Thuy Truong – 02390838 Professor Doyle ARTH 103 November 17, 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy One day when I was wandering around Bowers Museum, I came across nine oversized paintings shown in an exhibition made entirely by one extraordinary 69-year-old Buddhist monk in Nepal named Shashi Dhoj Tulachan, a second generation thangka artist living. The practice of thangka art has been around for centuries and is carried out by highly trained monks for the purpose of teaching about Buddha and the tenets
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Museum Assignment In the following paper I will compare and contrast, as well as describe in detail two works of art from the ancient Egyptian eras. Visiting the museum at The University of Pennsylvania I decided to choose what was called, “Statue of a Man,” which derived sometime between the years of 80-50 BCE. The work of Art that I chose in the textbook to compare against “Statue of a Man,” is “The Colossal Figure of Akhenaten” which was founded somewhere between the years of 1353 and 1336 BCE
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Britney Gorman Danielle Susalla Art 110 Spring 2013 Visual Analysis of Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” Vincent van Gogh is a very prominent painter from the 1800’s. He created some of the most memorable paintings still to this day. On May 8, 1889, van Gogh admitted himself to an asylum in France called Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint Remy, after he had been hospitalized multiple times for self-injury. The asylum was surrounded with gardens and nature became the main focus in his paintings. It was
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` Judge, Stephanie Art 100 Museum Essay and Online Museum Essay Bibliography: "William-Adolphe Bouguereau Biography." Bouguereau Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. <http://www.bouguereau.org/biography.html>. "MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister." MFAH | Top 100 Highlights | #1 - The Elder Sister. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. <http://www.mfah.org/art/100-highlights/Elder-Sister-Bouguereau/>. Online Museum Essay William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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Museum Paper In this week’s class, we all made a visit to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Actually, this was my first time to take a tour to a museum in U.S. Museum is a place worth visiting, and it really was a better experience for me. I saw so many artworks in this big museum. Now, I select three of these artworks to share with you. They completely shocked me and gave a deep expression at first sight. First of all, I want to show my favorite one to you. It is called “bridge”, and it was
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The Holocaust Museum Houston located at 5401 Caroline Street Houston, Texas 77004 is a 27,000 square foot facility dedicated to honoring the memory of the more than 12 million people who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazi regime in the Holocaust during the Second World War. In addition to serving as a memorial, Holocaust Museum Houston also serves to educate people on the dangers of evil and prejudice, as their motto and slogan is “Stop hate. Starting here.” Using the lesson of the Holocaust
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The Museum Project The museum I visited was The Mitchell Gallery of St. Johns College in Annapolis. The first piece of art work I focused on was The King of Nails by Gideon Bok. The second piece I noticed was Lear and Cordelia by John Raphael Smith. The “beautiful” artwork is The King of Nails by Gideon Bok. The oil painting consist of many different colors which all add great highlight to the room. It is of a clustered apartment or a studio of some sort. The painting portrays a panoramic view
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de Madrid Matt (The Prado National Museum): The Prado National Museum is a museum located in central Madrid. This museum is special, as it features one of the world’s finest collections of European art. This collection is from the 12th century, all the way up to the 19th century. This collection of art is based on the Spanish Royal Collection, which is without a doubt, the best Spanish collection of art. This museum was originally founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture; however, it
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Introduction Context The Museum contains over 2,700 specimens (or "pots"), which display diseased human tissue at the macroscopic level. Specimens are obtained both from organs removed surgically and from tissue obtained at autopsy, where the natural history of disease is in full view. User research Museum of Human Disease 的观众除了UNSW医学院的专业学生以外，最主要的观众群体就是中小学生。但是与医学学生以专业为导向的情况不同，博物馆往往难以满足青少年的心理诉求。这主要是由于青少年正处在从童年向成年人发展的过渡阶段所导致的。Hughes 指出，青少年是一个不太愿意参观博物馆的群体。首先，青少年在这个时期对于自己生活和学校以外的世界不太关注。因此他们往往会
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Lets consider the role of museums nowadays. Museum it is the place where we learn about the past, about the art and about people who lived in the past. In my view, the role of museums nowadays is the same what it always was always - to give us information about the past. It is often said that museums have become less popular, because everybody has internet at home and that means that we can easily find the information that we need without leaving our place. Moreover to get the information
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Brooks Art Museum is my selected virtual museum, and this museum presents itself as a major reflection of change in society. The Memphis Brooks Art Museum can be researched using the website http://www.brooksmuseum.org. It is located at 1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38104. The hours of operation for the museum are as follows: Monday &Tuesday: Closed, Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Thursday 10a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday: 10 a.m. – 4p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 5p.m, Sunday 11 a.m.- 5p.m. .The museum is closed
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The Tenement Museum The Tenement Museum is prestigious for its fine architecture and history that continues to relive itself. The tours of the museum show the lives of the people who once lived inside the tenements. The tours educate the visitors on historical events and display a museum unlike any other. The following essay will incorporate my experience at the museum along with the stories of the families that once dwelled in these tenements and lived during a time of economic struggle. In
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State Hospital Museum of Mental Health. The OSH Museum, as it will be referred to henceforth, was established in 2012. It aims to create an open environment for the education and enlightenment of the institution history and, more importantly, mental health. Currently, the OSH Museum is operating on, and updating, a five year strategic plan. Part of this plan is to more accurately, and with greater detail, report financial ongoings of the museum. Compare to at least 3 other museums in Oregon-financial
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Earned Revenue *Earned revenue* is *revenue* created by the business operations of the facility. Sources that contribute to museums’ earned revenue include admissions, gift shops, food and beverage sales, memberships, facility rentals, and fees for research services. Essentially, any product or service that is offered by the museum and generates income is considered earned income. *Unearned revenue* is money that is not generated by the business operations of the facility, but is provided
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Should Museums Like the “RA RODDA Museum of Pathology” Exist? Discussed in the wrong context the idea of having human remains, amputations and specimens on display for others to view sounds, not only wrong, but inhumane. So when people discover that there are museums all around the world that are devoted to this purpose they are often shocked and repulsed. But what they don’t know is that these museums of science are the reason for many of the world’s illnesses and diseases being cured. Pathology
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Jujia Li Prof Harris HUM 1020 Museum Project Nov.12.2014 The National Museum of American History During this fall term.I went to the The National Museum of American History. It was a pleasure to having a chance to visit this Historical museum.Inside The National Museum of American History,I saw collects, preserves and displays the heritage of the united states in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. Among the items
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Trip to Holocaust Museum My trip to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education center was not only emotional but also impacting. As I walked around the building looking at all the different artifacts and documents of the Holocaust, it felt as if I was transported back to 1944 during the time of the second World War. I could feel the sadness of the victims of this murderous time as I stepped into the rail car. With only eight people inside the car at the time, I could already feel tight and uncomfortable
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Jack O'Brien ID Number: 8190917 Ruth Burdekin Tuesday 9 am Toitu Otago Settlers Museum Report An assignment for BSNS105 Page 2 of 8 Jack O'Brien ID Number: 8190917 Executive summary: The purpose of this report was to critically evaluate the layout and customer flow of the recently redeveloped Toitu Otago Settlers Museum for the CEO of the Brooklyn Museum. I found that the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum had used all four types of facilities layout effectively to achieve the organisational
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Jessica Araujo W24-35-3707 Museum Experience One of the coolest things about this museum is the landscape artwork. From the white intertwining tree trunk looking sculpture, to the huge marble ball outside the doors of the FIU Frost Art Museum it blew my mind. Since I am not used to a University setting, I forgot how schools take pride in their landscape. The real journey starts inside. The minute the walk in you are exposed to a lot of light and greeted by a nice lady in the front. I preceded
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Description: Upon my visit to The Denver Art Museum I visited the exhibition ‘Focus: Earth and Fire’ which seemed to center nature and its various characteristics. Within this exhibition there was an assortment of styles, with many of the pieces having an abstract quality with bright hues of fiery reds, oranges, and yellows yet others containing realistic greens, blues, and browns. A handful of the artworks were produced by different, more contemporary artists whereas the larger part of the compositions
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Prostitution may be the world's oldest profession, and laws prohibiting prostitution may well be the oldest example of government regulation and government sex discrimination. In a free society, however, all such laws are inappropriate because they violate the basic rights and liberties of the individuals involved. Recent research indicates that “over one million women in the United States earn their living by full-time prostitution. Furthermore, roughly one in every six American men has been a willing
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TAN NGUYEN ART 150, Ceramics 1 Due 10/15/14 AMOCA POMONA MUSEUM AMOCA Pomona Museum, The largest Ceramics-only museum in the United States. Established in 2001 and opened in 2004, AMOCA is one of the few museums in the United States devoted exclusively to ceramic art and historic innovations in ceramic technology. It is located in an area abounding with ceramic history and internationally recognized clay artists from the Arts and Crafts Movement, the 60′s Clay Revolution and the current Studio Pottery
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I firmly believe that the point of visiting a museum is to educate one on how things once were in the past through its display of artifacts, exhibits, art, cultural objects, etc. Its purpose is to let you imagine what it was like during a time you were not apart of or, in some cases, allow you to look back at a time you were apart of when you were very young. The African-American Museum of Long Island did a great job at presenting some of the many African-American contributions to society. In addition
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Brooke Payson 10/27/13 Danforth Art Museum Photograph Essay For many, abandoned buildings hold keys to the past. They are places frozen in time- authentic, eerie, and intriguing all in the same. Photographer and mixed media artist Samuel Quinn is one willing to break laws and trespass property in order to explore and capture these deserted wonders. In 2008, while in the South Shore driving his friend home, Quinn passed an eye-catching abandoned white house that stood lifeless in between two
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the International Council of Museum (ICOM) Statutes, adopted during the 21st General Conference in Vienna, Austria, in 2007: ‘A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.’ Obviously it is vital that the national museums and galleries, set up over
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Name HUM112 World Cultures II Professor: Sonja Sheffield March 16, 2013 On March 15, 2013 I went to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art with my youngest son, Ethan (4 years old). As we approached the museum Ethan, as well as me, became very excited when we saw all the chalk art work that was on the walkway leading up to the doors. The museum had had a chalk fest the day before that allowed hundreds of kids to make their own masterpieces in front of the
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Shawn Callaway DBM 380 Database Environment Paper James O’Brien February 16, 2015 Museum Analysis The database for the art museum would be a very simple one that is not too hard to manage or maintain. There are not too many moving parts to complicate the data. When creating this database it is very important to give each piece of artwork a unique identification number. With each piece of art there needs to also be the artist and locations where the art is displayed or stored. With the tracking
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The man Joseph H. Hirshhorn, a Latvian immigrant from a family of 13 and a widowed mother, established the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. His passion for collecting art started at the age of 18. This love affair could be fed only because Mr. Hirshhorn became a successful businessperson. At the age of thirteen, he started a newspaper route, and then a few years later accepted a job on Wall Street in New York. After saving up $225, at the age of sixteen
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Count: 1283 Salvador Dali Museum The Salvador Dali museum was founded by Dali’s leading collectors, Reynolds and Eleanor Morse. They were not only friends of Dali but also private collectors of his work. The couple stored the collection in their home for a long period of time, the even agreed to loan two hundred pieces to a “New York Dali retrospective” before finally deciding to give the collection a permanent home. Dali encouraged the couple to build a museum in New York, although they thought
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May 17,2015 The Museum of Tolerance In doing this project, I actually went with a two classmates. We all decided to go to the Museum of Tolerance on Sunday May 17,2015. When you first pulled up into the parking lot the security was really strict, he told us to open our trunk and told us that there was no food nor drinks allowed into the museum. I wasn't very shock on how strict they were because I had been there once and that other times I came they actually didn't even allow us to bring
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