For this part of the assignment I decided to visit the Philadelphia Art Museum. Being that this was my first time to ever visit the museum I had such an amazing time exploring the arts. The Philadelphia art museum main building consists of three main floors, the ground floor where we have the Prints, drawings and Photographs, Modern and Contemporary Art and South Asian Art and other services such as the dining hall area, the cafeteria, education classrooms, committee room, Auditorium, Main Museum store and many others. The museum’s main building offers a “walk through time” as I encounter over 2,000 years of exceptional art and creativity. As I walk through the varieties of displays and pieces of art I was taken away by each and every one
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Each gallery is a series of interconnected rooms with largely uninterrupted wall spaces. Most of the paintings were hung against the walls with indirect lighting from skylights or roof lanterns. Transitioning from room to room was no problem.
One of my favorite sections of the museum was the Japan Art (Designing Japan) and Chinese section. These sections consisted of statues, landscapes and very few paintings. This section of the museum made me feel like I was literally in another country, which I believe is the main purpose of the exhibition. The exhibition felt and look so real, it literally made me appreciate and acknowledge the Japanese culture. Another of my favorite section was the Mexican Modernism 1910-1950. This section included paintings and small statues that were displayed against the wall. The small statues were inside a clear glass stand for protection. There was one statue that grabs my attention the statue of a “Mother with a child on her back”. The statue demonstrated a mother, perhaps on her way to the market carrying a child nestled against her back inside a traditional shawl. The statue was carved in 1933 by Mexican artist Mardonio Magana. This section included famous painter like Frida Kahlo, Zapata, Angel Zarraga and Roberto Montenegro. During my visitation this room/ gallery display was the most fullest of all. As I walk around each piece of art I realized this exhibition was one of the most popular
Each gallery is a series of interconnected rooms with largely uninterrupted wall spaces. Most of the paintings were hung against the walls with indirect lighting from skylights or roof lanterns. Transitioning from room to room was no problem.
One of my favorite sections of the museum was the Japan Art (Designing Japan) and Chinese section. These sections consisted of statues, landscapes and very few paintings. This section of the museum made me feel like I was literally in another country, which I believe is the main purpose of the exhibition. The exhibition felt and look so real, it literally made me appreciate and acknowledge the Japanese culture. Another of my favorite section was the Mexican Modernism 1910-1950. This section included paintings and small statues that were displayed against the wall. The small statues were inside a clear glass stand for protection. There was one statue that grabs my attention the statue of a “Mother with a child on her back”. The statue demonstrated a mother, perhaps on her way to the market carrying a child nestled against her back inside a traditional shawl. The statue was carved in 1933 by Mexican artist Mardonio Magana. This section included famous painter like Frida Kahlo, Zapata, Angel Zarraga and Roberto Montenegro. During my visitation this room/ gallery display was the most fullest of all. As I walk around each piece of art I realized this exhibition was one of the most popular