The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City is a wonderful example of how architecture affects people and social spaces. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1943 to hold the collection of non-objective paintings of Mr. Guggenheim‚ the museum would become the most controversial in New York then as well as now. Influenced by the Ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia‚ the museum is an expanding continuous spiral around a central rotunda. The interior mimics the exterior with five diminishing ramps
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Impact on Modern Architecture Ever since I was told when I was a young little league baseball player that my great-great uncle was one of the architects that worked on the Houston Astrodome‚ I have taken a liking to architecture and building designs. Growing up I visited Montreal and marveled at Olympic Stadium and the majestic buildings of Old Montreal. I remember trips to Chicago and was left breathless at the view of the Chicago city-scape high atop the Sears Tower‚ which
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Museum of Modern Art in New York Roxanne Briano The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the world’s leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museum’s outstanding collections of modern painting‚ sculpture‚ drawings‚ and prints range from Impressionisms to current movements. Moreover‚ there are exhibits of modern architecture‚ industrial design‚ sculpture
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it) scene to analyze. Slides to study for the slide id.’s. The Parthenon‚ P.87. Interior of the Pantheon‚ p91. Marin County Courthouse‚ P.98. Palace of Versailles‚ P.100. Chartre Cathedral‚ P.102. Piazza d’ Italia‚ P.105. The Guggenheim Museum‚ P.110. Pont du Gard‚ p.96. The Villa Savoye‚
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for my ethnographic essay was The Museum of Modern Art‚ commonly known as the MoMA. I traveled to the museum on Saturday‚ March 6th‚ 2017 and arrived at 3:11 pm. Surprisingly this museum was quite small at least in comparison to the grand museums I’ve visited in the past. The exhibit that I focused on was their ongoing collection gallery that displayed art from the 1880’s through the 1950’s. I chose this particular exhibit because whilst walking through the museum that this was by far the MoMA’s most
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In his preface‚ Oscar Wild dare to say that art is quite useless. "What do you mean art is useless?" was the first thing that came in my mind‚ "but art has so much meaning: it elevates our awareness of things‚ questions everything‚ contextualizes and re-contextualizes ideas‚ sharpens our appreciation for beauty‚ thought‚ and skill‚ it can define cultures‚ and is able to capture the essence and spirit of the time in which it’s made". It doesn’t have only meaning but it is useful too. It is useful
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laboratories and study rooms which are given functionality through the servant spaces (Manrique‚ 11/08/04). This concept was practiced through out most of Kahn ’s career‚ but is most notable in his ingenious designs of the Salk Institute and Kimbell Art Museum. The Salk Institute located in La Jolla California is of the most unusual nature. The building is set up into two large towers separated by a large concrete courtyard. The building is arranged in this way because one side of it faces the ocean
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The National Museum of American History opened to the public in January 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. It was the sixth Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington‚ D.C. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 by an act of Congress as an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge." By the 1850s the organization was called the U.S. National museum and housed in the first Smithsonian building. Smithsonian collections developed both as specimens and as historical
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Yasmin Martins Silva TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS ------------------------------------------------- #1: The organization chosen is the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The Mission Statement is very clear and concise: “The mission of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is to promote the understanding and appreciation of art‚ architecture‚ and other manifestations of visual culture‚ primarily of the modern and contemporary periods‚ and to collect
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Page 1 The Getty museum. J Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota on December 15‚ 1892 and died in England 1976 (age 84). In 1945 J Paul Getty purchased a home in Malibu. During his years of living there he collected historical paintings‚ statues‚ and furniture. Nine years later he then decided to open his home to the public to share the art collections‚ Greek and Roman antiques‚ 18th century furniture‚ and European paintings. After some visits he then decided in 1968 to began work
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