚ Indiana.[6]The carousel was commissioned by William Hubbs‚[3] who had it installed in White City Amusement Park in 1917. Built on a Mangel-Illions mechanism‚[7] it used animals carved by the Dentzel carousel company of Philadelphia
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Assignment 5 Part1 Option B Read carefully the following piece of text. What does it tell us about cross cultural encounters? In 1892 the new vice-consul for the Benin river section Captain Henry Gallwey visited Benin and signed a treaty which made Benin a British protectorate‚ but as far as the British were concerned the treaty proved disappointing and by 1896 many British traders and officials were calling for military intervention‚ although the foreign office seemed reluctant to do this
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Health Care Museum HealthCare Museum Lisa Schirmeister HCS 235/ Health Care Delivery in the U.S Abstract During the evolution of healthcare there have been many changes done to improve the quality‚ knowledge and information that we have today. We will take a tour of the exhibits on five of the most significant developments in the evolution of healthcare in the United States. Milestones of the US Health Insurance System 1800-2009 1800 to 1900: Insurance was purchased by individuals. 1847
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where visitors can learn where to pursue their interests beyond the museum. In defining its role as a community resource‚ Port Discovery follows in the path of children’s museums across the country. "It’s been that way from the beginning - children’s museums have been committed to serving all families from the get-go‚" says Andrew Ackerman‚ director of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and president of the Association of Youth Museums board. Ads By Google * Medical Mission TripsWe connect medical
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see Top 10 London Attractions Accessibility British Museum The world-famous British Museum exhibits the works of man from prehistoric to modern times from around the world. Highlights include the Rosetta Stone‚ the Parthenon sculptures‚ and the mummies in the Ancient Egypt collection. Entry is free but special exhibitions require tickets. Tate Modern Sitting grandly on the banks of the Thames is Tate Modern‚ Britain’s national museum of modern and contemporary art. Its unique shape is due
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Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful‚ that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography‚ Garry Winogrand‚ pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart‚ 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand’s amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his
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Interactive Museum (Storytelling and Gaming Environment) Nowadays‚ the focus in museums is shifting towards the use of artefacts for providing an interactive experience to visitors‚ in contrast to the traditional museum approach‚ where the focus was on the collection‚ display and storage of objects. Hence‚ more people are increasingly visiting museums with the expectation to learn something‚ while having an entertaining experience. Digital technologies‚ in particular interactive storytelling
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