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I also saw a lot of flags, which inspired me to draw the flag of Ghana and digitally display it, so I went back to the drawing board. After I went out to the main exhibit, I stood at the wall waiting for my leaf. I decided to look around the rest of the 270 degree wall for my leaf. After five minutes of waiting, another visitor stood beside me searching for her leaf as well. After 10 minutes passed, I decided to accept that my leaf was not coming anytime soon and it was the last part of the exhibit

her auspices. Though she did neglect the Academy of Arts due to her vanity, she was a true collector of antiquities, as the Hermitage was her personal gallery to demonstrate her wealth. It was the Hermitage which imbued power throughout Russia, the museum was what Foucault would call the perfect "other" place, or "heterotopia," "a kind of effectively enacted utopia in which the real sites, all the other real sites that can be found within the culture, are simultaneously represented, contested, and

To what extent has the Foundling Museum uncovered the ‘hidden histories’ of Georgian London’s poverty-stricken families? Word Count: 1432 Since 2004 the Foundling Museum has stood as a site to memorialise the Georgian Foundling Hospital; this institution cared for London’s abandoned children, foundlings. In a recent podcast, Laura Gowing described the stories of these children and their mothers as ‘hidden histories’. She claims that the Foundling Museum offers a narrative for figures who are

Case Study: New Acropolis The case study of New Acropolis Museum in Athens is design by Bermand Tschumi and Michael Photiadis architects and opens to the public on 21 June 2009, with Demetrios Pandermalis as a director of the project and the museum. The new building replaces the first museum which builds in 1874, as a project it took over 60 years to be realized. The New Acropolis Museum is a contemporary symbol in the city which shows the culture and the civilization. It’s a project which aims to

through it all for ages and still emerge greater than before. In comparison, Vanessa R. Schwartz, the author of Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-siècle, demonstrates how the explosive popularity of the boulevard, the newspapers, wax museums, panoramas, and early cinema led to the creation of a new culture in Paris. Driven by consumerism, a cultural revolution was happening, who’s new culture transcended gender and class divisions. Both authors

een of Someday “Books are one thing I love beyond all else. In a story, I can become anyone, travel any place. In those pages lives my only true freedom.” This is a quote from the book Queen of Someday, written by Sherry D. Ficklin. This is a story following Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, with the setting mainly in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. She is surrounded by friends, foes, lovers, and allies and must navigate the vicious royal court in order to gain the Grand Duke Peters hand

The Central Library in Downtown Los Angeles is a beautiful place full of great art and architectural pieces with historical elements and diverse departments for anyone’s liking. The Lodwrick M. Cook Rotunda can be considered one of the main focal points of the Central Library. The chandelier in the central part of the rotunda includes 48 lights, representing the 48 United States in 1926. This architectural design is truly a sight to see, complementing the tremendous murals painted by Dean Cornwell

If I had an unlimited amount of funds to purchase a piece or art work I would purchase The Scream by Edvard Munch. This artwork is beautifully painted with curved lines, warm and cool colors, and it expresses emotion. The Scream’s curved lines are giving the image an uneasy feeling and adding dimension to the price of art. Having curves is making the painting unordinary. Even the person is in all curved lines, almost making it so that the brush strokes are being seen. The hands on the person in

The 1893 painting “The Scream”, painted by Edvard Munch is very captivating. This painting makes me feel the true emotion Edvard is feeling. At first, I see the dark dull colours in the gloomy scenery but then I can look past that and see such a warm fiery red-orange sky. I love the details in this panting from the people in the background to the organic strokes of the paintbrush exhibiting a different shade with every stroke. However, I cannot help but wonder why? Why is this human screaming or

‘The Family of Cornelis de Vos (1584/5 – 1651),’ also by Van Dyck. In addition to the facial features, Van Dyck diligently portrayed “the fine lace ruff and sleeves of the man's attire and the tightly starched ruff of the woman” (The State Hermitage Museum, “Family Portrait”) in both portraits, pairing those with delicate hand gestures, present in both paintings. To boot, Van Dyck used the same landscape art as a background for the father’s head and the same deep red coloured blinds behind the mother