The Carnegie Museum Of Art

At first glance, Doug Wheeler’s DW 68 VEN MCASD 11 appears as something that is plain and mildly out of place. Its general emptiness contrasts the the numerous paintings and photographs that precede it throughout the text; aside from the presence of light, no subject matter is obviously clear, and the title lends no further information from the perspective of a layperson. The textbook, however, lends valuable context: it is the purpose of the work to give the impression of emptiness - “The wall is there. And then it is not” - thus illustrating nothingness. The room that the work is located in is designed to be flawless, allowing viewers to concentrate on the very space and light of their environment. The usage of light as a subject (rather

Mounted sculptures sat as still as stone atop the shiny wooden floors, while self-portraits and clay figures decorated the tall, white walls of the gallery. Walk around for a bit and you would catch a mother’s stern warning to her child to absolutely not touch anything (though the large, partitioned room did resemble a modern-day cave of wonders). And among

The statues are packed in fairly tight and the space overall doesn’t seem to be well utilized. The room it was in did however provide an ample amount of natural light from the large windowed wall to the north. This coupled with the recessed lighting did a good job of lighting the statues facing the northern wall. Unfortunately though, some of the statues are facing the southern wall and lose a little detail to not being as well lit from only the recessed lighting. The contrast between well-lit and dimly-lit does lend to contrast in light and shadow for the statues facing the east and west walls. The contours of these statues are much more defined because of the line of contrast so they seem to draw me in the most. I also get this cold feeling, even though the floors are more of a warm/neutral color. I believe this is due to the lack of a large amount of the statues not being colored at all. The few that are colored are just antiqued bronze so they are mostly that powder blue/green color. The lack of color though, I feel, is intended to make a point.

The museums I chose were the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, National Museum of Art of Romania, and National Art Museum of China. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is located in Buffalo, New York and focuses on contemporary and modern art. In addition to having a large gallery of art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery also has over fourteen programs designed to education the public in the culture of art and each program may be different but incorporates all age groups. The National Museum of Art of Romania is located in Calea Victoriei, Romania (former royal palace revolution square and displays Romanian, European, and Oriental art, but focuses heavily on Romanian medieval and modern art. Furthermore, it also provides their website in multiple languages

When a viewer enters the QUT Art Museum they first see the reception desk with the typical white walls that one would expect from a museum or gallery. To the right of this desk one can see a large room with black walls that are in direct contrast to the reception area, inviting the viewer to investigate what this room is. Walking towards the room the viewer is confronted with a large seemingly out of place wall separating the room seen from the reception from another room on the right with what looks like a huge bolder. The left room has what looks like a bunch of randomly assorted objects placed on a very large black circle. These objects are arranged on the floor purposefully lower than the viewer’s natural line of sight, this work is named “Amorphology-A”. Further to the left of this one will see “Soft Shoulder” which

Everything was white. Kind of like a hospital, but hospitals made me feel glumly. This room though, unlike a hospital did not. It made me feel at peace, the way the closed curtains slowly swayed forwards from the wind and the light shining through them making them look like they were glowing is peaceful. The silence that wandered through the air is peaceful. The way the light bounces off the walls is peaceful. It was just a peaceful room. Just like all the other rooms in the apartment. All white with the windows open, but the curtains closed and the rooms clean. No dirt to be seen or dust to be

The spaces that served more as a museum were the Cubist space, the Surrealist space, and the Kinetic space; and each room had on display artworks by artists that fitted in the corresponding art movement. Each of these rooms was designed to correlate the artworks that were on display. In the Cubist space, the walls of the room were made of stretched canvas in an ultramarine color and the floor was painted turquoise. Picassos, Metzingers, and Delaunays were on display. The Surrealist space was often times described as the fun room. The floor and the ceiling were black; the walls were concave gum wood. The paintings displayed in the room were on gimbal mounts, permitting the viewer to “not only touch these paintings but even move them around, tilt them, handle them” (Weld, 290). The lighting of the room was magical the first few seasons, the light would switch on and off every few seconds, brightening each painting at a time. Meanwhile, the uniqueness of the Kinetic space was the revolving wheel viewed through a hole, which revealed seven works by Paul Klee. Visitors who entered these rooms, were “challenged to think differently about the way they saw the new art, at a time when the art

Amongst my visit, I was a little confused on what I was doing, but I decided to get out of the car and proceed walking to the building. When I entered the building there was a tall guy who greeted me, he wore an outfit similar to a boys scout leader. He then asked me if it was my first time attending and I said yes. There was a couple coming through the door, so he greeted them both and then told us a little about the exhibit. He then instructed us on how to see all of the exhibit and gave us a map/brochure. I then walked away and started to look around on my own. At first what caught my attention is the models and some of the things written on the walls. I then noticed that even though I was reading it, I was not retaining the information, so then I started to

Turrell considers themes explored by artist, and is focusing on his perception, color, light, as well as space and the important role of site specificity in his practice.” It features works, drawn from the museum’s Panza Collection. In his exhibition at the Guggenheim, Turrell has created a new work entitled Aten Reign (2013), changing the museum from the tradition of one of his most amazing, larger-scaled projects, the Frank Lloyd Wright as shown below has a bigger volume of space floating overhead and less transparency to be looked across. (LACMA 50)There is not anything occupying the rotunda, with the exception of the structures the artist has required to amplify and reveal the nature of space. “He offers a new vision with the building, taking attention away from the boundaries of the built environment and drawing more attention to the interior and promoting what he has described as architecture of space created with light.” Daylight coming from the museum shines down to light the furthest layer of the large assembly shown from the

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An inventory of initial personal reactions to the museum includes sensations like eccentric, abstract, and exotic. The building is nice to look at. It has a good sense of movement caused by its wide openings throughout the bottom and cervices at the top and middle of the building. The bottom is wider and it gets smaller in different areas depending on where the domes are located. All the different angles and stunning designs sculpted on each section of the building seems edgy and innovative. The building does seem inviting, impressive, and influential.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,otherwise known as 'The Met' is very well known for it's wide variety art, it being the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most popular art museums in the world. Since 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been acquiring numerous forms of art for the world to see. It currently holds more than a million works throughout it's seventeen departments, but it all started with a Roman marble sarcophagus-the first ever object acquired. Throughout the museum's history, it has been through renovations in order to include more things from past; several galleries have been opened overtime devoted to certain cultures. In the museum visitors can expect to see pieces of history from all around the world.

The interior is lit properly, but not to make it unnatural. The use of ceiling cutouts for natural sunlight was a key architectural success because not only does it save energy from not having to use more lights, but it also makes the pieces look more like they were intended to look originally. This museum was the first art museum that I had been too and so I cannot speak from experiences to compare it to others. However, this was a perfect first example that was done in a very satisfactory way. The architects of this building took the time to make sure that the walls were made for the proper display of the art pieces. My favorite part of the first gallery, Molly Shi Boren Gallery, was the way that the paintings were mounted to the wall. They used steel cables suspended from the ceiling to make all of the pieces strictly frames. The pieces were all at eye level and this made the viewing experience better. The use of the cables made it look as though the art was just floating there and was very visually appealing. Moving from the ground level to the upstairs, there was a beautiful wood staircase that looked to be made entirely from wood and the only metal that I was able to see is the underside of the hand railing that led up the stairs themselves. The upstairs of the museum was dedicated particularly to the art of the American West and Native American tribes. This level was filled with

The museum is a work of art in itself, gorgeous barrel vaults, ceiling scattered with skylights, and three sunny courtyards dotting the interior. But for me, the architecture was trivial, what truly captured my heart was the paintings. From Bernini to Velázquez and everything in between, the museum’s collection alone is enough to inspire art in even the most banal onlooker. However, fortunately for me, the permanent

Never before have I seen a museum as grand as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From its architecture to its massive art collection, The Met has a little bit of everything and one is sure to find something that captures his or her interest. Considering that The Met is the United States' largest art museum, it is easy to get lost within its many corridors and wings. My visit to The Met took place during the last week of July. Despite the almost unbearable heat and humidity that hung in the air, visiting museums under these climate conditions is a welcome respite from a suffocating, yet bright summer afternoon.