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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I caught the faint laughter of the museum inhabitants and the shuffle of their feet‚ but other than that‚ I walked around the Metropolitan Museum in silence. The statues looked ethereal and stoic‚ the clay figures reminded me of a paused TV‚ but I was searching for something that I could hear. I strolled up to Gao Keming’s handscroll “Stream and Mountains under Fresh Snow” and the painting was more than what you could catch at a first glance. I caught the sound of a rushing steam‚ the stuffed crunch
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In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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South American Leader Simon Bolivar‚ who was the most important leader during South America’s successful struggle for independence from Spain‚ collectively known as Bolivar’s War. Together with José de San Martín‚ Bolivar is regarded as one of the Liberators of Spanish South America. Simon Bolivar’s political legacy has of course been massive and he is a very important figure in South American political history. He was a great admirer of the American Revolution and a great critic of the French Revolution
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Brittany White Art V01 Actual Museum Visit Carnegie Art Museum Oxnard‚CA-November 12‚2010 The Theatre Series‚ dated 2010 Artist-Trujillo Puamier The first piece of art that I chose to write about titled “The Theatre”. The median of this art is Chromogenic Print. I chose this particular piece of work because it reminds me of when my family and I go to different cities to watch different plays. We love to go to the different theatre’s. Looking at this painting reminds me of a particular place
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Boxer In 1968 Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley wrote “The Boxer”‚ a modern rock ballad. This narrative poetry tells the story of a young man struggling financially to make ends meet in a down economy. Like all narrative poetry‚ it tells a story of true life emotions that people can relate to. At the time‚ the economy in the United States of America was weak and thus many Americans were struggling financially. During this economic crisis‚ this ballad was popularized by the famous Simon and Garfunkel musical
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paying attention at all you know he wasn’t an elected president. No US president has served for twenty years‚ nor are they allowed to by law. Presidents also have a tendency to be rich. So do emperors‚ but this one was another matter. Joshua Abraham Norton was born around 1818 in England and made a failed bid in the San Fransisco rice market. He went bankrupt‚ and on September 17th of 1859‚ after five years of lying low‚ he marched into the San Francisco Bulletin office and had them print an announcement
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Simon Throughout William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ many of the characters go through changes in their personality traits. From beginning to end‚ Simon goes through the smallest amount of change than anyone in the novel. Despite the fact that Simon did not really fit in with the other boys‚ he tried his hardest to make a difference in his and the other’s lives. In the beginning‚ Simon was described as a “skinny‚ vivid little boy…‚” (Golding 24) showing that
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The appearance of Simon in the novel The Lord of the Flies is of great significance and is substantial for the development of the story because he made lots of points in the story. First of all‚ it is important to state that he sent simple‚ yet deep messages throughout the novel‚ with morals behind them. Religiously speaking‚ Simon can be identified as the Christ-figure in the story. Simon also had a very specific role in the novel in being the character in contact with nature. Simon’s significance
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Digital (in) Museums The project is structured as a subjective analysis over the “state of the art” of digital applications in museums and exhibition. First‚ it will investigate the concept of adding value‚ though digital supports‚ to traditional observations of artworks. In a
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