When we look at the world today, not all of us enjoy art, not many of us practice it, But no one is surprised when someone comes along from our friends or family who is deemed talented at art. This mindset, this overall acceptance than anyone can go out and learn how to do what they love. It’s a modern phenomena, full of aspiring graphic artists and cartoonists, painters and animators. We see more and more art classes each year, the world seems to want to learn how to do art, because having artistry as a hobby has become commonplace in these times. We owe a great part of this to one man, to one show, and to a thousand words of encouragement Bob Ross’s; The Joy of Painting has brought us.…
Throughout history art has been a major aspect of human civilization. Over time art has evolved and shifted from different eras and civilizations. For my report, I chose to visit the Timken Museum, in Balboa Park, where I saw the View of Volterra by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. The scene in Camille Corot’s the View of Volterra depicts a distant view of the town of Volterra. In the scene we see a lush countryside, with a man on a horse who appears to be talking to someone sitting, in the shade of a tree, besides the trail leading up to the town sitting in the background.…
On Sunday November 26th, I attended the Dina Mitrani art gallery located in Wynwood. I looked around and took many pictures during my visit. Overall, it was filled with beautiful artworks and it was a very positive experience for me. It was exactly what I expected it to be. During my visit, I came across an artwork that completely blew me away.…
Having the pleasure to enjoy the wonderful Tampa Museum of Art was the enlightening of the week. I had the opportunity to join a tour, and get the information behind each artwork. By knowing that information it gave me understanding of most of the artwork. Each portrait I observed had many views of the art. Each artist and photographer gave a different concept, and meaning behind the picture.…
A friend invited me to see the Brazilian dance troupe, Grupo Corpo, perform on the Stanford campus this afternoon. Another example of amazing bodies doing amazing things. Supreme poetry in motion. I am so grateful for all these wonderful opportunities I have to see so much theatre. I've died and gone to…
I have always had a passion for history and storytelling since I was a child and decided in seventh grade world history class that I wanted to be an archaeologist, discovering ancient cultures and uncovering their secrets. I maintained this plan, arriving at Boston University as an archaeology major but after several semesters of study realized that it wasn’t the exact path for me. I began to grow my appreciation of museums, admiring how they could ignite wonder, curiosity, and learning in myself and others. I realized this was where I felt most at home. Therefore, I decided to change my major to art history, while retaining an archaeology minor, and explore history through the lens of artist’s interpretations and ideas.…
If Only We Spoke Two Languages By Ariel Dorfman is an editorial which explains the importance of knowing two or more languages. Ariel Dorfman is a human rights activist and A professor of literature, he has written many books, and writes for the New York Times, The Washington Post, and many others which would make him a credible source. Dorfman has credentials in the area he is discussing because he is an immigrant who experienced the lack of multilingualism in America when he had to move to Manhattan for hospital treatment with no one speaking Spanish there, forcing him to never speak spanish again for 10 years. Dorfman uses his books and articles he has written to try to show and explain reasons for why America should adapt to a second language.…
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum Visit Minneapolis Institute of Arts is a fine art museum that has at least 3 000 different works of art from different parts of the world. The museum started in 1883, initially; it was, identified as Minneapolis Institute of Arts before changing to its current name. MIA is, situated on an eight acres piece of land at Whitter in Minnesota on a campus. The museum is government funded institute and does not charge an entrance fee for patrons. Researchers and scholars can photograph the different works of art without any form of restrictions as long as their purpose for the photographs academic-oriented.…
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.(John Wooden). Visiting Both beautiful museums “ The Morgan Conservatory for Papermaking” , “Zygote Press” was amazing. Definitely an experience that will always be remember. Just walking into The Morgan it just influence you to want to come up with different peice works of your own. The paper making process was actually interesting.…
Sunday, August 28th was the Brauer Museum of Art’s opening reception for two new, and extremely different, exhibitions. External Reflections- Internal Wars and True to Form: Works from Chicago Sculpture International will be displayed six days a week at the Brauer Museum of Art until December 11th. The reception was filled with elderly art lovers, art majors, and freshman looking to fill one of their seven required fifth hour credits. Being both an art major and a freshman seeking to fill her fifth hour requirements, I found the reception simultaneously mundane and intriguing at the same time. External Reflections- Internal Wars is a series of photographs taken by artist Louise Witkin-Berg in 1975.…
Being able to experience the artwork The Bedroom by Vincent van Gogh was truly incredible. A person should take the opportunity to be able to experience a visit to an art museum because it is incredible to see so many different types of artwork. A person simply can not get everything out of a piece of artwork by simply look at their phone. There are many important visual and design elements that are incorporated to this piece of artwork. Each of them have a specific role on what they achieve to the viewer.…
Philbrook Essay There is all kinds of artwork and amazing pieces that most people have never seen before. But I got the opportunity to go to and see and admire one of a kind art work, with my art appreciation class when we went to the Philbrook museum last Friday, April 7th. We got to look at the amazing architecture, sculptures, beautiful, art work, and to learn more about the museum and the history of it. When I got there my first impression of the building was that it was very beautiful and had a lot of detail. When we were at the Philbrook I learned so much about this building.…
Throughout the course of humanity, the search for a happy and content life has been a universal goal. Some people on this Earth believe that the source of this contentment can come from material goods while others find it in spending time with loved ones. No matter where it comes from, most people on this planet would find joy in living a content life. However, some people handle the concept of contentment in different ways, some individuals far more accepting of life than others. This concept is present in media of novels of all sorts, especially in The Library of Babel and Foe.…
The New Sun conference was interesting to me for a variety of reason, the most important of which was that it humanised issues that in my personal experience I have only heard in passing. It gave these issues of cultural appropriation and identity struggle a human face. It is so easy in this world to ignore harsh truths that do not directly affect your own experience, but this conference shone a light on those truths. Alethea Arnquq-Baril’s presentation her passion for storytelling through film was very interesting. As an art historian, I couldn’t help but be reminded of art historic definitions of modernity and it’s the problematic idea of primitivism that was inherent in it.…
With every language that dies we lose the appreciation for history and diversity which vital to individual and society; the understanding of human’s identity, the expression of communities’ humor, love and life; and most importantly, an enormous cultural heritage that men are responsible for. Saving a language from dying out is saving the knowledge of history and language appreciation and essential to individuals and society. Through understanding the values and benefits of language, people is able to grow and embrace the linguistic formation. The Tower of Babel. At the beginning, the whole world had one language and a common speech.…