Brooklyn Museum Analysis

During my visit to the Brooklyn Museum, I found it both intriguing and informative. The layout of the exhibition was divided into about three to four sections. Each section of the museum represented a movement of the 60’s. The themes represented were segregation of blacks and whites, how they tried to gain equality and the changes they anticipated would happen in the future. The artwork throughout the exhibit was displayed in a varying gradient of black and white to colors.

A representation of Latino American culture in New York is the El Museo del Barrio. This museum has been upstanding for thirty years, depicting various forms of art. These arts come from many latino artist, who felt they were under represented in American museums. El Museo del Barrio was created to give these latino artists a space to promote and have their paintings and artworks idealized. The museum serves as a reminder of the discrimination against Latinos, as many Latino artists were ignored before the museum was constructed.

A stark contrast to the Ancient Arts of China exhibit, you walk into my favorite exhibit

Going deeper into the exhibit, there was a sarcophagus with a mummy inside in a large display case. The mummy’s head was covered with an Egyptian headpiece. These items particularly were said to be the very first that Andrew Carnegie had donated for the Egyptian exhibit. I was a little surprised at how small the body and the sarcophagus were. I learned that this was because people in Egypt at the time often did not grow to be very tall due to malnutrition. On the other side of the display, there is a kind of imitation of what an Egyptian tomb would be like. It had the sarcophagus standing up in the middle and then showed illustrations of different types of items laid out around it such as jewelry, vases, and family heirlooms that were significant to the person who died. Aside from mummifying people, the Egyptians had mummified pets too like dogs and cats. However, animals were mummified as deities rather than their way of properly putting the body at peace. Surprisingly, the display explained that dogs were actually the more popular animal over cats in Egyptian civilization. Turning to leave the exhibit, along the wall were illustrations of a line up of the Egyptian gods and goddesses. Each was depicted very differently; some with heads of different animals atop a human body. I obtained a lot of new knowledge by the time I left the exhibit. It was surprising how much information they could fit in this small room.

I chose to write about the art piece by Thomas Moran after going to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. While walking through the buildings I saw a mass of artwork that ranged from gold artifacts to paintings. I have to say that it was a lot to take in but I chose the painting by Thomas Moran called the Stranded Ship on East Hampton Beach. I liked the painting with the raging water crashing on the beach with the stranded ship in the distance. I really like the contrast of the dark waves with the white spray on the beach and white caps on the waves. It seems to tell how dangerous the waves can be but there is a lot of flow. The waves seem to be choppy but big and dangerous but I can feel the sense of movement and the wind blowing. It

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an extraordinary New York site. For me, the Egyptian exhibit is especially meaningful because it engenders personal pride in the contributions of my ancestors and challenges me to use my talents to impact society in a positive

In the Zimmerli Art Museum, I found the largest piece to be the Homage to Coco by Melvin Edwards in 1970. This piece really spoke to me as I felt it conveyed the core of figures, I felt that it described the way society takes everything for granted as the raw look of the chains and whatnot highlighted this. It reminded me of the well known “C’est ne pas un pipe”, similar to the homage to coco it emphasizes that not everything is at simple as it seems or looks the way it really is, to me this piece supported the Don’t Judge a book by its cover saying.

For example, the Dallas Holocaust Museum (DHM) purchased a train car and placed it as the entranceway into its core exhibit. As such, the train car functions as a literal entry way into understanding the Holocaust. In October 2016 the DHM announced renovation plans for the exhibit. The plans call for the continued used of the train car as a place to walk through wherein guests will exit the car “into the killing center exhibit” symbolising the transitional moment of victims towards their extermination. The hope is to physically convey deportation experiences whilst immersing visitors through active engagement with artifacts. The goal is to identify with victims and survivors on an emotional level whilst also providing material substance to

The Mapping exhibit at ASU’s art museum was founded by Mary Hood. Who is the director in the Arizona State University School of art. The idea behind the exhibit was to have Native Americans and other “indigenous” artists work alongside students at ASU. Together the groups would make limited editions prints. These prints would reflect the medium or techniques that the student uses. These mediums could be painting, weaving, beadwork, or ceramic. The term mapping, means a multiple artist printing. This reflects the fact that there is multiple people who work on each project.

The Blanton Museum of Art has multiples paintings and pieces of art that allows me to express different opinions and feelings about the art. Out of all of the pieces, Students from the Pestalozzian Academy by Francisco Jose de Goya, is the painting that I admired the most. On the other hand, Fearful Folly from Los Disparates made by Francisco Goya is a painting that I disapprove of.

For our PEX Project, we visit the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This museum is the oldest art museum in Philadelphia and is full of beautiful sculptures, paintings, and everything in between. It was very interesting to take the time to observe the employees’ approach to relay the stories, history, and meanings of the artwork to us in both an interesting and impactful way.

The Dallas Museum of Art has a wide variety of ancient and modern art from around the world. The DMA’s Asian collection has a large array of artworks that represents Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. In the DMA’s Asian collection I found two statues that were both called The Lokapala (Heavenly Guardian). The Heavenly Guardians were the first thing my eyes settled on when I entered the room where they stand on display. The way the figures were displayed as well as being able to see them up close and in person allowed me to have a greater connection with the artworks as well as a greater appreciation for the craftsmanship of the pieces more than I would have if I saw them on a screen.

Aside from the Brooklyn Museum, the only museum I had been to in the last four years would be the Met Breuer. As I was instructed to visit the Diane Arbus exhibit at the Met Breuer, I imagined the same type of scenery any museum would look like; high ceiling, large frames, and a collection of detailed and colorful work. It occurred to my surprise when instead I saw an identical collection of same sized frames, of just people, in what seemed to be black and white. As I took a deeper glance, I noticed almost none of the people photographed were smiling. It appeared that they were candid photos, yet they all looked directly at the camera. Arbus’ photos were drawn to unusual public places and scenery in black and white with some surreal contrast portraits. I noticed the raw images of peculiar people often brought focus on those who may be the outliers of their society; transgender, dwarfs, nudists, circus clowns, and even children. There were various particular themes that struck a chord with me, however, among the many images I came across during my search, I found Arbus’ portraits on transgender people provoke the most emotion and intrigue. The wide variety of each portrait as well as the ways she chose to portray them told a story of both lives and culture within her lifetime. Being particularly interested on transgender people, I was captivated with the complexities of her work and the way that she transcended so many boundaries which constantly had me question the theme she

The subject of an art work along with the technique are the first things that draw attention to it, but how the work is curated by the museum is a hidden factor with significant impact to how the piece is viewed by the audience. It would be very distracting to have a dark medieval work placed on a bright pink wall because of the color contrast. This could take away greatly from a majestic piece. On the other hand, a museum can also arrange works in a specific order and compliment works extremely well with the environment they set up the exhibit in. One example of this is seen in The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Metropolitan’s placement of the exhibit along with implementing a very solemn

Since ancient times, humanity has used art to express feelings, emotions, ideas, and much more. Also, it was used as a medium to communicate between each other. As a result, it is not surprising that we feel delighted while observing works of art. Now, there are many opportunities to go to museums, and enjoy the precious art pieces shown there. One of the museums that has a wide variety of art, is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.