The Art Institute Of Chicago

In art, there are qualities that speak louder than words. It expresses many different messages and emotions and each person has an experience different from the next. In this paper, I will be discussing two artworks I encountered. The piece is a good example of how people can encounter different experiences in one piece. I attended the Orlando Museum of Art a while back with family and overall enjoyed my experience. On my visit, I found the museum quite impressive and felt a deep connection with specific pieces.

The first art that interested me was the art of Indonesia which in this exhibit depicted the

When I visited the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), I was mesmerized by the beautiful sculptures, paintings, and many other works of art. This museum introduces many different exhibitions at different times and dates. The exhibition that I chose to visit is called the “Sandow Birk: American Qur’an”. The reason why I was very interested in this type of exhibition was because it displayed Middle Eastern artwork. Another reason was because I am Middle Eastern and that I can relate to it. Although I was so focused on this exhibition only, I did not realize the other works of art. However, as I walked deeper into the museum, another exhibition caught my attention. That exhibition is called the “Olga Lah: Amass and Swell”. If anyone decides to visit the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), I would recommend to look online about any appealing exhibitions that are being displayed as well as calling their office to plan a visit. Furthermore, in my opinion, there were some types of art that I did not fully analyze because they were not relatively fascinating as the rest. Moreover, the artworks that I examined displayed unique qualities and their messages were demonstrated in a significant, yet informative way.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, or LACMA as it is commonly known, is among the world’s largest art collections in North America, and to be specific enough the most prevalent artwork in the western United States (Compton 165). This massive art museum has a collection of over 100,000 artworks, which extends from the ancient times to present days (Gilbert and Mills 174). These collections, which are mainly from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin-America and America itself, are grouped into several departments within the museums buildings, depending on the region, culture, media, and time period. This paper analyzes the different genres of art and explains the main features that make the Islamic artworks

I really enjoyed visiting this museum, I learned a lot about African American old lifestyle. Some of the art pieces show the African American social struggle past, honoring important Africans, music, poetry, writing, history, and inventions. The African American museum has 5 exhibit— The African American Journey West, Reflections on the Self, Rhythm of Vision: The Artistry of Overton Loyd, Oh Snap! West Coast Hip Hop, and Evolution of the Revolution. Although the museum was not really much focus on African American lifestyle, it was still interesting, because 2 exhibits are based on how now days they are able to express

During school right now, I am mostly focusing on two clubs that I’m involved in: the National Art Honor Society and the Super Smash Bros club. I focus on these clubs because art and video games are two of the biggest passions in my life. I was seven years old when I got my first console, and I was three when I first started drawing. Gaming and art have been a part of my life for a large majority of it, so it made sense when I found that I could translate these aspects of my life into a career. Parts of my life have gotten me to this decision, and it starts with my art.

Being involved in clubs and activities while at DCHS has allowed me to grow and mature as a person and as a student. With the various clubs and activities I am involved in (Art Club, Book Club, Debate, GSA, Ladies Community Outreach, National Honors Society, Scholar’s Bowl, and Young Life), I’ve become more confident, outgoing, helpful, open-minded, and have met new people who I’ve come to be friends with.

On Saturday, November 2, at 2pm I was able to attend and watch the Dance Plus ‘ Fall 2015 show. Every year the Mason Gross School of Arts hosts a program called Dance Plus that showcases the choreography of the dance faculty. The Mason Gross School of the arts is a community of artists that focus on things from music,dancing, to filmmaking. The show took place in a proscenium theater. The Dance Plus Fall 2015 show had five showcases: Unremarkable Appendix, Empathetic Colloquy, Continuous Relation, A solo in Nine Parts, Farming in Sixes, and City of rain.

For my enrichment report, I decided to take a trip to the Los Angeles County Museum. However, I was trapped with the challenging choice of choosing only one museum for my cultural visit. Since, there are so many prodigious and amazing museums to choose from to visit in the county. But, I have heard many great feedbacks about the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from fellow classes mates, friends and family. So, I finally, had my destination set to and planned a visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Upon my visit my attention was already fixated on the unique building layout and the many arts exhibited located all around the outside of the museum building. There were several building that housed the many different art exhibits. Such as the first building I walked into, after purchasing a ticket. This building was called the “Ahmanson” building, which housed voluminous and diverse art of the European, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian Art, Art of the Ancient World, Art of the Pacific and Others. There were also many special exhibitions that was hosted at the time of my visit, such as the modern art gallery and Rifkin Gallery for German Expressionism. One of the sculpture centered in the middle of the building of the “Ahmanson” building called “Smoke” really caught my attention. As it quite an enigmatic and stunning metal sculpture that mesmerizes illusions based on your interpretation and perspective of the piece.

Next time you are walking through the Art Institute of Chicago I would highly recommend a visit to the Gift of Edlis|Neeson Collection, located on the second floor, gallery 292A. Here you will find a tantalizing array of modern day contemporary art that delivers a sensory overload wherever you turn. Nestled in between the copiousness of talent you will find three offerings from a prominent living contemporary artist called Jasper Johns titled Alphabet (1959), Figure 4 (1959), and Target (1961). Although at times his work faced rejection from the critics of individualism of abstract expressionists his life’s journey sculptured his path to who he is as a person and who he has become as a modern day renowned contemporary artist.

During my visit at the Art Institute of Chicago this quarter, a popular and interesting piece of artwork that spoke to me in ways that no other artwork did was the, “Tarquin and Lucretia” by Tintoretto or the artist known as Jacopo Robusti. Tintoretto is also known as the one of the most well-known Italian Renaissance artists and became interested in painting at a very young age. This specific piece of artwork was originally created by Tintoretto during 1578 through 1580 and is an oil painting on a canvas. It has approximate size measurements of 68’ 7/8” by 59’ 5/8” and is classified as an Italian work of art. This painting takes place in ancient Roman times where the figure that is somewhat laying down represents Lucretia, who is the wife of an honest man named Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (“Stories and Histories - The Rape of Lucretia”, 2016). The other figure that is directly behind Lucretia is Sextus Tarquinius or Tarquin, who is her rapist and the son of a dictatorial Roman king named Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Subsequently after her rape, Lucretia tells her husband and father about the incident. In order to save herself from the guilt and misrepresentation of her reputation, she stabs herself to death (“Stories and Histories - The Rape of Lucretia”, 2016). In the article titled, “Illicit Arousal: The Erotic Subtext of Tintoretto 's Tarquin and Lucretia” within The Journal of the History of Art by Sabrina DeTurk, it is stated that Lucretia is seen to be “a moral

Asian Art Museum in San Francisco has a collection of about 17,000 objects of art and artifacts from all major

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the world’s leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museum’s outstanding collections of modern painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints range from Impressionisms to current movements. Moreover, there are exhibits of modern architecture, industrial design, sculpture, photography, prints and electronic media. The museum presently has a modern art library of 300,000 books and impressive collections of films that are shown regularly. The Museum is said to be the complementary of the Metropolitan Museum

“How do you make a building for contemporary art that stays contemporary in the future without stooping to a neutral language? And how do you attract a big public without compromising the selfish, private, exclusive time we all want to have in a museum?” These questions, put forward by Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, represent the urbanistic motivation supporting the construction of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). In such a manner Boston’s ICA engages, not only with the urban citizen, but also the urban landscape in which the site is located. The ICA conveys the idea of architecture as art in itself. As a presenter of art to the urban citizen and because of its open design, the inside allows the citizens to not only appreciate the art within the building but also see the art of the building’s natural environment and setting.

As one of the most heavily documented areas of Indian painting, Mughal illustrations have left a prominent mark in the history of illustrated and illuminated manuscripts. Combining various characteristics from Persian, Indian and European influences, Mughal artists in conjunction with the royal biographer, Abu’l Fazl, created extraordinary bodies of work. Amongst the thousands of illustrated manuscripts of the Mughal Empire, the Akbarnama, also known as ‘the Book of Akbar’, is one of the most significant collections of its time (Stronge, 15). The piece documents the history of Akbar’s reign through various illustrations, such as The Court of Humayun in Exile, a folio from the first manuscript, made in India, c. 1586-87. Without a doubt, the legacy left by the Mughal Empire has fueled the acceptance and greater understanding of illustration to this day. Akbar’s extraordinary influence as a ruler, the style’s cultural awareness of those who have come before, and Emperor Babur’s experience as a philosopher and love of nature have greatly impacted the artistic and cultural life of India. From Emperor Babur to Akbar the Great, the Mughal Empire’s constant encouragement of Mughal drawing and painting, solidifies and validates illustration as a worthy form of visual language.