Philadelphia Museum of Art

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…

others that made a living illustrating the lives and hardships of society. These people were artist who painted, snapped photos, and sculpted the everyday expressions and emotions of humans before and after the 1930’s, who paved the way for a new period of intense artistic experimentation (Kindig). But the question is “How did these artists include emotions in their work” which expressed the hardships of people during this time. This is one of the many lessons that was taught during my senior…

Balboa, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky film series, is a boxer from Philadelphia whose statue is, in the movie, put atop the steps of the museum in thanks for all his contributions to the city. The statue made for the movie was a full bronze casting and was to remain atop the steps of the museum—and indeed it was a popular tourist attraction, Rocky being one of the most famous movies in the world. However, the museum and the Philadelphia Art Commission lobbied for and succeeded in…

European and Irish fine art. In addition to promoting the gallery and it’s collections through exhibitions, other major functions comprise conservation, preservation, provenance research, education and assistance with investigation of the collections. This study is being carried out in cooperation with art specialists at NGI, facilitating access to their essential expertise and knowledge of cultural heritage. In order to gain an understanding of domain expert practices with respect to curation…

debate regarding the responsibilities that museums owe to society. In looking at the Association of Art Museum Directors and the Association of Art Museum Curators ethics and values there seems to be a pattern. Each association’s outlined principle reiterates their mission. Essentially, the ethics and values are being bused the method of achieving over all mission as an organization. For example, the Association of Art Museum Director’s mission statement is “advance the profession by cultivating…

In 1941, the director of Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Rene d’Harnoncourt and Fredric Douglas, an anthropologist and curator of American Indian collections established an art exhibition, Indian Art of the United States in the Museum of Modern Art. It was organized by prehistoric art, living traditions, and modern-day Indian art. The exhibit included art from prehistoric carvers in the West, Northeast Coast, and engravers in the Arctic, sculptors of the East, hunters, woodsmen, planters and…

The show titled Split Complementary shows a collection of recent works by artist Dianna Frid and Richard Rezac in conjunction with a variety of objects from the DePaul Art Museum’s permanent collection. Rezac’s work in based on sculptural pieces and drawings while Dianna Frid central focus is on mixed media. The objects in the permanent collection vary from books and photographs to historical artifacts. The exhibit explores the idea of juxtaposing the work of both artists while adding the…

Baltimore Museum of Art are both reputable venues to observe a multitude of art, the ambiance of each establishment drastically sets them apart. Both museums are located in Baltimore, Maryland and include free admission to all aspects of the building. Baltimore Museum of Art is significantly larger than the Creative Alliance, with a much larger collection of fine art pieces. The Creative Alliance was founded in 1995 and has been considered a contemporary gallery when compared to the traditional…

The Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum in Cleveland Ohio on Euclid Avenue. It was founded in 1968 by Nina Castelli Sundell and Marjorie Talalay, who started the small for-profit gallery in a former dry-cleaning store on Euclid Ave. The gallery has moved several times since then, before finally finding its way back to a location near its original one on Euclid Ave in 2012. The new building is a thirty four thousand square foot, four story tall building made of black stainless…

Rhetorical Analysis of Art therapy in Art Museums Art museums can serve as a therapeutic tool, especially for elders. Paring a museum environment with art therapy techniques can help encourage people to better themselves within a comfortable setting. Art therapy generally has the same amount of benefits as any other therapeutic practice. By partnering art observation with writing or discussion, self-awareness is experienced and encouraged. The article at hand researches the effect art therapy…