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    Blanton Museum

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    During our visit to the Blanton Museum on Thursday we analyzed Francisco de Goya’s series of prints including La tauromaquia (1815-1816)‚ Los desastres de la guerra (1810-1820)‚ Los disparates (1815-1823) and other paintings selected to be featured in the exhibit. The first room was headed by a self portrait of Goya in Traje de luces introducing the La tauromaquia series. I was taken aback when I walked into the first exhibit room and saw the amount of detail in each of Goya’s pieces. We can only

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    Ayala Museum

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    Little did we know‚ when we were sent on a field trip to the Ayala Museum‚ what we would see there. All that we were told was that it was an "educational field trip" and something to do with Filipiniana.net’s advocacy of anything and everything Filipino. So‚ we were really in for a treat when we set foot on the fourth floor of the museum and a short film started to play the moment we stepped inside the sliding doors. "Gold of Ancestors: Crossroads of Civilization"‚ it began‚ and went on to show some

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    A Museum Trip

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    uMuseum trip 1) How have my field trip enriched my understanding of being a Singaporean? -The trip to the museum brought about an indelible experience. I understood the great history of Singapore and how our forefathers survived and fought through the World War 2. Being a Singaporean meant much more than just living a beautiful lion city‚ instead it is one with great history and commendable spirit of our forefathers that make us‚ Singaporeans proud of our country. 2) What have I learnt

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    Museum Paper

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    European art. This was a copy of a Greek bronze statue of 430 B.C. by Polykleitos. Head‚ arms and legs from knees down‚ and tree trunk are ancient. Remainder of a figure is a cast taken from a marble copy found at Delos and now in the National Museum‚ Athens. This statue is in the round and also nude‚ just as most of the other Roman statues are and shows us respect and dignity from that time. His movements especially that of his arms‚ are easy and unrestrained. A tree trunk is also portrayed

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    Henderirum Museum

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    The Henderirum Museum is creating a new exhibit that deals with psychology of the mind and how it handles life experiences. The Art pieces can show symbolic representations of how the indivual minds process everyday events to extremely traumatizing ones. The exhibit will be focus on helping people see this events in a physical medium‚ inspiring people to observe theses changes in a different perspective. This commission asks for an art piece that asks for creative work on how the human nature deals

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    Penn Museum

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    Achilles and Ajax: The death of Achilles Achilles and Ajax depicting the death of Achilles‚ a Greek black figure amphora‚ currently in the University of Pennsylvania Museum‚ originally found in Orvieto‚ Italy‚ was most likely used as a funerary vessel to be placed on a tomb. In Greek culture it was common to illustrate significant events on vessels‚ including the death of Achilles. Achilles‚ considered immortal‚ was known as the best fighter of his time and his death was a shock to everyone.

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    Museum Proposal

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    Psych 1 Museum Pieces I visited a museum in Paris online called the Louvre Museum. I chose a museum in Paris because they say it is the city of love and I would love to visit Paris one day. I came across three items that caught my attention. The first item the that caught my eye was this beautiful‚ amazing sculpture by Antonio Canova. The sculptures called "A Closer Look at Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss“. What caught my attention about this piece was a man holding a woman

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    In the podcast “Museums as White Spaces‚” Arun Venugopal discusses how racial minorities can perceive museums and galleries as unwelcoming to them. Even the residents of a city like Baltimore feel unwelcome in museums in their neighborhoods like the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA). Many of the world’s greatest museums have existed for many years; they hold long standing traditions and have striven to maintain their status as keepers of collections and public educators‚

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    The Art Museum as a Ritual

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    Art Museum as a Ritual Duncan begins her article‚ “The Art Museum as Ritual‚” by comparing art museums to religious/ceremonial spaces‚ not only in architectural design but also in their purpose. She states‚ however‚ that unlike churches or temples‚ museums are secular places where “the secular truth became the authoritative truth.” Thus‚ a separation of church and state came to be an‚ as Duncan states‚ “religion…kept its authority only for voluntary believers.” She then goes on to the differences

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