Art Museum Experience

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During my visit to the art museum I saw a lot of styles of art that I hadn’t experienced before. From glass and paintings to sculptures and photography there was quite a bit to take in. I enjoyed my trip to the Vero Beach Museum of Art much more so then I expected. Seeing all of the different pieces of art in person really seemed to intensify the experience of critiquing art in a different way than I had experienced just viewing pictures of art in class or at home. Some of the pieces really affected my mood and would grab my attention and leave me in thought for 10-15 minutes before I had felt ready to walk to the next area, it was something I hadn’t experienced and didn’t expect to experience when originally taking this course.
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The piece I disliked was Early Winter by Ernest Lawson it’s an oil on canvas painting that’s 22 ½ x 37 inches. This piece was the only one I saw during my visit to the art museum that I actually felt I disliked. It doesn’t seem like the picture is meant to portray sadness, but the colors are very greyed and overall it’s just the opposite of the previous piece I chose. This picture is of the winter and the colors used portray that quite well. It’s very greyed and cold feeling and while still having a lot of colors doesn’t really give off feelings of warmth. This picture had a profound effect on my mood and even made me feel very melancholy while I observed it. There are no signs of life in the photo even the trees are dying and I felt this was representative of the way the artist might have felt while painting this piece. While viewing this piece I felt like I could imagine the artist sitting on a hillside during the early winter looking over this lake and painting this piece in the cold and feeling …show more content…
Throughout the semester we learned all of the concepts and styles and techniques behind the art, but I didn’t really have a connection and feel very enticed with art until I took this trip and experienced great art by myself and in person and not just in a class looking at pictures. I think this course and even more so the time I spent at the museum really helped open my eyes and mind to all the art in the world and reading into the message behind the artwork and learning about the feelings of the artists. I’m happy that I took this course and I’m especially happy that this outside activity was an important part of the course because it certainly had a very strong impact on my experience in the course and my overall experience with art thus far in my

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