Glenbow Museum

Collection on Display The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), located in the center of Manhattan, has positioned itself as a museum of international significance. Reflect of that is its mission to collect, preserve, study and exhibit art of high level in order to give its visitors, which are mainly tourists, both foreign and domestic, a general understanding of what is universal high culture. With this purpose in mind, the Met dedicates the first and second floor of its separated, renovated and…

Figge Art Museum Who would have thought that I, who had neither exposure to nor much interest in art, would have been so captivated by what I experienced during my visit to the Figge Museum. I grew up in Davenport and currently live outside the Quad Cities area and yet I was unaware of the impressive art museum that is in Davenport. I was excited to visit this museum and to see what I had been missing out on all of my life. When I approached the building, its contemporary architectural…

feelings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City is one of the finest places to learn about history through art and delight one’s eyes with precious artworks. Every piece of art possesses value and history within itself, but it is rather amazing to see some ancient pieces that resemble current objects with symbolism in certain cultures around the world. The String of 12 Eyed Beads, is an ancient piece of art, the object can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in gallery…

The museum in Atlanta is a much known museum it’s known for its art inside it and for how big it is also how long it is standing. I couldn’t visit a museum but I am sure going to talk to you about this fantastic museum I searched up on. This museum is amazing by just looking at it you’re going to want to read more about it and find many things about it also this museum is the most biggest in the whole world. What I am going to talk to you is about the history there is in this museum and the art…

In New York museums are buildings whose histories are tied into the fabric of the city. While some buildings of a different program might slide under the radar, a new museum could not be commissioned in the city without fanfare or skepticism or protest. The controversy can be credited to the fact that even in our contemporary time critics, architects, artists, and the sponsoring agents, and even the public all have different expectations on what a museum should be. It has been a challenge to…

the city of New York, there stands an iconic art museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Built in 1959, the museum flares as an expression of modern artistic construction. The museum permanently houses “world-famous collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artworks, as well as some of the greatest 20th-century paintings by famous painters from all over the world” . The museum was named after the philanthropist, Solomon R.…

Art is based on influences and creative works, having the ability to visualize outside influences while manipulating them in the artist’s own imagination is truly stunning. Henri Matisse along with Pablo Picasso are few of many that could use that outside “influence” and depict it in a beautiful and subtle way. African sculptures and tribal masks caused a vast effect on both artists, and so each artist adopted the use of this non-Western art form in different ways. African art was introduced to…

When it comes to an artist’s best work there always seem to be heavy debates. This seems fair enough, seeing as everyone is entitled to an opinion -whether or not he or she has founded it by logical reason. Fans either: like their new stuff, their old stuff, or they only seem to enjoy the rare gems that they like to believe no one else knows about. As history tends to repeat itself, anyone who has ever been apart of a “scene” or “club” or “clique” knows this to be true, and has most likely…

“Entrance to the Subway” is an oil painting on canvas, by Mark Rothko, an American painter of Russian-Jewish descent. This painting is part of series of street scenes and subway pictures made in the 1930’s by Mark Rothko (National Gallery of Art). This painting serves as an example of depression-era paintings, a time of poverty and unemployment. The main purpose of this painting is to portray the loneliness of city life. The youngest of four children Mark Rothko was born Marcus Yakovlevich…

A Painting with Many Stories The Railway painted by Edouard Manet is a painting of many stories. This painting without knowing the actual story behind it makes the viewers make up a story. Some would say the painting lacks many details due to it being an oil painting and not an acrylic. Even if the painting may lack some details it still has many eye-catching features. These features draw the viewers in slowly by revealing different parts of the painting. The background is there to support the…