Cloud Gate- an Analysis

“This is where you can find your soul, if you dare.” (Anderson, pg 10) This belief comes from the mind of the Melinda, the progantists, art teacher, Mr. Freeman. Art is truly a door to the mind of an individual, showing things that people aren’t able to say. It shows through images and colors what many people aren’t able to express in words, events and thoughts speaking through the medium. Art is growing as a use of therapy to heal and tell. Psychologists analyze their patients art at a psychological level, interpreting the image into words. One of the theories in art therapy, which is seen throughout “Speak”, is the idea that unconscious thoughts are expressed in an image. (Irvings)These images then can be explained rationally. Melinda’s three major art images, the half dead trees, turkey bone, and cubism represent this theory.

Cloud Gate is the first public outdoor installed in the United States and it sits on the top of AT&T plaza. It is located in the heart of downtown. This art object is one of the most famous symbol of Chicago and one of the city’s most visited tourist attractions. Kapoor was inspired by liquid mercury. Bean is a reflection of your own as you walk near it and it also captures the skyline and sky around it. It has a silver surface that makes it possible to have a reflection. It is a reflection with a beautiful skylines and clouds. He used polished stainless steel plates for the reflection. Kapoor wanted to design something that is unique for tourists. Cloud Gate’s name was given because the Bean is a passage between the viewer and the sky. He

From my observation at the Met, this sculpture is inside a medium glass and space. Also, it is by itself in the glass. It is a three-dimensional sculpture created by modeling and merging hard materials. Next to it there are other deities (Vishnu, Parvati, Ganesh etc.) and sculptors from the Chola Dynasty. The other works near it complements the sculpture as I have stated above they are from the same time period so, they are related to each other some way and

Since the beginning of time, artists have labored extensively to find innovative ways to convey sentiment, passion, and feeling. Telling stories and trying to unlock the minds of people through different avenues of artistic labors. Art touches and affects people in unique ways; it can have special or unusual meaning on the person depending on how one views it. Artists’ rendering of their art is interpreted in numerous ways by others who view it unless it is explained by the artist on its meaning giving a clear example of what they are portraying. Two people looking at the same painting, sculpture, portrait, or photo may come to different views on the arts meaning even though they are looking

Most aristocrats in New York in that era prefered the intricate styles of wrought iron gates. This design would very clearly be a show of wealth and status as that same design element employed in the construction of any gate on someone's private property which, whether consciously or otherwise, would cause those of lower classes to be turned away from using the tranquil refuge from bustling city life that is Central Park. Rather than bowing down to the power of the dollar, Olmsted and Vaux held steady on their plans to install relatively simplistic sandstone archways at the entrances to the park (Offerman 112-113). Not only did Olmsted and Vaux try to minimize the influence the opinions of the typically influential had on Central Park, but, even in situations in which the wealthy never gave input, they strived to allow for equal enjoyment of the park no matter someone's social status. In around the first ten years the park was open mostly wealthy people went to the park. The lives of the poor and the lives of the rich determined how

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The two buildings also differ in the way they interact with the city, since they have vastly differing neighbors. The main building is centered on Adams street and faces the Loop, the busiest area of the city. Flanking the main entrance are two large, bronze, lions that seem to protect the building from the city, while still allowing visitors to enter and exit the museum. The new Modern Wing, however, faces Chicago’s Millenium Park. The face of the building along the park side is a large face of windows. So, while the old building is trying to shut out the city to create a space for itself, the Modern Wing is opening itself up to let the park

I visited a lot of the monuments around Berlin and this to me was the most powerful. Its interactive nature evokes emotion allowing you to connect with the structure,

The Pasadena Museum of California Art has a beautiful exterior with an open-air staircase with moody light play from an oculus above its entrance to a three-story facility. The walls all around it are covered in complicated patterns and symbols. The building definitely stands out against all the other buildings in the area. The inside is very roomy, and filled with lots of artwork all around.

The innovative and passionate presence in both Jackson Pollock’s and Wassily Kandinsky avant-garde paintings exemplifies the redefinition of boundaries throughout their art making practices. Both artists challenged traditions both materially and conceptually using innovative and diverse approaches to materials and techniques when painting. Wassily Kandinsky goes against traditions and academies to create vivid, sensual and symbolic large-scale semi abstract expressionist oil paintings in a heightened state of mind. Many artworks of his convey bright and cheerful spontaneous colours that make the audience fully consumed within his works due to hypnotic and distorted semi realist shapes. Consequently, Jackson Pollock also goes against

Nicole utilizes a variety of themes and materials in her artworks. Her mandalas come to life on rough hemp canvases where the color gets absorbed by the thirsty texture. As the fibers need to be fed again and again, the mandala motifs arise shyly to the surface. The traditional method of making mandalas through the patient and repetitive movement of the hand dropping sand on a surface is mirrored in Nicole’s approach to constructing her mandalas, with an evident connection to meditation.

As I walked up to The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) for the first time, I was overwhelmed with amount of visitors that occupied the steps to the entrance and wondered if this visit was the best choice. I opened the front doors to the museum and stepped inside; my immediate impression of the place reminded me of my first experience at Grand Central Station. Initially, I was overwhelmed and distracted by the hustle and loud noise around me, yet at the same time, I found myself mesmerized by the architectural beauty and layout of the place.

Cloud Gate:- These is park's most popular landmark. This 110 ton elliptical polished steel sculpture by Anish kapoor. Reflections seen on these sculpture creates nice fun moments which makes you laugh.

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