Visit The Leepa Rattner Museum

Every artist has his or her own style of painting. Each painting tells some sort of story or has some type of personal meaning to the artist. One of the most important figures in modern art is Pablo Picasso. Not only was Pablo Picasso a genius in the field of abstract art, but he also experimented with sculpting and ceramics. Pablo Picasso has taken the world to many places with his unique style of work which is why I believe he is considered to be a genius of the 20th century.

The writer went to the Leepa-Rattner Museum at Tarpon Springs campus of St. Petersburg College. Before the visit, one went to the museum webpage and read about the museum and current exhibitions. It showed the " East meets West: New Japanese Traditions." Therefore, one was expected to see the Japanese style of art, like dragon and Japanese cherry blossom. At the beginning, one's feeling was perplexed, because the exhibitions were a mismatch with one's thought, but one could find the section for the Japanese art. In addition, this paper will cover about the museum, its artifacts, and relationship between humanities and art.

Over the thanksgiving break I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met is an art museum in New York City that has a variety of ancient artwork from different cultures and time periods. There is paintings and sculptures from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome and Greece. The museum is additionally home to artwork from many different time periods including ancient Near Eastern Art, Middle Ages and Europe during the Renaissance. The Met also has artwork from many different religions such as Christianity and Islam. Each section in the museum had a specific artwork that attracted my attention.

I decided to visit the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center (Image 1). The URL for this museum is http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/museum/. My experience visiting this museum was very different from the other museums that I have visited more recently. It provided a great deal of interesting insight and topics for discussion for me to consider. My overall experience consists of the museum’s setting, any personal interactions that occurred, my analysis of my favorite work of art that I encountered, and my opinions on viewing art in person rather than through other material.

This is a place I can see myself going back to or recommending someone else to go see?. The day I attended the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art it was a Friday, so the admission was free. The remaining days of the week it is not free admission, however, the price is extremely affordable to anyone, especially college students. The prices range from as low as two to five dollars. Having vast colors and magnificent design, the museum gives an unforgettable appearance. For example, one thing that caught my eye was that the building itself. It is designed to resemble a jewel box, which is a insight into a very well designed and creative museum. The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art has an impressive layout nevertheless. The upper floor had different pieces of artwork from around the world while the lower floor have a rock and mineral exhibit that shows the different stages of carving and polishing the stones. Upon entering the museum one is greeted by staff members who provide reading material or assist with explaining the art, if needed, and they also offer group tours. By going to this museum, I was not only able to see and touch the artwork, I was able to fully experience the art

Guernica is monochromatic to make its imagery more powerful. Lack of color keeps the viewer focused on the subject matter at hand, as well as keeping the mural cold, which agrees with its general theme of injustice in war. Also, Picasso’s flat imagery does not distract the viewer from concentrating on imagery. The viewer is given no other choice than to concentrate on the subject matter of Guernica and ponder it’s meaning. The flat, grayscale images generalize the imagery and contribute to the general theme of unnecessary suffering and tragedy.

The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is home to a variety of interesting paintings, sculptures, and other types of mixed-media artwork.

Pablo Picasso a famous Spanish artist, painted a piece that is breath taking, the Guernica. It was painted as a reaction to the aerial bombing of Guernica, Spain by German and Italian forces during the Spanish Civil War in 1937.The artwork shows tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicted upon innocent civilians, and animals. The grey, black, and white mural-size canvas painted in oil stood 11 ft tall and 25.6 wide, the acceptable size to tell a story that needed to be heard. The cinematic impact that automatically catches the eye, shows there is human despair. In this search for human proportions nearly lost after the bombing dismembered and ripped apart everyone to leave humanity disjointed. This large canvas carries my focus from inhumanity,

Picasso’s work surfaced the way around pure thoughts. Regardless of the undesirable, abstract form certain of his rigorous cubist work. All of Pablo Picasso’s paintings are of something. Viewers can almost always point out familiar images in his work of art. Although some of the images may appears as random objects you may have in your own household, most of his artwork contains the female

“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso was a black and white, mural oil painting created in June of 1937 on a 349 cm × 776 cm (137.4 in × 305.5 in) canvas. The piece represents the chaos that flooded the Spanish town of Guernica after a vicious bombing by the German and Italian forces during the Spanish Civil War. What followed was a senseless slaughter and bloodshed with the primary focus being the demoralization of the Basque people.

I think the Marinetti Shrem Museum was an interest museum that the students should visit. The museum is not very big comparing to other museum, and they don’t even have map for the visitors since it’s a small museum. The museum was separated into different rooms; there is room for the art exhibition, and room for student’s collection. Personal belonging bags are not allow to bring inside the art gallery, but what I like about the museum was that it provide a self-check locker when I can storage my backpack for free. There are also some information sheets that are placed on the counter when visitors can get it for free. Inside the gallery there is lot of different kind of arts, things like toilets that made of ceramic, paintings, drawings, and

The International pop exhibit was one of my favorite out of all the exhibits. The “International Pop navigates a fast-paced world packed with bold and thought-provoking imagery, revealing a vibrant period shaped by social, political, and cultural changes”. One piece of art that I found interesting was “Still Life” by “Tom Wesselmann, American, 1931–2004”. When looking at this piece if reminds me of different time. This piece reminds me of other art works that I have seen with the same kinds of things on it as well. Another work of art that I enjoyed was the “20th/21st-Century Tribute” by “Antônio Henrique Amaral”, this painting makes the viewer actually stop and look at it. There are many different parts to this painting too look at. When walking through the museum, this was definitely something that catches ones’ eye.

Pablo Picasso was one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th century. He first emerged as a Symbolist painter but soon became influenced by Cézanne and Rousseau which led him to his style of Cubism. However, he soon after would abandoned cubism but later return to it. Picasso’s works of art were not meant to only argue coherence but also a strong level of feels. One of his most famous paintings that evokes a strong sense of feeling is Guernica. In Guernica, Picasso returns to his cubist style of painting to depict the agony of war through fragmented bodies, geometric shapes, and grayish color tones while also demonstrating his strong opposition to the political dimension at Guernica and demanding a call for action against the Fascists.

Out of all of the pieces at the museum, my favorite was a painting called, “Woman with Raised Arms”. This masterpiece, created in 1936 with oil, charcoal, and sand, depicts a woman with her arms above her head; the title explains exactly what the picture is of. The painting was inspired by one of his close friends and lovers, Dora Maar. This can be inferred because of the short black hair, long eyelashes, and strong chin. The style of this piece is cubism, which was helped created by Picasso. Cubism dismantles traditional techniques and instead, is mostly abstract filled with geometric forms. It was also one of the major turning points in art because people went from creating artwork that looked realistic to creating artwork that expressed themselves. “Woman with Raised Arms” is made up of several

     When I went to the museum there were beautiful and amazing art that I really enjoy. My first impression when I walked in was wow and how they made all this. I also thought who came up with these design. There were many crazy and funny looking designs I really liked. I enjoyed the one with a big rock in the middle and sand around it. It was really simple but had so much meaning to it.