Harn Museum Visit
On April 1, 2017, I visited the Harn Museum located at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. This was my first time visiting the Harn Museum. I was impressed at how big it was and how many different rooms there were. I spent about 2 hours there looking at the art pieces and reading the plaques associated with them. It was very informative about the artists and gave some background on them. One of the first areas I walked through there was an artist named Yvonne Jacquette, who was born in America. She did a lot of aerial prints and paintings. She especially liked to paint New York City. It was interesting to see a painting of New York City at night from an aerial view and see all the vehicles on the street …show more content…
I saw many different pictures, prints, and ceramics. One showcase that was very interesting to me was set up like a timeline. It showcased mini ceramic pieces that were produced in many different countries. It showed transformations of clay from 3000 BCE to 2012. You could see the transition through time from being functional items for everyday life such as vases, plates, and bowls, to being more sculptural works of art. The more modern sculptural works of art included sculptures of a soda can, a cube, and more modern, containers glazed with color. A very unexpected exhibit was of metal cricket cages. These cages were from China and Japan. They were cages for crickets so they could go with an owner during his or her travels. This is a very different concept to our current culture, as they are viewed as pests. There were also mini prints, and religious sculptures. One very interesting and inspiring display was a rock garden. This was located outside and had large rocks set around along with some trees. Instead of grass on the ground, there was small limestone rocks raked in different circular directions. It was very interesting, but more interesting was the written explanation of it. It was designed by a landscape architectural firm. This rock garden was designed by a 21-year-old who was from the Philippines. He was diagnosed with cancer while working in Florida and designed this rock garden
On April 1, 2017, I visited the Harn Museum located at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. This was my first time visiting the Harn Museum. I was impressed at how big it was and how many different rooms there were. I spent about 2 hours there looking at the art pieces and reading the plaques associated with them. It was very informative about the artists and gave some background on them. One of the first areas I walked through there was an artist named Yvonne Jacquette, who was born in America. She did a lot of aerial prints and paintings. She especially liked to paint New York City. It was interesting to see a painting of New York City at night from an aerial view and see all the vehicles on the street …show more content…
I saw many different pictures, prints, and ceramics. One showcase that was very interesting to me was set up like a timeline. It showcased mini ceramic pieces that were produced in many different countries. It showed transformations of clay from 3000 BCE to 2012. You could see the transition through time from being functional items for everyday life such as vases, plates, and bowls, to being more sculptural works of art. The more modern sculptural works of art included sculptures of a soda can, a cube, and more modern, containers glazed with color. A very unexpected exhibit was of metal cricket cages. These cages were from China and Japan. They were cages for crickets so they could go with an owner during his or her travels. This is a very different concept to our current culture, as they are viewed as pests. There were also mini prints, and religious sculptures. One very interesting and inspiring display was a rock garden. This was located outside and had large rocks set around along with some trees. Instead of grass on the ground, there was small limestone rocks raked in different circular directions. It was very interesting, but more interesting was the written explanation of it. It was designed by a landscape architectural firm. This rock garden was designed by a 21-year-old who was from the Philippines. He was diagnosed with cancer while working in Florida and designed this rock garden