Stark Museum of Art

The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida is a unique modern museum. This new building opened in 2011. The original building was established in 1982 (thedali.org). The architect, Yann Weymouth, created a space that is as surreal as Dali’s artwork. Weymouth’s space incorporates visually interesting elements yet it is also hurricane proof structure that protects the priceless artwork it houses (Brown, 2011, p. 16). The building can withstand a category five hurricane and the artwork

(not sure who all we might want to list since there are several sponsors) are thrilled to screen choice selections from the archive at the Tennessee Theatre on Saturday, August 15. We’re also very excited to bring Paramount Picture’s 1927 feature Stark Love to the Tennessee Theatre in glorious 35mm film! Included in 2009 to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, this silent classic

be set to understand the context, of New York, as the capital of the political cultural world on the 20th century. You have a series of buildings, which defines New York as the cultural epicenter. Starting with the Museum of Modern Art, which is the museum built exclusively for modern art in the New International Style by Philip L. Goodwin and Edward D. Stone in 1939, then the United Nations Headquarters, which established New York as a political capital of the new global world designed by Oscar Niemeyer

The Museum of Modern Art and its Impact on Museum Architecture During the early part of the twentieth century, the architecture of art museums shifted in the United States. As the role and purpose of museums changed with the times, so did the buildings that housed the artwork. Architects designed specific museum sites as opposed to converting royal palaces. While some museums take inspiration from other successful museums, others break the mold and become the new standard. The Louvre in Paris

Museums are institutions of cultural, artistic, and scientific knowledge. They have taken many forms over the centuries, Older museums subscribed to elitist ideologies. The architecture and interior design of these highbrow establishments reflected this with either over the top grandeur or stark, blinding white galleries. However, has museum values became rooted in the community and public education, the architecture changed as well. The Royal Ontario Museum consists of two interconnected main buildings

On a frigid and blustery winter morning in early February. I and my classmates ventured out on an excursion to the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Streeterville area of Chicago. The exhibit we were to view was the Pop Art show, which intrigued me as I am a huge fan of Roy Lichtenstein work. But as strolled about the different artist collections I was drawn back to a piece by Andy Warhol entitled Jackie Frieze 1964. The sadness in her eyes were simply captivating as well as, her twinkling eyes

What category does the art fall under? How can you tell? This painting falls under the category of an impressionist painting. You are able to tell that it is an impressionist painting because the lines of paint are blended on the canvas and not on a pallet. The lines are little brush strokes and not big blended ones. How does the artist use color? Are there stark contrasts or is it blended? Are there symbolic meanings behind the color choices? The artist does not use many colors in this painting

Greco's only pure landscape, is a wonderful example of this cultural clash that highlighted El Greco's artistry, and it provides a stark example of this confrontation between cultures, as it features a dramatic difference between the earth and the sky in the landscape of Toledo, Spain. El Greco was born in the Greek island of Crete. Although he engaged in other forms of art, El Greco was best known as a painter, particularly a

City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and most influential art museums in the world. The Met houses an extensive collection of curated works that spans throughout various time periods and different cultures. The context of museums, especially one as influential as the Met, inherently predisposes its visitors to a set of understandings that subtly influence how they interpret and ultimately construct meanings about each individual object within a museum. By analyzing two separate

Even though time is the great equalizer. Older European artist are still portrayed as superior artisan compared to the more contemporary artist. Museums like the Philadelphia Museum of Art showcase modern works of art but they clearly are built to showcase the older European works of art. I believe that time is leveling the playing field. Older more established artist have the advantage in part due the vast number of older more publicized artist but changes in taste and acceptance have moved