Essay On Ringling Museum

The Ringling Museum is located in Sarasota, Florida consisted of the Museum of Art and the Circus Museum. Being in The Ringling museum was a good experience because it was captivating and informative about how the Ringling Brothers started their circus. It was incredible to know that this museum actually started in Sarasota, Florida which is not far from where I reside. Everyone who visits can go through both the art and circus museums, which are filled with several art pieces, photographs, and information about the circus and the Ringling Brothers.
The Circus Museum was dedicated to the Tibbals, but displayed the histories of other circuses and circus acts as well. As I entered the building there was a beautiful painting on the wall which was called “The Greatest Show on Earth.” It is a mural that was eye catching to see because it shows a variety of things activities. The mural showed the people who worked together at the Ringling Circus during the 1970s and 1980s. It also depicts what the history would consist of clowns, dancers, animal trainers, jugglers, and daredevils. The advertising was different than it would be now.
This building was designed in a Renaissance style by John H. Philips containing pieces by Rubens, Velazquez, Veronese, and Gainsborough. The museum started as a private art gallery which was later opened to the public in 1931. At the center of the courtyard is a huge replica of Michelangelo’s Statue of David made entirely of bronze which is now a symbol of Sarasota, Florida. The museum is filled with art pieces that John Ringling obtained throughout the late 1920s. One of the paintings that really caught my eye was called Circe Entertaining Odysseus because of the people who were turned into beasts interested me. The myth behind the painting is that Odysseus fell under the spell of an enchantress who turned his friends into