VA Art Museums Painting: Jimmie O’ Donnell Artist: Robert Henri Museum: Tuabman Date: 1924 Medium: Oil on canvas In this painting‚ I can clearly see a little boy sitting down. The boy is staring right at the painter‚ Robert Henri. The boy has a brown hat on‚ and a suit like appearance with a blazer‚ and a nice dress shirt. The boy seems to be worried at something. The background is a dark blue‚ indicating to me‚ something scary‚ and there are no forms of light. The art element that is the
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Q. Study one louis kahn building and express is principles Kimbell Art Museum Kimbell art museum at fort worth‚ texas‚ is considered the crown jewel of Louis Kahn. The brief demanded for a modern building where natural light should play a vital role and the form to be a work of art of modest scale – not overwhelming the viewer and the artwork. The museum is composed of 16 parallel vaults that are each 100 feet (30.5 m) long‚ 20 feet (6 m) high and 23 feet (7 m) wide (internal measurements)
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institution‚ the Dallas Museum of Art significantly improved its standing within the art world when it received the undeniably world-class modern and contemporary art collections of three prominent local collectors (the Hoffmans‚ the Rachofskys‚ and the Roses); the collections‚ gifted together in an unprecedented deal‚ totaled more than 900 works and with subsequent acquisitions has grown since the announcement to more than 1‚200. The Edward Larrabee Barnes-designed museum also contains impressive
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Art is portrayed in so many different views. When looking at each piece of art and its cultural background I was interested to see more. I enjoyed each piece of art and the inspiration behind it was even more eye opening to me. There is a historical perspective behind each piece of art and we as people have not taken the time to see how art was started. I have never looked at art in such a serious way until now‚ being able to see such a wide variety of art and how each piece was created was very
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The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings‚ sculptures‚ architecture‚ and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time‚ Italian‚ Spanish‚ and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea
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the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan where we explored the Gauguin‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ and John Cage exhibits. I was very surprised with the amount of people that were in attendance at the museum that afternoon; I guess when one of the most famous museums in the country gives out free tickets everyone takes advantage of it. At first I just wanted go to the specific exhibits‚ but once I started looking around I staying for another hour looking at almost everything. I always thought that art was
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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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Jessica Smith Professor Calarco How the Visual Arts Communicate 27 October 2014 In 50AD‚ the Romans were becoming more knowledgable in creating a sufficient water system that they began building aqueducts. The architecture and design‚ of what is known at the Pont Du Gard aqueduct in Rome‚ is remarkable. There are many similarities and differences between Pont Du Gard and the water system in my hometown of Charleston‚ South Carolina. Both water systems are functional in their own structural
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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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1. A piece that uses actual light as a medium. (hint: there’s a really cool one under the street connecting the two buildings.) The Light Inside‚ James Turrell‚ 1999 2. A piece that is by an Asian artist. White Porcelain Jar with Cloud and Dragon Pattern‚ Joseon Dynasty‚ 19th Century 3. A piece that is of an idealized form.(hint: the Greeks tended to do this in their sculpture) Standing Yaksi‚ Kushan Empire‚ Mathura‚ 2nd-3rd centuries 4. A piece that plays with scale. Apollo Flaying
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