At the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte‚ North Carolina‚ the interactive exhibit Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers documents the Charlotte area’s evolution. Located in the North Tyron cultural district‚ an orientation point for both visitors and newcomers is provided by the museum. It tells the citys history from the perspectives of people who died in the textile strikes‚ who suffered through the Jim Crow era‚ and the viewpoint of the ones who fought for civil rights. The last section of the
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Dallas Museum of Art Report When I entered the building‚ I could feel an atmosphere that was rather calm yet lively at the same time. I decided to pick the Dallas Museum of Art because it has variety. The museum has works from various cultures and I enjoy looking at paintings more than anything else. This being my second time visiting the museum‚ I had more of a chance to enjoy all that was open to the public that I did not get to see when I first came with my fashion design class when I was a
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Joslyn Art Museum I recently took a trip to the Joslyn Art Museum and was very impressed with the art‚ mainly the paintings. I had never really been to an art museum just to look around but I found that a lot of the paintings used the techniques that we discussed in class. I will be analyzing three paintings Fallen Angels by Francois Cibot‚ Saint Francis in Prayer by El Greco and Sacred Conversation- Madonna‚ Child‚ Saints and Donor by Giovani di Niccolo Mansueti. One of the most interesting
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Derain’s Turning Road and Benton’s Haystack After visiting the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston for the first time‚ I observed many interesting works of art representing various time periods. Of all the paintings that I saw last week‚ two landscaped pieces seemed to stick out in my mind; Andre Derain’s The Turning Road and Thomas Hart Benton’s Haystack. Though these two art works are similar in subject matter‚ they clearly reflect the different styles and time periods of their artists; the abstract
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In the first museum‚ there were 11 galleries all in all including the old House of Representatives session hall that showed 2 big paintings‚ one being Juan Luna’s famous Spolarium. The 1st gallery featured the Philippines religious art from the 17th to 19th century. It contained various paintings‚ carvings and images of saints or santos. Some displays were damaged but it naturally came from its old age and is not a problem in viewing. The 2nd gallery featured the historical political events that
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Health care has always been a growing industry from discovering new illnesses and new vaccines. I will create a Health Care Hall of Fame Museum. In this museum I will have five exhibits that have changed health care‚ which include: the discovery of germs‚ vaccines‚ surgery‚ childbirth‚ and Medicare. I will give a brief description of each exhibit and their role in health care. Germs Louis Pasteur‚ born in Dole‚ a small town in eastern France had an interest in scientific subjects. In 1847‚ he received
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village during the famine‚ in the war years – 135 souls” (Kuryliw‚ p. 2). This is how Antonina Meleshchenko remembers the Holodomor‚ or the Ukrainian genocide famine. This famine took place between 1932 and 1933 in a country in Europe called Ukraine. Although many survivors wish not to remember‚ this event needs to be recognized. The Ukrainian genocide famine killed hundreds of thousands of people; this tragic incident occurred because Stalin wanted to convert the world to communism. After 250
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The perpetrators of the genocide were the Young Turks. They were progressives that motivated by Turkish nationalism. Military officers established the Young Turk Movement was against Sultan Abdul-Hamid II’s absolutist rule. The Young Turks were seeking change to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Thus‚ they overthrew the sultan’s rule when the Ottoman armies in European Turkey began to espouse them. The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)‚ formed in 1895‚ aligned itself with the Young Turks in
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The words Genocide and the Holocaust both describe a grand massacre done with the intention of exterminating an entire race or people. Genocide is more specifically the “systematic destruction of a certain people based on their race‚ religion‚ or citizenship.” (Kumar‚ 2018) This destruction can take place by isolating people‚ enforcing birth control on women‚ or trying to ‘tame a bunch of savages’. Holocaust is originally a Greek word‚ meaning‚ ‘whole burnt.’ Holocaust was first used to describe
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M Anderson 2014SPART130173007(9:30AM) 17 February 2014 DMA Museum Visit Dallas Museum of Art is located in the heart of Dallas city. This is my second visit to this museum‚ and every time I go‚ the modern architect and the simplicity of the building always fascinate me. I think the modern design of the building blends with architect of overall city that we see in downtown area. Even though the front area of the museum is not that spacious‚ I liked the landscapes of the building that is simple and
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