Lindsey Cook Professor Hampton Introduction to Art 111-003 15 October 2014 Art of the West St. Louis has one of the most breathtaking pieces of art and architecture in the world giving Missouri its name “The Show-Me State”. St. Louis is home to The Gateway Arch, and is a reflection of this country’s artistic ability and beauty. Since I have lived in St. Louis my entire life, I have become very familiar with the arch, visiting it almost every summer of my childhood. The arch is not only a visual experience
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fit me until I actually started to study it. No, I’m not art major because I can’t draw to save my life, but I found that studying it for a hobby is more relaxing than I thought it would have been. Living in New York City, I was able to go to an art museum every weekend. Look at the different paintings on the wall and feel a different emotion for each. If was funny how an 18x24 painting could make me feel so different about certain things. All a painting is and ever will be, and lines and different
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cultural events experienced: The International Civil Rights Museum and the Greensboro Historical Museum. International Civil Rights Museum. The first cultural event I attended was the International Civil Rights Museum (ICRM) located in downtown Greensboro on February One street. At this museum you relive and learn the history behind the Greensboro Four and the Civil Rights movement. It was a privilege to have experienced the museum in person. Walking through the Woolworth building where the
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The Timken Museum in Balboa Park exhibits European and American art in open, spacious galleries. The rooms are airy and bare except for the paintings or tapestries featured on each wall, and one sculpture in the center room. The lighting is mostly provided naturally through large windows and skylights, and the walls are rose-colored with a textured, triangular pattern embossed. The Dutch Room gallery features portraits and landscape paintings of, among others, the accomplished Flemish artist and
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an example for the architectural revival of Beaux-Arts Style in New York’s architecture. The Ecole des Beaux-Arts applied the term in its name, because they covered this particular style in their studies. Richard Morris Hunt combined and adopted the learned Beaux-Arts stylistic features in the Metropolitan Museum’s façade at the Fifth Avenue wing (Baker 441) and constructed it in 1880. “Hunt’s design established the character of the subsequent museum extensions along
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architecture of many galleries can be considered to be a piece of art itself. Both,the Guggenheim Museum in New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the National Gallery in London, designed by William Wilkins, are essential buildings in architectural history. Despite being stylistically
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Museum Extra Credit Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects the senses, emotions, and/or intellect. Many types of art, even if from different eras, can be not only different but also very similar. By going to a museum and learning about all the different types of art, you realize how different pieces of art can have a lot in common. I decided to visit both the Getty Villa and the Getty center museums to learn more about the
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museum was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest design and contribution to the architectural world . This museum was finished October 21 , 1959 only six months before Wright's death at the age of 91. Wright dedicated 16 years to the design and construction of the Guggenheim Museum,during which he endured constant battles with a limited budget, enforcement of strict building codes, and permits. To top it off he faced harsh criticism
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Analysis: New Bedford Whaling Museum Problem Statement The main question of the case is was it enough what Anne Brengle did over the 11 years of work for the Museum? According to the story, the question means all actions and management changes of the New Bedford Whaling museum Executive director’s style. The Executive Director Anne Brengle faces different challenges over a period of 11 years and leads this non-profit organization (The New Bedford Whaling Museum) to improvement of its condition
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--What is the impact of seeing your favorite piece of art in real life? As I entered the Field Museum, I began viewing the different artworks ahead of me. I entered “Inside Ancient Egypt Exhibition” and it was there that I noticed a beautiful statue. Right away it captured my attention. It was a statue of Isis sitting with Horus on her lap. It was called Statue of Isis Nursing Horus. I liked the subject matter. It was very feminine, but also showed what a strong woman Isis was. There were other
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