Observation of Social Behavior in the national Gallery of Art

opposed to that of the National Gallery of Art. For museum websites exhibition information is the heart of the website. When navigating these links on the two sites they are notably similar. Both websites categorize their exhibition information in subcategories equally including current, upcoming, past, and traveling as categories. Each one of these categories contains information and dates about what is or was on display. They also include photographic samples of the art on display at the museum…

gallery's own agreements with the artist/s. By doing this a commercial gallery then processes sales, arranges openings and promotes the artist/s through advertising. Commercial galleries are known for making sufficient profits and hence this can impact on the types of artists that they choose to represent in future exhibitions. An artist run gallery is the third form of gallery. These forms of galleries are self funded by the artist/s who run them. The artist/s will rotate…

display of various antiquities of art and functional items like weapons and transport displayed jumbled together in glass cabinets with little or no detail as to the function or cultural value of the artefacts often misrepresenting ideas about primitive life. The primitive nature of African art attracted many artists looking for new inspiration and expression as urban modernity lost its vitality in the late 1880’s and 90’s (Wood, 2008). In adopting primitive African art as the catalysis for their expression…

within the museum, made art approachable, and shunned its former stuffy label. In saying this though a lot of the displays are of a huge scale, and of the classical academy style, especially the renaissance pieces, and these are displayed to their full potential within the Grande Louvre, as the classical design of the interior complement the pieces effortlessly, they're quite at home in such a grand interior. Another art museum of Paris is the Musée d'Orsay a national museum which opened to…

The National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 states that it is up to the Federal Government to assist the local, state, regional and private agencies and artist in developing arts in the communities in several different ways. It also states that the Federal Government is to encourage freedom of thought, imagination, and inquiry but also the material conditions facilitating the release of this creative talent. Lastly, the Act states that it is to fulfill an educational mission and…

of society has perceptions of what is normal, average, common, etc. Being straight is assumed to be the baseline for what is normal and also for social interactions. When someone strays from that, they are "different". The purpose of this study is to analysis the understanding of social constructionist view of gender/sexuality through the three piece social scenes influenced in the research, and the reading of Vance, Overall and Duggan. Compulsory heterosexuality and heteronormativity plays a crucial…

then taken great revolution from time to time. There are several Current Trends in Architectural Designs which have taken place since its launch (Anderson, 2011). Architecture is dependent on current trends. It was comparable with any other form of art, whether it is music, fashion design or painting. There is great demand for the incorporation of the latest and greatest advances in architectural design into the modern structures. Many people would want their structures to be at-per with the latest…

Writers on observation discuss about observers having insider and outsider perspectives (Riche & Tanner, 1998; Pellegrini, 1996:16), Pellegrini (1996) believe that observers should have outsider perspective, and they should divorce themselves entirely from interaction. In addition to this Wilson (1992:38) added that observers need to be appropriately responsive and yet remained detached, to avoid being drawn in and offering advice or doing anything with, or to, the subject. There are also issues…

cohesive group wherein they cease to consider their individual desires and instead respond according to group beliefs. This is done to ensure the solidity of the group. The members value this even more than their own views. Obedience Another form of social influence is obedience. Obedience occurs when an individual acts in response to an order by a person in authority whether that order goes against what they know to be right or not. This can be done to gain acceptance or to avoid punishment. Obedience…

subdued by socialization, but for some the socialization is not adequate and this causes deviance. In behavioral theory it says that we respond to incentives and negative sanctions. If one is rewarded for a negative behavior that they are likely to continue that behavior. The crime as individual choice theory takes into thought everything that could cause crime and says that if the consequences of committing a crime are more desirable that not committing the crime than a person…