The American Museum Summary

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

Douglas Crimp begins his essay by delivering a story about a librarian, Julia Van Haaftan and how she was interested in the photography organization at the Art and Architecture Division of the New York Public Library. In addition, Crimp delivers his most enlightening and meaningful point by explaining how Julia Van Haaftan is also now a “director of the Photographic Collections Documentation Project”. She discovered several lost books and photographs, which she researched, re-categorizing, and placed them under the photography or art category in the photographic collection. I found this section of the essay entertaining because it demonstrates that the history books can get lost

On September 2nd I took a trip to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory in Atlanta. The museum included many art exhibits from ancient cultures around the world. Including pieces from South America, Greece, and Egypt with larger exhibits as well as African and Asian cultures with smaller exhibits.

Over the weekend, I took the time to explore two museums. The first museum I visited was the D.I.A , also known as the Detroit Institute of Arts. The D.I.A was a very beautiful, multicultural, and unique place. I also took the time to visit and explore the Charles H. Wright Museum of Detroit. Luckily, these museums weren’t too far from each other they were roughly 5-7 minutes apart. The Charles H. Wright Museum was also very beautiful, it was more appealing to me because it is a museum that exhibits and highlights the history of the African American culture. The Charles H. Wright museum also happens to be the largest African American museum in the world.

Leila Aboulela writes “The Museum” in a way that can make the reader feel like they are connected and present with the characters. Held in a prestigious university in Scotland, the University of Aberdeen, “The Museum” highlights many difficult challenges that can be faced in a lifetime, and that makes the story even more relatable. Leila Aboulela really knows how to capture her readers, which makes her story so memorable. Aboulela uses explicit adjectives to describe common things that advance the story even more. For example the reoccuring color blue on page 372 that evokes the sad feeling that Shadia develops throughout the story.

The Baroque period of the 1600 and 1750s began in Europe and defined the art of the time (Stechow 111). Spain’s quest for the unity and assimilation to Spanish culture of its subjects in the Americas led to the systematic suppression and destruction of the indigenous cultures of the regions, such as the Aztecs and the Incans. Baroque art was only supposed to be another aspect of Spanish culture for the indigenous population to assimilate to (Gauvin 4, 33-34). However, the Baroque period created an atmosphere in the Americas that led to a blending of the Spanish and indigenous cultures. The subsequent art and architecture that was created was a hybrid formed from the cultures coinhabiting the area. This hybrid form has been characterized as “a hidden inscription of difference within the fictional sameness of official culture, as rebellious graffiti camouflaged in the forest of baroque symbols” (Salgado 317-318). It provided a place for the people of Latin America to subtly celebrate and preserve their heritage that Spain was threatening. To understand the significance of the cultural impact that the hybridization of Baroque art had on culture in the Spanish colonies of the New World, we must first define what hybridization of an art form means. Then we will investigate what constitutes baroque art and why it was so conducive to being hybridized. To further the understanding of the hybridization, we will examine the painting Our Lady of Guapulo and the architecture

Perhaps illness so influenced the artistic style of Van Gogh, but the picture turned out completely different to all that the artist wrote so far. This is not a Van Gogh, who was known. In the canvas, there is tension, anxiety, dense colors and warm shades of olive-mustard. On the contrary, here there is some kind of lightness, airiness, and transparent weightlessness. On the manner of execution, the pattern resembles Japanese prints: iris field full of peace, a lightness, and transparency. "Irises" are simple and unique, they are striking in their serenity and the ability to remove the internal stress of everyone who saw at least reproduction. Painting simply breathes watercolor, translucency and make to look at it more than one hour.

The museum that I decided to visit was the California African American museum, located in the Exposition park by the Coliseum and USC school. I knew that by visiting this museum, I would learn more about African American culture and lifestyle, which I thought it would be interesting to learn about another culture. What, I expected to see there was African American’s art creation, music, maybe see a few things about their old lifestyle, and the difficulty they once had to face. To be honest, I don't really know much about African Americans history nor culture, besides the way they were treated it due to racism. And how Martin Luther king Jr fought for their civil rights, by doing anti-segregation protests and delivers his famous speech I Have

Deep in the heart of Texas sits the city of San Antonio.Ruth Medellin manages the Museo Alameda."It's the Latino experience in art, culture, and history," Medellin said.The museum is part of the famous Smithsonian Institution.Pilar O'Leary manages the Smithsonian Latino Center.Latinos are the nation's largest minority group, O'Leary said.The museum opened in April of last year. The first exhibit can be seen even before entering the museum.Once inside, visitors can view an exhibit designed like a botanica.When Museo Alameda opened, it featured a painting titled "Somos" ("We are").Other early exhibits included items on loan from the Smithsonian.Beginning in November 2008, the museum will feature an exhibit examining African contributions to Mexican

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is an institution that authentically depicts the journey of not only Black Americans, but the United States as a whole. From ancient beginnings in Nabta Playa to today’s influential Black innovators, this museum provides realistic recreations of both the plights and triumphs of African Americans through their “And Still We Rise” exhibit.

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

Museums play an important role in preserving our American history. Some of the things they preserve include important documents from the World War 1 and 2. One of these important documents is the “National Crisis Day” Proclamation of 1917. This Document stated that from then on the government would be the production of food supply substantial and sent out a letter to all clergymen to tell other (farmers) to do the same.The Memory of the people's past is presented and preserved in these documents and events that have occurred throughout history. Exhibits from the Florida Memory give residents an insight of what it would be like to live in the era where World War 1 and 2 began. It shows them how the people were rallied, the victories, and the

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.

Art has inspired millions if not billions throughout history, and made impacts in every corner of culture and society from religion to science, and beyond. Ancient forms of art have altered the way we perceive the ancestry of the human race, redefined different cultures, and opened new lines of thoughts into what made and broke ancient societies. From art we can get a glimpse into what the artist saw in the civilization depicted, or into a specific aspect of a civilization such as their belief system if the piece of art was created to serve a purpose to that specific culture. Throughout this paper we will talk about the Aztec stone art, which is beautiful in an off itself, however was generally created to serve a specific purpose within the

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.