Art museum

Art museums have always been compared to older ceremonial monuments such as palaces and temples (Duncan, 1995, p. 242). Museums over the course of history have taken their architectural design ideas from the adorned designs of religious temples and palaces. This has been a long-standing practice of museums borrowing architectural forms from monumental ceremonial structures of the past (Duncan, p. 242). Museums adopted the grand embellishments of temples to show the importance of what was inside.…

In 1994, the administrators of the Milwaukee Art Museum set out to create a " majestic new entrance, a point of orientation for visitors and a redefinition of the Museum's identity through the creation of a powerful image." Up to that time, there were two buildings that made up the Milwaukee Art Museum, one, the main building that had been designed by Eeron Saarinen in 1957 in homage to the victims of the war, also another addition that was projected by the architect David Kahler in 1975 by…

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…

2) In 10-12 sentences, describe the art exhibition as a whole. Do not use the personal pronoun “I”. Identify materials and general size. Identify some of the following design elements and describe how they are used: line, shape, scale, value (light and dark), color, and texture. Not all will necessarily apply but many will. Also keep in mind the following: the balance, proportion, perspective, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, rhythm, variety, harmony, and unity. Imagine you are…

Cleveland Museum of Art, mainly because I had never been to the Art museum before. Originally, I had wanted to review the Pharaoh: King of Egypt exhibition that is visiting the museum. I have always been fascinated with Ancient Egypt history, and the website states visitors can “uncover the stories behind ancient Egypt’s legendary rulers through stunning objects from the vast Egyptian holdings of the British Museum.” Who doesn’t want to experience that? However, upon arriving to the museum, we…

The Art Museum as Ritual is an article written by Carol Duncan that questions the role and function of public museums. In this article, Duncan shows his dissatisfaction with the way museums use objects of art to come up with particular political meanings aimed at achieving a certain purpose. According to her, some nations came up with western style museums to be perceived as having desirable diplomatic or political allies. This essay summarizes the main ideas in the article by Carol Duncan,…

On September 5, 2015, I visited the University of Memphis Art Museum. The works on display were by Samuel Hester Crone. Crone was born in Tennessee and grew up in Memphis. Upon reaching adulthood, Crone moved to Munich, Germany to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Art. Upon completion of his art education, he remained in Europe in order to pursue his art career. Upon entering the exhibit, it appeared that most of the pieces were the same genre. Crone had many works which were landscape…

I went to the Phoenix Art Museum on the day of March 16th, 2016. Thankfully the museum was located in one of the nicer areas of Phoenix so I didn’t have to worry about getting stabbed as I made my way inside the building. The exterior of the building mainly consisted of visually appealing cement and steel pillars with a modern design. While I wondered around searching for an entrance into the building, I joined a small party of people who were also lost. After wandering around aimlessly for…

Established in 1941, the Norton Museum of Art holds 7,000 pieces in which features three main regions of art; American, Chinese, and European. Located in West Palm Beach Florida, this museum holds all forms of art work from paintings to sculptures to even ancient Chinese artifacts. The building was separated into three different levels each with their own unique layout to best exemplify the culture from which the artwork originated from. Starting with the first level, loud, cluttered yet…

I loved walking up to the museum, I felt excited just from seeing all the interesting landscape outside. Seeing the fountain with its unique design and it looked like it had lights so at night you could see it. I remember the front door being locked and we had to use a side entrance which I thought was kinda weird. Then once I got inside I found out an artist was making a very unique design at the entrance. He was taking books and hanging them from a frame bolted to the ceiling. Each book…