The best attraction on the west coast in Sarasota, Florida is The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Mr. Ringling and his wife Mable purchased the property in Sarasota back in 1911.John H. Philips designed this beautiful museum along with twenty-one galleries. The museum opened to the public in 1932, and in 1936 when Mr. Ringling passed on he left the museum to the people. The museum was the official state museum in 1980, and in 2000 the museum became a part of Florida State University. This was the first time ever visiting the museum, and I must say it was a very educational, and enjoyable experience. The museum operates daily from 10am to 5pm. In addition, the museum features years of art from Europe, Asia and America. I now look at art …show more content…
The tour began in the beautiful outdoor courtyard with fine Italian architecture which finished in 1929.Mr. Ringling purchased most of the outdoor sculptures from Italy. In addition, many of the sculptures were originally supposed to be displayed in the Ritz Carlton, but never made it there because Mr. Ringling sent Julius Boger to Italy to pick and choose those sculptures to be displayed in Mr. Ringling’s sculpture garden. As the docent tour guide Maureen continued, she pointed out the large beautiful columns and bases all along the courtyard, and asked the crowd what do we see wrong with the columns, and bases? After a brief pause Maureen responded to the question, and stated that all the bases were uneven due to short, and tall columns. When you look closely at the columns you can see the different size bases. Moreover as the tour continued outside our next sculpture to mention was The turtle fountain originally from Rome sculptured by Giacomo Della Porta in 1658.The men sculpture holding up the turtles to the fountain was very unique along with the solid base. Another fountain to mention during the sixteenth century is the fountain of oceanus by Giovanni da Bologna. The three men sculptures give this fountain a classic Renaissance look spilling down to the fountain base. Lastly, outside before going in to the …show more content…
I’ve encountered a painting by Wang Qingsong called Red, White and Frozen Peony, 2003.The painting was a chromogenic color print. The painting shows three plant sculptures with the first looking like a small rose bush with the roses made from meat/capicola ham. The second plant looking frosty frozen with a grey background, and lastly the plant sculpture looking like a white rose bush made with the white roses made from pork. This photo supports a memory of his mother. The frozen bush in the second picture serves as a part of that time of winter season. To preserve and study a creative endeavor gives the museum value of the study, and education to the people. Each time has a unique story to be told by the creativity of the art. It gives the people something to always analyze and think
The Tenement Museum doors have been open to the public since 1988. and thirteen years later, it was even awarded the "Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence." While
On Friday, October 2nd, I visited the Wittliff art collection at Texas State University. I was very excited at how much art I was going to see as I made my way to the 7th floor of the Alkek Library, which is where the Wittliff art collection is located in. Sadly, with all of the artwork that was displayed, I was having trouble deciding on which art pieces to write this critique on. However, two certain 2-D pieces caught my eye. Out of all of the displays in the art collection, I ended up choosing Keith Carter’s photograph and Kate Breakey’s painted photograph.
In many cases, in which museums wish to possess art that they cannot obtain or that they wish to make themselves, accuracy of the recreation is key. In source E, Ada Huxtable critiques the reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg. In the
The Dahlonega Gold Museum has long since been an attraction for tourists to this little mountain town. It harbors many displays of historical artifacts and interesting items that tell the story of how Dahlonega became the city it is today. From huge gold nuggets, to maps of the mines, to a document signed by the 10th president of the United States- the Gold Museum features objects that brilliantly display the charm and the history of Dahlonega. But as wonderful as the artifacts are, they can’t compare to the hospitality of the historians and volunteers who work at the Gold Museum.
The museum is fully accredited by the American Association of Museums. It opened in 1989 and has approximately 30,000 visitors annually. The museum has displayed over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and cultural objects showing its wide range of genres. It has also added a collection of large outdoor sculptures shown throughout the campus.
I pictured this small rundown room that had a small amount of artifacts to depict historic Caldwell County. When I arrived at the museum i noticed that their was a lot more to see than I had thought there would be. I found that the museum had items such as Native American spears and arrow points, maps, grants, and deeds. There was information that informed about the founding of Caldwell County. Along with this information that told me about the foundation of caldwell county, there was information that showed the establishment of Lenoir.
The mural depicts a serpent that could also be a crocodile whose head, upper jaw, and lower jaw are green. The mouth and face are red, the lips appear to be yellow, and the eye had a gray pupil with a yellow iris and light grey sclera. Protruding from the serpent’s mouth is a tongue in the shape of the pistil of a flower. From the pistil droplets resembling tadpoles are emerging.
After thinking of what this could be, it made no sense in terms of what the themes demonstrate in the painting. It was a woman sowing, whose back was facing the viewers, her hair was half up half down and you could see her dress and scarf right belong her hair
Axel Contreras Professor Mendoza English 1301 SP4 October 3, 2017 The Value of Art Art is a significant part of our everyday lives typically involving all forms of entertainment and the way in which we express ourselves. I thoroughly enjoy trying to find the meaning in many forms of art due to my lack of talent in that area, but it only allows me to have a deeper appreciation for it.
The Connection Between Art and Poems As you walk into a museum and gaze upon the artwork on the walls, have you ever wondered about the lives of the subjects within the paintings? Being inspired by an artwork is common and ekphrastic literature reflects this. Poets and writers write a response or interpretation of the artist’s thoughts. Kitagawa Utamaro, a famous artist in Japan in the 1790s for his woodblock prints of beautiful women captured a girl applying powder on her neck in the mirror. This very print inspired Cathy Song to include a poem about the girl in her award winning collection, Picture Bride.
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”. (Pablo Picasso). Art is a universal language that evokes passion, great emotion and inspiration. Throughout the centuries art has serenaded the world with its undying love to voice and express a particular point. Out of the many years’ art has existed, I find most interest in the early to mid-20th century and 21st century periods of art.
The final pieces in the exhibit will be Pollen from Hazelnut(1977) and Milkstone(1975) by the artist Wolfgang Laib. “A graduate in Medicine with a thesis on issues concerning drinking water in southern India- and thus on a matter of vast humanistic reach, involving the impact of nutrition on the individual and social body- Laib focuses his mind and devotes his existence to art as a study of life cycles and rhythms” (Codgonato). Like Lertchaiprasert, Laib’s practice is highly influenced by Eastern religions like Buddhism and Daoism. With his medical background and philosophical influences, Laib incorporates meditative rituals in his work and employs raw natural materials such as milk, pollen, beeswax, rice and marble.
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and I decided it was the perfect day to see the California Museum. I had been here before, when I was in 4th grade. Everything that I remembered about the place was completely different. It looked modernized and appealable (or maybe it doesn’t look different but my perspective has changed from age 10.)
Axel Poulsen Erste Liebe (First Love) The Danish sculptor Axel Poulsen was born in Copenhagen in 1887. After studying at the local art academy, he lived in Rome and Florence for several years. It was in Rome that he created the marble sculpture “Erste Liebe”, which made him famous overnight. When the National Gallery in Copenhagen wanted to buy the sculpture that got so much praise from critics, it had already been sold.
‘The only reason for bringing together works of art in a public place is that . . . they produce in us a kind of exalted happiness. For a moment there is a clearing in the jungle: we pass on refreshed, with our capacity for life increased and with some memory of the sky’ - Sir Kenneth Clark. Bhambore Museum is an extra ordinary place to visit with its distinct objects on display, which leaves its visitors curious to know more about it.