Diggs Art Appreciation- Art 100 Adam Veil November 21‚ 2014 I decided to do my museum visit essay paper on the Torpedo Factory Art Center. I chose this particular museum because it’s located in Old Town Alexandria about ten minutes from my house. So when I dropped my son off for school I hopped on the bus and went there early Friday morning. During my visit to the Torpedo Factory Art Center on November 21‚ 2014 I got to see many different forms of art and although this museum isn’t
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Art has the ability to tell a story‚ to connect with the pictures‚ and to allow people to express their imagination. Once a person looks at an artwork whether it is a drawing‚ sculpture‚ or pottery the viewer is taken to the artist’s world. This paper will discuss the description‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of a painting called Regatta at Saint-Adresse painted by the French painter Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monet designed this painting in 1867 and applied oil painting on
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interest in what the modern world can offer‚ many artists were drawn to these cities to depict and explore the marvels that they contained. However‚ some artists remained in the rural areas of Europe and some lived in more suburban areas. The Milwaukee Art Museum has a specific gallery that deals with this issue of the dichotomy of increasing modernism and continuing ruralism through the eyes of German Expressionist artists. All of the artists in this gallery were associated with a German Expressionist movement
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Marble Statue of the Diadoumenos Waqas Yaqoob Professor Vitali 12/8/2010 Art History 1 Marble statue of the Diadoumenos is a Roman statue by Polykleitos from the Flavian period‚ A.D. 69-96. Polykleitos was a Greek sculptor in bronze of the fifth and the early fourth century BC. Next to Phidias‚ Myron and Kresilas‚ he is considered the most important sculptor of Classical antiquity. He was of the school of Argos‚ a contemporary of Phidias and‚ in the opinion of the Greeks‚ his equal.
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The art museum is a place that collects and preserves very valuable and profound pieces of art created by some of the most influential artists of all time. Not everyone can understand the emotions and profound ideas that are expressed in old works of art. Only a fraction of all people can really appreciate a fine work of art and understand its true meaning. Many people that go to the art museum do not belong. They do not hold the higher level of education needed to look at a painting and see its
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ENG 270.8328 July 16‚ 2008 Auden ’s Museum of Fine Arts There are many people who cannot help but to wonder the meanings of life and everything it brings us. Some wait for meanings to come to them‚ while others seek meanings. Whether one seeks or waits he will find that meanings are influenced by myth‚ history‚ experience‚ events and proven facts. Many poets use history or myth to tell their own stories or express their own points of view on certain topics. W.H. Auden was born
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Maria Popova said this about art. “This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest‚ our solipsistic zoom-lens on life‚ and relate to the world and each other with more integrity‚ more curiosity‚ and more wholeheartedness.” Over the course‚ I look art differently and actually in enjoy it. I went to the Brooks Museum of Art to get a better feel for art. The Brooks’ collection of African Art includes wood carving‚ metal‚ textiles‚ bead-work‚ paintings‚ and books. These holdings
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MUSEUM REPORT ‘İSTANBUL MUSEUM of modern art’ ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART History of the Museum In 1987‚ the project of Istanbul Modern arose at the first International Contemporary Art Exhibition‚ namely the International Istanbul Biennial. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı‚ founder of Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts‚ impressed by the dynamism of the exhibition and proceeded to establish a modern art museum which is permanent. The Feshane‚ textile manufacturing factory
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Art up close and personal is a profound experience that is unique compared to looking at art through a textbook. Art can express emotion‚ have a political meaning‚ portray history‚ and bring people together as not only a community but a generation. Art can change a society‚ and that is one of the reasons I find art compelling. I can lose myself in one painting for hours; forgetting about the world around me. Art can be found outside‚ or inside; art is universal. However‚ after reading Duncan’s "The
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analysis for the Cinicinnati Art Museum is what gives the viewer the information to easily see what is wrong and isn’t wrong with the museum‚ while providing information on possibilities the museum can capitalize on and what threats could harm the museum. The strengths were not hard to identify. I identified six different ones‚ all self-explanatory. Free admission‚ membership purchases‚ host of traveling exhibits‚ host of special events (weddings‚ parties‚ etc.)‚ the museum is located in a popular
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