During a recent visit to the San Antonio Museum of Art‚ I was able to view many pieces and types of artwork. This particular museum exhibits pieces that come from the period of the Ancient Egyptians all the way up to modern art. It was a very interesting experience and one that I would definitely like to repeat in the future. The piece that was most interesting to me was a Roman floor mosaic that depicts The Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs. A mosaic is a picture or pattern created by fixing together
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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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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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At first glance‚ it appears that Billy Collins poem‚ Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House‚ is about the legality of purchasing and owning a weapon. However‚ after reading the poem‚ it is clear to see that the seriousness of the title gives way to an artistic poem about a neighbor’s incessantly barking dog. Owning a gun is a contentious issue that evokes emotion from many who are involved in the debate. In many respects‚ this is a political poem about the second amendment rights--gun
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Regarding lies‚ those about history are worse than those about popular culture. In Billy Collins’s “The History Teacher”‚ the teacher lies to his students about historical events. He tells them that wars that killed so many were only small kerfuffles. He says‚ “the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan”. This is a big deal. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed thousands and still has repercussions today. while the kids might not believe that it was only one atom‚ hearing this version of the story
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Throughout Billy Collins’ short poems‚ an underlying obvious message or lesson is read about. Being a child‚ the thought of adulthood is one that is not taken seriously. For example‚ in “On Turning 10”‚ Collins depicts a boy‚ imaginative of his career proven from chosen Halloween costumes. Unexpectedly to most children‚ life doesn’t outline perfectly in the first draft. Turning ten is an irony in itself that responsibilities kick in as quickly as maturity. As shown throughout the small‚ 5 stanza
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Contracted Cleaving: “Divorce” Intro In Billy Collins’ short poem “Divorce” (2008)‚ readers get to see a relationship from its intimate moments through to the cold‚ hardened end. While relationships are often thought of in domestic terms‚ Collins introduces silverware as personified characters‚ toying with the notion of domesticity to some extent. Though only four lines‚ the poem delivers a punchy‚ compact narrative rife with emotion undertones. The diction initially suggests the potential for
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The speaker of the poem declares that unlike other misguided souls who choose a disciplined life‚ he prefers to be a rowdy rebel. The unfortunate choice of comparing himself and others to plants demonstrates the poet’s lack of skill in poetry composition. The poem consists of five uneven verse paragraphs‚ which regarding the subject matter makes a perverse kind of sense. That it is pretending to be a poem at all then balances the sense in the negative. First Verse Paragraph The speaker begins
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I have also been to many museums. One of my favorite museums that I love to go to multiply times is the Art museum in Denver‚ Colorado. I love to go there because it makes me want to do art right in the museum. I really love to go there because it kind of feels like home in a senses. There are also many art pieces that confuse me because they aren’t he style that I do so they are for sure going to be strange but at the same time they make me really think about what the piece is trying to get through
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people art is very important‚ to others it is nothing. To most‚ it is nice‚ but fades besides the everyday problems of physical survival‚ housing‚ food‚ money‚ children‚ etc. The value boils down to what you think you are: a meat machine or a spiritual being. For a meat machine‚ naturally anything that is not about physical survival is very secondary. The spiritual being needs more than physical product‚ but sources for development of mind and thought. There appears to be something about art that really
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