Wrapped Trees

Back in my school years I used to visit many historical museums, where I learned a lot about the culture and society of the past. As I have always been interested in history and arts, all that was a breathtaking experience for me. I believe that these museums is the best way to get closer to lives of our ancestries and it can help us to see the world in a different way. However, to be more knowledgeable about the world we live in, it’s also extremely important to be familiar with modern art. So this time I decided to experience something new and started searching for a museum which would contain works of contemporary artists. Tampa Museum of Art was a great option. This Museum was founded in 1979 and since then it has curated three exhibitions covering the Classical World to Mid-Century Modernist works,

Identify an instance where Cisneros uses powerful imagery. Explain the effect of that imagery upon the reader. Remember that imagery can appeal to any of the senses, including sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch.

He also uses the visual element of “Shape and Mass.” The trees are 3D representation of actual trees. They are over 40 foot tall and very heavy; therefore they consume a large amount of volume and mass. The trees appear to be constructed from geometric shapes but also try to follow the form of nature in a more organic way.

In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, each character holds a special connection to trees and each places different meaning in them. The motif of trees and plants represent a calming force, escape from hardship, and circle of life that can heal the wounds of slavery. Paul D and Sethe are two characters in particular who place unique meaning in plants and use them as a way to escape their painful memories and the horrors of slavery.

Today women with noble birth in the Kautaha tribe produce the barkcloth. The men plant the Mulberry tree and it takes 2-3 years for the tree to be ready to be cut down and used to make barkcloth. After the tree has been cut, the women then strip off the outer bark and soak the inner bark in water in order to prepare the bark for further processing. The women then place the soaked inner bark strops over a wooden anvil and repeatedly strike the bark with a wooden beater. They continue to do this until the bark is flat. Folding and layering the bark strips while beating them, results in a wider piece of bark than that of the original strips. After all of the bark has been beaten, the bark is set outside to be bleached by the sun. Next, the strips are placed over semicircular boards. Once they have been fastened to the boards, the women attach an embroidery design to the tablet. They transfer the design from the tablet to the piece of bark by rubbing. After this, the women then fill in the lines and patterns with pigments such as brown, red and black. These pigments that are used are derived from things such as clay, soot and fruits. These barkcloths play a very

The towering stack of chopped wood sat sturdily. The hard work that the person spent on stacking the pile paid off for a gorgeous work of art. The two trees express unity; without the two inosculated trees the pile would have no

The first room of the museum pulled in the audience with artwork from the 20th century. Although it may seem like artwork put together at the last minute, if you look closer, you will see something entirely different. Each piece had so much detail and unique qualities, such as style and art form, that you haven't see in many other museums before. It is important to appreciate the erratic design and character of each piece of art, but after seeing the entire museum, it is easy see the monumental difference between art now, and the art of our past. Art of the past showed a lot more

Line is used in every artwork ever painted. There are many lines in the tree, people, and mountain. The mountain has very curvy line just like the tree does. Lines are also used to separate where the farm ends and where the mountain begins. The lines also help give depth into the artwork where is separates the mountain and

These are very formal and symmetric using paths and hedges all trimmed to shapes. Is an interesting dichotomy to think that the designers of Vizcaya, even though they were intent in designing an Italian Reinassance Garden recognized the uniqueness of the tropical environment of South Florida and accommodated it in the design and the use of plant material. In my view this is what defines a good designer, one that even though had been commissioned to accomplish a very formal venue, taking on a completely new and unfamiliar location, had the sensitivity to recognize the natural environment of the

"Each square holding a sweet gum leaf" and "its pattern of leaves" definitely gives the impression that this quilt is a magnificent and encompassing tree. Trees are traditionally thought of as old and full of meaning, having many branches and leaves stemming from the same trunk. This parallels the meaning of the quilt to the individual since it is a tool by which the individual can relate and think of those, in his family, who may have also taken comfort and enjoyed the whimsical essence of this "tree." Additionally, this quilt allows for the individual to fantasize about the days of those who used the blanket before: his [gentle] mother and [proud] father. He is able to imagine their lives with fanciful imagery while also questioning who will take the blanket next, "perhaps a son," the speaker says. This furthers the quilt's comparison to a magnificent tree in that the quilt is passed down generation to generation through a family

The tradition artwork we may see is like painting, photographing, drawing or printing. This artist makes different view point about art, he creates a showroom for trees and drawing the structure about it, it does makes people thinking more about the nature. The nature is like big thing, it can means many, such as environment, trees, forest, or the animal that around. When the artist create the artwork, he is trying to display the real nature from the artwork he created. For example like, on the beginning part of episode, we can see that Mark Dion borrowed rats from biology lab and paint their body into all black color and hang it in the tree, it is kind of performance art. He did draft on how it looks like, and really practice it to make it become real.

Lines are paths or marks left by moving points and they can be outlines or edges of shapes and forms. Lines have qualities which can help communicate ideas and feelings such as straight or curved, thick or thin, dark or light, and continuous or broken. Implied lines suggest motion or organize an artwork and they are not actually seen, but they are present in the way edges of shapes are lined up.

There are opportunities though, and they are good opportunities. I was able to identify three that they should pay attention to and really hit hard on. In today’s economy, people aren’t wanting to spend a lot of money. The recession is making people be a lot more conscious about money. Good news, the museum is free. If marketed properly, this could be a huge way to gain new visitors. Plus, art museums have sophisticated connotations that make people feel smart when they go to them. What better way to spend the day than to go somewhere that is free and feel sophisticated? Another opportunity is that new exhibits could attract younger demographics, pending on the exhibit. This could be tricky though because they want to attract everyone, but older crowds are interested in things that younger generations aren’t. They have to be able to balance the attractions so everyone can relate to it and want to view it.

In art, the subject of space and time can be closely linked together especially in the case of large scultupres. Christo and Jeanne-Claude created many large environmental works of art that took a lot of space to make, thus their pieces could only be considered temporary and be up for a very short amount of time. One of their most important pieces, The Gates, took roughly 30 years to produce and was only on display for two weeks. Thus, if a piece is considered to contain a large amount of space in a public area it’s time on display will not be as long as smaller more permanent pieces.

Another possibly positive outcome of art in the public could be the affect that it may have on the younger generations. If children are being raised in a community where they can see art on a daily basis then I believe it will have a positive effect on their lives by allowing them to learn how to appreciate art and what it has to offer. Art being in the public is also a way to grant people, who do not have enough money to enjoy the luxury of going to a gallery, the pleasure of seeing something aesthetically appealing on a regular basis. It also makes a town more interesting to visit; no one wants to visit a town with not much excitement. I once went to an art festival in Baltimore, Maryland, where they had green marbles ground up and put into the black top roads. This sight alone made my heart race and made this town more exciting. For towns that may have tourism it could be a way to attract to coming there or maybe even staying.