Whitney Museum of American Art

Displaying the artwork appropriately is also of utmost importance when planning a museum. The order in which pieces are displayed affects the flow of the visitor’s experience. Appropriate height for each piece requires consideration. Additionally, the ambiance and size of the room also hold specific requirements in a museum setting. The Louvre established standards in all of the above mentioned areas. When designing the Met, architects took these aspects into consideration in attempts to…

When I set out to the Metropolitan Museum in New York I did not expect to have as much fun as I did, nor did I expect to be there for over six hours. The Metropolitan has a vast collection and some of the most unique artifacts I can ever remember seeing at a museum. From the Greek and Roman art, to the sarcophaguses from Roman and Egyptian lands, it even has a reconstructed pyramid, and I didn't even get to experience more than half of the artifacts. One enormous piece that caught my attention,…

masterpieces of art, I was really thrilled to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cool weather and no traffic condition made my steps on wings, encouraging me as if I can enjoy and interpret the great art works without getting lost which I was a few months ago. Facing the huge Doric columns of the entrance, I confidently took steps inside the museum to see Bernini’s Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children in person. On the way to find Bacchanal, I was able to pass by some of different art works…

This week I had the opportunity of going to “The Metropolitan Museum of Art” and interact with different type of paintings and sculptures, but in this paper, I will be talking about the environment of the museum and also about one specific painting that I picked from the “European Paintings 1250-1800” section. To start off the museum was absolutely beautiful starting from the environment that surrounded me to the paintings and sculptures themselves. It had thousands of paintings, some sculptures…

the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are many famous paintings located in this art museum but I will only be discussing one of them. There are various forms of art that are exhibited in this museum such as sculptures, paintings, and weapons. All of the items are covered in some pattern or design that really brings them to life. After examining all the types of artwork that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has to offer, it lead me to believe that they are full of rich works of art and sculptures…

With all the museums and galleries to choose from, I chose, The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Museum of Modern Art. They have totally different designs in the way of navigation. The Art Gallery of Ontario has a navigation bar at the top which is quite standard these days for website design. The museum of Modern Art has a unique way of designing their website homepage as it has a navigation at the bottom of the website. With that said, The Art Gallery of Ontario has their main navigation easy…

When I went to the Denver Art museum, I wittiness many wonderful and fascinating art pieces, but the two that really took my eye was the Lotus crate by Zhang Daqian in 1963 and the Dutch created by Maria van Oosterwijck in 1670s. But what’s more fascinating is there life stories. Maria van Oosterwijck was born in South Holland, Netherlands August 20, 1630 and died November 12, 1693. She was the daughter of mother and father, Jacobus van Oosterwijck and Adriana van Linschoten. Her father was a…

Bast and Sekhmet Bast was a goddess in Ancient Egypt. She was worshipped as part of the Ancient Egyptian religion. She was a major goddess. She was the patron goddess of cats, protection against contagious diseases and evil spirits, love, and family. She is also closely linked with Sekhmet and they are sometimes considered to be two sides of the same coin, so to speak. Sekhmet was also a major goddess. She was the goddess of fire, war, vengeance and medicine, and she was often depicted as a…

I chose to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my mother because it is one of the largest museums of the world and one of New York’s most visited attractions. It’s famous for its exhibitions and art collections. It’s so huge that a person could spend a whole week exploring the galleries. In order to get to the Metropolitan Museum first we took the 10 number bus to Journal Square via JFK Boulevard. Then we took the World Trade Center train form Journal Square path station to WTC station in…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an incredible place filled with vast amounts of artworks that will fascinate and ensnare the attention of all who visit. In just a visit one could walk through history by viewing the breathtaking artworks from all throughout time as well as different regions of the world. Walking through the museum and stumbling in front of a painting in there was an image that was so transfixing amongst so many awe-inspiring art around. This painting happened to be Joan of Arc,…