De Young Descriptive Essay
The fine arts museums of San Francisco, or the “de Young” takes its name after one of the first San Franciscan journalists M.H. de young and together with the Legion of Honor comprises the Fine Arts Museums within Golden Gate Park's 1,017 acres was inaugurated in 1895, reconstructed and open in 2005 the new building is 293,000-square-foot (27,000-square-meter). Located in the park are gardens, playgrounds, lakes, picnic groves, trails, and monuments, plus an array of cultural venues. The de Young has its own magnificent presence, with its twisting copper tower, and building streaching the length of a football field, gave me the imagination of the grand architecture, vastness and complexity of the culture that I am fascinated with the Maya.
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We'll maybe not that excited, you get the idea. Reaching the part of the Americas collection and turning into the dark Mayan exhibit, I see across the room to a brightly lit carving standing over 2.5m high and 1.2m wide, 100mm thick, it is the Stela. I’m struck by its unique detail and size. Pictured sitting in the rock is the life-size deity carved in relief by removing material away from the surroundings to be displayed, like a life size cameo, a time-consuming process of chipping away by means of chisel and mallet. I would estimate one person using a chiseling technique would take 8 to 10 days. For myself using rotating and chisel pneumatic power tool about 1/3 the time. Below the stela a plaque that describes the limestone as coming from the southern Mayan lowlands once part of a large archaeological setting built in tribute to Maya political leaders and gods. Erected to commemorate major political or historical events and substantiate royal
We'll maybe not that excited, you get the idea. Reaching the part of the Americas collection and turning into the dark Mayan exhibit, I see across the room to a brightly lit carving standing over 2.5m high and 1.2m wide, 100mm thick, it is the Stela. I’m struck by its unique detail and size. Pictured sitting in the rock is the life-size deity carved in relief by removing material away from the surroundings to be displayed, like a life size cameo, a time-consuming process of chipping away by means of chisel and mallet. I would estimate one person using a chiseling technique would take 8 to 10 days. For myself using rotating and chisel pneumatic power tool about 1/3 the time. Below the stela a plaque that describes the limestone as coming from the southern Mayan lowlands once part of a large archaeological setting built in tribute to Maya political leaders and gods. Erected to commemorate major political or historical events and substantiate royal