Kimbell Museum Experience

I had no expectations or assumptions about this museum being that I haven’t been to a museum in years. My classmate was actually the one that referred me to this museum. She said that she attended this museum when she was taking an anatomy class because it was mandatory for her to go. I actually completed this activity with my family it was my twin sister, my mom and I. At first my mother was not excited about the invitation. She tried to back out because I never gave her any information about what the museum was about; she was just willing to attend this event.

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

This exhibition showcases art from the fifteenth century and early sixteenth century with Lord of Texcoco and the Texas Fragment. These two pieces represent post-Conquest art, and how indigenous figures were represented with European influence. In the seventeenth century, Antonio Rodriguez painted The Portrait of Moctezuma as well. His representation of Moctezuma showcases traditional clothing with European influence of modeling figures. This exhibition also features Miguel Cabrera, who was trained in European techniques and styles in Mexico during the eighteenth century under the patronage of Archbishop of Mexico, Manuel Joseph Rubio y Salinas. The exhibition features various artists from the nineteenth century as well, such as Felix Parra, Leandro Izaguirre, and Juan Cordero from the Royal Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. Artists in the academy were trained in European styles of Neo-Classical forms to create their historical subjects. The purpose of the academy was to provide an outlet for legitimacy through the visual arts, and to reflect a nation's history. Often times, these paintings were political in nature, and reflected the patrons' wishes. This exhibition will link the representations of indigenous figures that appeared in Latin America through art in Mexico from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century and showcase how art

One of those negatives is that the museum is misunderstood, so they have very few visitors. This is bad because the museum cannot present their works of art to anybody. Few people know about the museum, and the people who do know think it’s boring. This is because often people have the stereotype that only traditional people can go to museums. However, by creating advertisements, and by raising money for the art curator so that they can pick art that is more interesting for the neighborhood, people will be attracted to the museum. Also, as a student, my advice is that they need to make the museum more visible because before I did not know that there was a museum in Manhattan that represented the Hispanic culture. However, now that I am doing this work about the museum I have realized that the Hispanic Society of America is very interesting and an incredible museum to know, and because of that, we have to do campaigns and field trips to make the museum more

On July 15, 2016 I visited the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in Sylacauga, AL. The atmosphere was warm, welcoming, tranquil, enlightening, and reflective. I had a few sensory experiences which were hearing because of the sound the wood floors creaking as you walked through and the fact that it was so quiet you could hear the traffic right outside, sight because of all the many different displays of artwork and displays, and smell because of the almost overwhelming odor that I couldn’t pin point. There was one woman working there but she was in the basement cleaning up from an event from the night previous. The woman gave a brief introduction and rushed back off into the basement so I didn’t get a change to get her name. My overall

One thing is the author could never truly understand my culture because she is not African american. She never had to go through things that almost every African American goes through on a daily basis. Throughout the article the author incorporated people's opinion of the museum who are part of the African american community. This way she presents opinion significant to me and my heritage. People who deeply rooted to the essay shared interesting insights. One woman whose story was in the article could reminisce the days of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his “I have a Dream” speech on the Washington mall. She wanted to introduce the pride and pain of African Americans. The author described the museum as a place where you can get culturally enriched because of all the things said in the writing. The author wanted to demonstrate who would benefit from the museum. Generations of people can come together and see their history together even if it very dark. This is one way the author The museum is a life changing experience. From seeing the casket of 14 year old Emmett Till who was lynched by a white men in mississippi in 1955. To seeing the slave trade routes and how millions of Africans were taken from their homeland. The museum is very deep there is even an exhibit that shows child size ankle cuffs. It is made clear before you enter the museum you will see heart wrenching things without it being

The first room of the museum pulled in the audience with artwork from the 20th century. Although it may seem like artwork put together at the last minute, if you look closer, you will see something entirely different. Each piece had so much detail and unique qualities, such as style and art form, that you haven't see in many other museums before. It is important to appreciate the erratic design and character of each piece of art, but after seeing the entire museum, it is easy see the monumental difference between art now, and the art of our past. Art of the past showed a lot more

The museum represents the distinct way in which many of these artist were uplifted due to the ideas set forth by Ortiz. He was able to set out to gather a community in which people would feel proud and inspired by their cultural background. The main purpose of the museum was to promote a sense of identity and give the Latino community a way to promote their culture. The museum would eventually bring together the community and inform others of their prominent role in society. Also, it would help empower the Latino community, as the museum would voice their opinions through the artworks shown. El Museo is a representation of the cultural history and the way that people were able to establish a foundation of cultural unity. The positive impact that the museum had on the community was forced upon the people as they realized how important the culture was, as the community began to crumble. El Museo served as a way to preserve the culture and enforce the voices of the Latinos for future generations. (Hackshaw,

The area of question, is in East Texas. This area in terms of Native American occupation is known as Caddo territory. The name Caddo culture refers to many aspects of the Native American populations inhabiting Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Therefore, the term “Caddo” or “Caddoan” from this point on, in this proposal, should be thought of as referring to several different populations, related dialects, - differences between ritual, architecture, and material culture (Perttula et al. 2014). Upon initial survey of the site, on the surface is a significant amount of 18th century Spanish ceramics. During the period in which the Caddo culture was occupying this space, Spanish colonias were occupying much of Texas. It would not be unexpected

I believe that the Chicana/o art isn’t being appreciate by the American society or isn’t acceptable. The Chicana/o art has been in this country for years but yet no recognitions of the art pieces in the museums. There are some exhibitions here and there but rarely at the big museums such as the Getty. The impression that the museum is leaving is that there is no room for Chicana/o art and no need to explore the cultures that they have to offer. This is sort of a reason why I didn’t feel as comfortable because there wasn’t any work that I could relate to or feel excited to see. Whereas the art exhibition that took place in East Los Angeles made me feel comfortable because I knew that the people that made the work where coming from a familiar background that I’ve grown up inn; I can relate to the art pieces they have created. I can recall that the art I’ve seen throughout my life were mainly American art pieces or European art pieces but rarely or none of Chicana/o pieces.

1040-1120. “They are undoubtedly of West Mexican origin (Vargas 1995) and can be dated according to chronology there (Hosler 1994)” (Nelson 2006:249). The copper bells found in Chaco Canyon have a significant different of the interaction directness; this might suggests that these came from many sources. The raw materials for copper bells may have existed at the American Southwest area; however, there is no evidence that native people obtained the metals and made it into objects (Nelson 2006). One thing for sure is the Toltecs are not the source of the copper bells because the copper objects were not manufactured in West Mexico until the Late Post classic, long after the fall of the Toltecs. In fact, “Because copper bells are more common in the Hohokam and Mimbres regions than in Chaco Canyon (Vargas 1995, 2001), Chacoans likely obtained the West Mexican bells through some form of indirect interaction, with people in the southern Southwest serving as intermediaries” (Nelson 2006:360). Sometimes copper bells are considered as the evidence of mercantile exchange; however, they are too infrequent in Chaco Canyon to be considered as a commodity. Similarly with the shell bracelets, they “are not usually considered Mesoamerican artifacts because they abound in the Hohokam region and evidence of their production is found within the region also” (Nelson 2006). Moreover, the Hohokam bracelets have the designs and styles very similar to the Mesoamerican motifs and seems to occur in contexts that contain other Mesoamerican objects. As result, the Chacoans might have obtained the shell bracelets through manufactured and intermediaries from the Hohokam region. One more evidence is the abundance amount of decorated bracelets is in ca. 900-1150, which is the same time with the Hohokam products appeared elsewhere most

On October 14, 2016, I attended the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Elmhurst, Illinois. The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art is a museum that shows different pieces of art made from a wide variety of rocks and minerals, making wonderful works of art to say the least. The Lizzadro Museum displayed more than two hundred pieces of gemstones art sculptures, which is cut and polished to make it pleasing to the eye. Vases, bowls, plates different Gods and Goddesses sculptures were some of the many items that was on display at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art. The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art also had an abundant amount of different artworks from around the world as well as artwork from different eras. The timeframe of these artworks ranges

I visited the National Museum of Mexican Art to find out more about the art and culture of Mexico. An interesting exhibit found in the museum is called Nuestra Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection. The exhibit displays various artworks from the 18th through the 20th century. The purpose of the exhibit is to show how the Mexican identity has been altered throughout time and different regions. After the Mexican Revolution, modern Mexican artists were significant figures who positively impacted the Mexican government and politics. Art and culture greatly shaped Mexico because it also joined people together. The visit to the museum gave me an extensive understanding of how Mexican artwork shaped its people and region. During hardships, art spread positivity throughout Mexico. The exhibit displays various Mexican artifacts, modern art, folk art, and religious art which are not only found in Mexico but in various parts of the world.

I was surprised when I saw your PowerPoint because all the pictures were from the actual Denver Museum Art. All these pieces of art you took were catching my attention and help me learned more about the Pre-Columbian Art. Therefore, your PowerPoint just made me realized that most of males and females arts are mostly nude, which I still don't understand why. In my opinion, some of the Pre-Columbian art is very interesting because is give me a hard time to figure what it was and every of their arts important to the Spanish history.

This was actually my first visit to this museum since I have gone to Kennesaw. My expectations were pretty high initially upon going, because I have heard so many things about it from my peers. Just by their opinions, and my love for art I have myself, I was actually excited about going in to take a look. I must say, I was not disappointed by any of the art work I saw in there. I really enjoyed the exhibit of work from some students from a high school around this area. It really shows that the college really supports the youth of the future and their passion for art as a whole.