Fine Art Restoration

Pre-Columbian art has many artifact, but one huge thing stood out to me. It was the stela. It a huge stone with details from all around. They were at least 10 feet long. One stela (Guatemala, Piedras Negras Maya, AD 758 Limestone) It had a craving of a ruler middle with his servant beneath him. “This monument celebrates the accession/seating of Ruler 5 of Piedras Negras” (Description). It was very detailed. Other minor thing that stood out were textiles, jewelry, mask, stone figure. One can conclude that pre columdian are very know for their stone

The history of Latin American art is far reaching from the period before colonization up to the present time. As there is only limited space at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, this exhibition will only cover a portion of Latin American art history in gallery 184. The theme of this exhibition will focus on representations of indigenous figures from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century with the title "Latin American Art: The Representations of Indigenous Figures." The exhibition will include art from Mexico, and address how indigenous figures were represented as common Indians, Indians from the Conquest, and as noble Indians. In this essay, I am going to provide the layout of the exhibition, along with curatorial texts and information about

It must have been 13 years or so since I have been to the art museum, back in elementary school, on a one of a kind field trip. 13 years is way too long to have been away from the art museum, as my experience this year reminded me that. It was a beautiful, sunny October day, although it felt like July, and it was an even better day to talk a walk through the vast, mesmerizing pieces of art that the museum has to offer. The North Carolina Museum of Art provides an abundance of artwork from various time periods, cultures, and one can find art anywhere from Egyptian, to classical, to modern and contemporary art. The artwork that the museum provides not only displays an abundance of artwork, but

Countless art has been sought-after throughout history. Explorers, scientists, art collectors, politicians, and entrepreneurs from Western nations have sought out and removed art from the lands of great civilizations, often with the assistance and participation of local people and governments. Even as cultural property faces immediate danger today in conflict zones like Syria and Mali, there is circumstantial evidence that some nations are awakening to the political and foreign policy benefits that can flow from the repatriation of cultural patrimony. While on a different scale from World War II, historic structures, religious monuments, and other priceless ancient times continue to suffer collateral damage and manipulation in armed conflict. Relics have been stolen, smuggled and sold in what is a reported multibillion dollar underground market. They have become the illicit prizes of private collectors and the subject of legal claims against museums. Of the countless museums subject to legal claims, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City happens to be one of them. “The Metropolitan Museum has acquired thousands of works and objects of art from the antiquities”. “For the past several years, the government of Turkey has warned U.S. and foreign museums (including The Metropolitan Museum of Art), that unless ancient objects from Turkish soil are given up on demand, Turkey will stop lending artworks” (The Committee for Cultural Policy, 2015). Turkey continues to up the

The “Native American Masterpieces from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection” exhibition is a selection of extraordinary Native American works of art that is drawn entirely from the New York’s Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. The collection celebrates the Native North American legacy and the artist’s attainments from culturally diverse indigenous civilizations across the North American region.

For this museum paper, I went to the Heritage of the Americas Museum at Cuyamaca College. The Heritage of the Americas Museum is a cultural and educational facility featuring the prehistoric and historic art, culture and natural history of the Americas; North, South and Central America. Even though this museum is specializes in housing early inhabitants of the Americas art and artifacts, they do posses some non-western pieces, specifically Chinese, which coincidentally became my favorite item out of all the exhibits and is what I chose to do my research on for this paper. But before I getting into one specific piece out of literally hundreds, I want to rewind back and discuss the Museum’s as a whole, and why I chose this one in particular instead

When I attend the Oklahoma Art Museum this morning, I was completely blown away by the different styles, technique, and artistic abilities that artist have. Art can come in many forms and can involve many different things. From paintings, sculptures, and abstract pieces of the modern world. Along with my visit, I got to experience a new collection of blown glass that was absolute remarkable. As I walked though the museum, it was as I walked though time and got to see how each period’s art changed throughout time. From the different shades of color to the different types of technique that filled the halls of the Oklahoma City Art Museum, each piece was genuine in its own way. I was starstruck as I witnessed Lowell Nesbitt’s Parrot Tulip, Richard Diebenkorn’s Albuquerque, and Dale Chihuly’s blown glass.

It is undeniable that Mayan art during the Classic era (from 250 AD to 900 AD) “is of a high level of aesthetic and artisanal sophistication” (Maya civilization, n.d.). Approximately between 600 AD and 800 AD, Mayan art witnessed an ever-seen era of Maya sculptures (Annequin 1978, p214) with many masterpieces containing greatly aesthetic sense. At this time, as Annequin (1978, p.215) notified “the Maya appear to have held the void in horror, and they often crammed surfaces until the impression was overwhelming” ; this inspired Mayans to produced much more things such as masks, ceremonial rods, earrings, armlets and mittens by inserting elaborately flamboyant feathers. Besides having talent in producing art of relief, Mayans also were experts in stucco at Palenque and Comalco.

Jon P Geiger is a well-known ceramic artist. His work focuses on the mysticism of the American West. Geiger often challenges the origins of the West and the spiritual and imaginary components found within. At the “Currents 2017- Perception: Color and Content” exhibition, his work “Issue 1” is currently being showed. “Issue 1” is an underglaze ceramic piece.

Let’s learn more about how the scientists and historians at Lascaux are preserving the artwork through three main sources:

Before the contemporary concept of brand, art prior to the Renaissance age was seen similar to carpentry. Artists were regarded no more than a jeweler, reflected in the contracts common in the time such as the agreement between Ghirlandaio and the Florentine Prior of the Spedale degli Innocenti. It seemed like the consumption of art before the blossoming appreciation of art was “ascetic” without actually being overtly religious; with Florence and other Italian city-states ruling financially and the Church cracking, it was logical that material goods was more favorable than the skill itself. The contract entails an exact description of what Ghirlandaio was to paint as well as an explicit description of the materials to be used and his compensation. Such a contract was incredibly common in the renaissance; the star was the ultramarine or gold rather than the signature at the bottom of the painting. Baxandall affirms the process was “made on a bespoke basis, the client [asked] for his own specifications” (Baxandall 1) similar to ready made art or furniture found in modern day society. There was little room for creating with the exact specifications

There are many reasons art should be preserved. Art should be saved from destruction of all kinds, from the regular wear and tear of time, from falling, or even terrorist groups like ISIS. Why should we preserve dumb artifacts our great great great great great great great great…. Grandpa made though? What is the point? There are many many arguments that you could make as to why we shouldn’t spend valuable money on preserving art, but there are counter arguments to everyone.

While establishing some suitable interactive programs can help people understanding the artworks easier, the gallery has established a pleasant space to showcase the Teotihuacan mural fragments overall through considerate settings and authentic

As we all know, art is the expression of human creative skill and imagination, but always this expression or imagination needs to have a beginning, a point in the artist’s life where he was inspired. Henry Moore fined his inspiration on the Mesoamerican art, which began with the Olmec culture, known as the mother culture of Mesoamerica, but talking about art history is the Mayan culture the most notable, is widely considered to have lifted Mesoamerican art and architecture to its greatest heights. In Mesoamerican sculpture we can see mostly human and animal figures with simplified curvilinear shapes, within the Mayan art we can find the sculptured stone to which Le Plongeon gave the fanciful name of Chacmool is one of a very widespread type,

of art as a finished product, signed by the artist and authenticated by the art market,