visiting the best museums they had to offer. All of them inspired me in one way or another but only one of them in particular actually motivated me to continue to become a better artist. The Cartoon Art Museum‚ or CAM‚ brightly stood out among the rest because at this museum I was surrounded by the icons of my childhood that originally inspired me to pursue an art career. My passion for my work was rekindled after perusing this museum. When I heard the name “Cartoon Art Museum‚” I naturally imagined
Premium Marvel Comics Stan Lee Fantastic Four
The American Museum of Natural History: Anthropology The American Museum of Natural History has many exhibits that demonstrate many aspects of anthropology. The Museum is located on Central Park West between W81st and W77nd streets. The museum is an excellent place to open oneself to many new ideas and cultures. When looking through the museum the exhibits that are anthropological could enhance ones understanding of a culture. The museum is very big and a lot of time is needed to get the most
Premium Evolution Human Charles Darwin
| My Experience at the Oakland Museum of California | | Ma’Cherris Johnson | 3/13/2013 | | I experienced this wonderful space for the first time‚ as my fiancé [Calvin] and I chaperoned my eight year old sister [Amya] and my seven year old cousin [Ta’mari] on a Sunday afternoon. We went this first Sunday for Free First Sundays. It didn’t take very long to get tickets and start viewing everything the museum had to offer. We rode the BART from El Cerrito Del Norte (Richmond/Fremont
Premium
Read the following extract from reading 2.2 ‘Benin antiquities at the British Museum’ and look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was
Premium Benin Bronzes Imperialism Atlantic slave trade
Sir John Soane Museum Audio Tour John Soane 1753-1835 Lincoln’s Inn Fields & Exterior No.12: 1792-94‚ Soane is at peak of is career‚ born poor but married well to Elisa‚ heiress to her uncle’s great fortune after he passed. Combining Soane and Elisa’s they bought this freehold Has uninterrupted south light‚ close to coaches to high Holborn‚ 25mins walk to his work in Bank of England‚ close to theatre in Covent garden‚ and the royal academy of Somerset house Building was demolished and
Premium Mirror Rooms
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
Premium Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art Pop art
spaces remain available for the 2016 Pioneer School at Century Village Museum. Reservations should be immediately made to be assured of participation in this year’s program that begins on Monday‚ July 11‚ 2016. Continuing one of the area’s longest-standing traditions‚ the Geauga County Historical Society is pleased offer its 44th Annual Pioneer School. This program will take place on the grounds of Century Village Museum‚ in Burton‚ Ohio‚ during the week of July 11-15‚ 2016‚ mornings and early
Premium School Train Train station
Institute of Chicago Art Museum 1. For this assignment I choose to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. I choose to journey down town to see the so much talked about Vincent Van Gogh exhibit. As a waited in line I meet a student of Colombia College he told me that you do not have to pay to get in donations are welcome. I was confused and unsure what he meant. He explained to me that College students could offer a donation of one dollar or fifty cents as admission to the museum. So from the start my
Premium Art Arts English-language films
Word Count: 562 Dali Museum I visited the Salvador Museum on Wednesday March 8th‚ 2006. Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born in Catalonia‚ Spain on May 11th‚ 1904. His parents were Salvador Dali I Cusi and Felipa Domenech Ferres. His older brother‚ also named Salvador died prior to the birth of Dali. His sister Ana Maria was three years younger than him. At the age of 13 he began visiting the School of Art and his first painting was produced. It was made in 1913 called Vilabertin. Dali’s father
Premium Surrealism Modernism Art
Did you know that a very famous art work got stolen back in 1990? A famous art work in the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum was stolen the night of March 1990.The artwork that was missing was Christ in the Storm on the Sea galilee Also in 1942‚ all of the illustrious poets were missing. The Poets notebooks were unsealed. The art work in the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum got stolen‚ it only took a whole two minutes for the criminal to steal the art work. It has been missing for twenty-five years
Premium Fraud United States Enron