home to number of architectural classics. Two of these masterpieces of architecture are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Both continue the metaphor of New York being a world within a world and possess the latent fusion of form and function‚ one dependent on the other. The Metropolitan Museum is the epitome of neo-Classical style while the Guggenheim is a modernist powerhouse. Each museum serves the same purpose: displaying humanity’s greatest achievements. By comparing and contrasting
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Ding: Summer Mountains (1973.120.1)". Included in this paper is why I choose this work‚ an assessments to its subject matter and content‚ and the works value in China and western culture. I began my search at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website. I have always been a fan of Asian art‚ particularly China. For that purpose‚ I started my search in Eastern China and choose to pick a painting from a time of history that has always fascinated me‚ the 11th century. I started going through a numerous
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thighs. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ this type of figurine‚ during the late second millennium B.C. was commonly described as a fertility figure and it is possible that the hairstyle and earrings (called ear spools‚) worn by the female may have been indicative of social status (2000.) The shape of the body and it proportions are said to be possibly influenced from the site it was found‚ Las Bocas in the present state of Puebla‚ Mexico (Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000.) Both
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the afterlife and shared similar underlying ideas; nevertheless‚ their way to prepare the deceased for the next life and funeral services differed in many ways. To illustrate their practices‚ I have chosen two artifacts displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met): a coffin from Ancient Egypt and a cinerary urn from Ancient Roman’s times. Both pieces reflect different ways of treating the corpses of their deceased and prepare the dead for the journey to the afterlife which undoubtedly was a
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Fame of Great Americans is a museum located at Bronx Community College that focuses on Americans that made history‚ change American society and culture. Many students pass through this landmark without knowing the reason why is it there including me. I have always wondered why is it that this museum is located at this campus and not in another place where it could be noticeable like in the museum of Natural History‚ Grand Central‚ Central Park‚ or in the Metropolitan Museum or any other popular places
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Koen Art History: From the Early Modern to the Contemporary May 30‚ 2014 Assignment 3: Comparative Analysis of Neoclassical and Romantic Art In this essay I am comparing two works of art‚ one Neoclassical Style and the other Romantic Style. For the Neoclassical style I chose Jacques-Louis David for his artwork of‚ The Death of Socrates‚ 1787. For the Romantic style I chose William Blake for his artwork of Pity‚ ca. 1795. Both of these artists believed in the morality and creating true art‚ by
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DUCCIO – MADONNA AND CHILD This is the first time I do the museum paper‚ that’s made me have a lot of mixing feeling‚ wondering‚ excited‚ curious… Then‚ I went to the internet to make some research in art works at Metropolitan Museum. Actually‚ I’m interested in painting for one reason is I love drawing. I made about eleven oil paintings in my whole life. My life inspired me to put my emotion into the painting‚ sometime it was sad‚ sometime it was exciting. The value of all the painting is not
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world-class cultural institutions‚ and Museum Mile is a good place to start. It lays claim to one of the world ’s densest concentrations of culture. Offering a diverse cultural spectrum‚ the museums along the "mile" include The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Neue Galerie and the Museum of the City of New York. These showcase the nation ’s premier collections of works by 20th-century American and contemporary masters‚ while just across Central Park‚ the mammoth American Museum of Natural History feature larger-than-life
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Fashion Essay Art‚ Clothing‚ and Fashion; when talking about fashion it is hard not to discuss clothing; and when speaking about clothes‚ it is hard to omit the influence of art. Thus‚ these three words go hand in hand to give meaning to each other. Art‚ clothing‚ and fashion influence each other and provide basis for us to understand each one. Anyone who has ever visited an art show or art museum can easily see that art comes in various forms. Art ranges from an oil painting hanging on the wall
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ART 101 Week 5 Individual Painting Styles Resource: Appendix B Review pp. 504–518 in Ch. 20 & Ch. 21 of A World of Art View the Neoclassic piece The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques Louis David‚ on the National Gallery of Art website‚ located in Appendix B. To access the piece‚ do the following: · Type The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries into the Search This Site box. · Click The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries. View
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