! Analysis of ‘Getty Tomb’ by Frank Stella! Walking through the galleries at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)‚ it was difficult to choose just one piece of art to analyze. However there was one particularly intriguing yet minimalist piece that stood apart from the rest. The piece was called Getty Tomb‚ by Frank Stella. It was an abstract; nonfigurative square canvas that was methodically covered with a series of flat unmodulated black rectangular bars‚ separated by thin white lines. After
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underground world of art which contains forgery and deceit. This is discussed in the article Art and The Truth: The Getty Kouros and Provenance. This article goes into the world of forged art and illegally exported pieces of art from their original countries‚ and it does quite a good job of telling the story. The article’s first main issue discussed in the article is about The Getty Kouros‚ a life-size marble statue go a male figure standing nude‚ and whether or not the piece is fake‚ or even stolen
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Last Sunday‚ we paid a visit to the Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. It is three stories high and each floor has its theme. The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge holds a world-class collections of art and artefacts from all over the world. Objects ranging from stone tools and pots to sculptures and paintings represent cultures and histories over millennia. Great recent and contemporary works reflect the diversity of peoples worldwide‚ and the resilience of
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Outliers: The Story of Success is an informative book by Malcolm Gladwell dealing with the topic of human success. The book talks about outliers or “men and women who do things that are out of the ordinary.” by Malcolm Gladwell. In Gladwell’s book‚ he mentions that most humans believe that the successful people in the world are “self-made” but that isn’t completely true. The overall theme of the book is that successful human beings don’t rise up from nothing. There are many factors that play into
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I attended the art museum at the Getty Center built on the mountain sides of north Los Angeles. While attending the Getty I chose to photograph the ’Madonna and Child’ along with ’Flowers Still Life’ and my textbook object was the Galatea. My first museum object the Madonna and Child was created by Luca Della Robbia in Florence‚ Italy during the mid 1400’s.It’s a picture that displays Madonna in a blue robe‚ sitting down‚ holding what seems to be her naked child and alongside is a person unknown
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“...If you work hard enough and assert yourself‚ and use your mind and imagination‚ you can shape the world to your desires.” In the book ’outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell States that there is no such thing as a self made person. That if you succeed in life it depends on who you are and where you came from. I disagree with this statement for the reason that‚ although this may be occasionally correct‚ mostly it isn’t true . There are many people who have created success for themselves and
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Digital (in) Museums The project is structured as a subjective analysis over the “state of the art” of digital applications in museums and exhibition. First‚ it will investigate the concept of adding value‚ though digital supports‚ to traditional observations of artworks. In a
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX Mr. XXXXX English 84 February 1‚ 2013 One of the Major Causes of Obesity Mark Bittman’s article “Coke Blinks” discusses how the famous soda company‚ Coca-Cola‚ recently released a video where it addresses the growing problem in our nation of obesity. In the video Coca-Cola attempts to claim that it is not their fault people are obese; it’s the consumers fault because the company offers low calorie beverages and now has smaller proportioned drinks. They are basically saying that
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Song for this part: Adam’s song - Blink-182 “So this is my place” Trace says when he closes the front door carefully. I stare back and forth at the small apartment. It’s empty it has barely any furniture. Trace doesn’t say anything he is balancing on his heels back and forth. He withdraws before saying anything. “Are we going to start?” I ask him. For the first time I am the one helping someone with the homework’s. Trace needed help with the chemistry homework. My eyes glances over the boxes in
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than others. These "outliers‚" as he calls them‚ are commonly thought to possess some sort of talent and intelligence far above a normal average person‚ but he also looks at this popular belief by looking at the background of some famous outliers. Gladwell begins his research in a small town of Roseto‚ Pennsylvania. The town is known for having a remarkably low rate of heart disease among its residents. After eliminating possible causes such as diet‚ genetics and other factors‚ researchers state that
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