Museum

In this art study, the affect of contemporary museum culture in the United States, Europe, and Egypt define the exhibition trend of “replicating the real” in terms of spatial exhibitions of historical artifacts from Egypt. In the United States, I found the Metropolitan Museum of Art presentation of the Temple of Dendur as an example of the internalized exhibition of ancient Egyptian culture in a large-scale urban environment. In a similar manner, the Louvre presents large rooms with Egyptian…

The Museum of Modern Art: Business Model Examination Report The Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art is a non-profit organization engaged in the business of acquisition and exhibition of modern art in various forms for children, adults, and other organizations. The museum was established in 1929 and is located in New York (Museum of Modern Art, 2016). Currently the museum contains, “almost 200,000 works from around the world spanning the last 150 years”, and it “includes an…

CocoAvant Chanel for Audrey Tautou. He also did some work for Sex in the City2. In May 2009, Mr. Jones staged a significant exhibition at the Victoria& Albert Museum in London, he titled it Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, the exhibition had over 100,000 visitors. Stephen also had a solo exhibition, which was called Stephen Jones, at Mode Museum in September 2010, in Antwerp. In February 2010, Mr. Jones was recognized for his achievements, when he was made a Royal Designer by The Faculty of…

Smithsonian American Art museum, it stands three stories high with impeccable architecture inside and out, withholding some of the most antique and modern works of American art. For some locals, the most iconic places in Washington, D.C are the White House, the National Mall,or the United States Capitol. However, I myself, believe the most iconic place in Washington, D.C is the galleries within every Smithsonian museum. It was there in the Smithsonian American Art Museum that I found the calling…

George C. Wolfe’s, The Colored Museum, uses the play dynamic in order to create, celebrate, and critique the African American past and future. The African American legacy is carefully dissected in an almost carefree attitude about the impacts it had on the people. The Colored Museum explores the ideas of African American. George C. Wolfe uses clever wit to say the unthinkable about a serious topic, which leaves the audience in an uncomfortable ruin. The audience is left to navigate though each…

The Dallas Sixth Flour Museum is located on Dealey Plaza, Dallas TX and examines the life, death, and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. The museum is located in the very building where Lee Harvey Oswald killed the President on November 22, 1963. The museum showcases photographs, artifacts, short videos, and other forms of display to display all sorts of information such as the intricate details behind the assassination, the culture at the current time period, and details about the life of JFK…

The Stolen Kiss – Hermitage Museum The Stolen Kiss by Jean Honore Fragonard from the State Hermitage Museum is an oil on canvas painting Museum Introduction The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia is the largest museum of arts and culture in the world and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collection consists of six buildings, five of which are open to the public, that include over three million items, with only a small portion remaining on permanent display. Among the…

her breast.” (Royal Ontario Museum, n.d.) In stark contrast to The Royal Aquaintences Memi and Sebu, the Statue of Gudea is a depiction of a Royal. Gudea was the ruler of the city-state of Lagesh from ca. 2150–2125 B.C. (The Metropolitan Museum, 2017) Gudea was a ruler that built many temples. On this statue is inscribed a list of the many temples that he has built and and the words “Gudea, the man who built the temple; may his life be long." (The Metropolitan Museum, 2017) This statue was a…

CORNING (WENY) - For the third year in a row, the Rockwell Museum in Corning, teamed up the with Alzheimers Association to host the Meet Me at the Museum program. The program is designed for those with Alzheimers Disease or dementia and their caregivers. It uses art as a form of therapy to stimulate memories and conversations. Participants take tours of specific galleries the museum educator, Mary Mix says can be a catalyst for memory triggers and nostalgic thought. " The focus of today was…

the darker spots in the painting to see all of the details. However good Ruisdael was at clouds and trees, he was better still at what he observed, rather than scenes he imagined (Lambirth, 2006). After visiting the Minnesota Institute of Art museum I concluded the lighting of the environment around…