Life in Pre-Historic Texas. My trip to the Witte Museum was amusing one, I got to learn the rich history and culture of Texas. I first gallery that I came across was the Dinosaur Gallery in the Naylor Family Part of the museum. There was a huge model displaying the different soil that was layered one after other, going back in history millions of years ago. There were other interactive dinosaur exhibit explaining how much a particular dinosaur weighed, what it ate etc. The next gallery I saw was the Texas Wild Gallery, displaying the wildlife in the forest of Texas with all the animals living. The most interesting gallery that I noticed was the People of the Pecos Gallery, about the life of prehistoric hunter-gathers of Texas. The floor of the gallery was uneven almost looked like a cave floor, to resemble the limestone canyons in the northern Chihuahuan desert of lower Pecos River region of the Texas and Coahuila Mexico were these hunters-gatherers lived which can be dated back to 9000 years ago. With the help of perishable artifacts found in around the caves of Pecos, the archaeologist have established the life of these people. They used projectile points, tools of chert and agave knifes, to cut the thorny leaves of lechuguilla and other …show more content…
They lived in rock shelter called as Habitation centers, were used like homes 4500 years ago. These centers had leave floors, beds which were near the back wall, the center of the cave was used as work place and disposed their trash outside the cave. Their diet consisted of leaves, flowers, fruits, fish, deer and other animals, the evidence for this can be found in ancient feces. Halo shelters are beautiful murals which tells us visual stories about their life, their belief in spiritual world of their ancestors and nature around then during the time they
For my museum selection I decided to attend Texas State University’s Wittliff Collection. When I arrived, there was no one else there besides me and the librarian. To be honest, I probably would have never gone to an art museum if my teacher didn’t require me to. This was my first time attending the Wittliff Collection, thus I asked the librarian, “Is there any other artwork besides Southwestern and Mexican photography?” She answered, “No, the Wittliff is known only for Southwestern and Mexican photography.” I smiled with a sense of embarrassment and continued to view the different photos. As I walked through Wittliff, I became overwhelmed with all of the different types of photography. There were so many amazing pieces that it became difficult to select which one to write about. However, I finally managed to choose three unique photography pieces by Alinka Echeverria, Geoff Winningham, and Keith Carter.
The Timucua Indians lived and survived in many unusual ways; but they did it the best way that they could with the little that they had. The landscape included, grass prairies interspersed with hardwood forests of oak, hickory and beech. There villages had about twenty five houses that were small and circular, with about two hundred people living in one village
For the video “Slavery and the Making of America: Episode 3,” I am awed by Harriet Jacobs’ story. I think it is amazing how she hid all those years for her children. I never knew that free blacks
From that point on there’s a digital interactive guide that displays the layout of the museum and location of the exhibits. The museum is divided into quadrants with an elliptical rotunda in the middle. The rotunda is illuminated by natural light from the glass dome with skylights above you. Also when you look up you can see extraordinary symbolic painting on the ceiling. From the center of the rotunda you can go left or right to see the exhibits of Native Americans. For some reason I felt like going in through the left, aside from the fact that the right side was closed for renovations. I headed left into the “Time Exposure” exhibit by the Haudenosaunee Discovery Room. When entering the exhibit it can seem a bit disoriented, but you just have...
There are three divisions in the museum. They are the center, west wing and east wing. The different gallery in the center are Dub and Mozelle Richardson Theater, The End of the Trail, The Museum Store, Prosperity Junction, The Atherton Garden, The Norma Sutherland Garden, and Children’s Cowboy Corral. The different galleries in the west wing are Canyon Princess, Grace B. Kerr Changing Exhibition Gallery, Arthur and Shifra Silberman Gallery of Native American Art, William S. and Ann Atherton Art of the America West Gallery, The Weitzenhoffer Gallery of Fine American Firearms, Native American Gallery, Western Performances Gallery, American Cowboy Gallery, The Joe Grandee Museum of the Frontier West, American Rodeo Gallery, The Browne Family Great Plains Coca-Cola Pavilion, the Remuda. The different galleries in the east wing are Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Art Education Center, Abraham Lincoln, Robert and Grace Eldridge Gallery, S.B. “Burk” Burnett Board Room, Sam Noble Special Events Center, Dining on Persimmon Hill, Western States Plaza, the Jack and Phoebe Cooke Gardens. The exhibits are easily comprehended a...
The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings, sculptures, architecture, and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time, Italian, Spanish, and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea of what the paintings were like in these four centuries and reflected ideas of both the east and the west.
The furnishings found in each hut also provide indications of how the people lived. In the centre of all the huts lay a fireplace that is thought to be the only source of heat and light in the entire hou...
‘Where Masks Still Dance’ was another exhibit I came across while visiting the Bowers museum. This exhibit caught my attention as well because of the awesome symbolic masks that were used as a part of the tribal culture and spiritual belief. These masks allowed those living in isolated villages and tribal communities a symbolic relationship to the spirit world, and for the spiritual leaders it allowed them to control the world around them as they wore the masks and developed their dance routines. I really enjoyed this exhibit because it showed me how this culture handled their daily struggles by hiding behind a mask, and dancing in order to get their minds off of whatever they have going on and increase their chances of survival. This all relates to anthropology and how different cultures practice differently amongst one another. For example, the masks represent in a way to hide ones feelings and keep their stress to a minimum, versus another culture may use a different strategy such as basket
Have you ever been to Texas? I have been once. My trip to Texas was unbelievably awesome. I saw many of things on my way there. While we were there, I had loads of fun. Many things happened while we were there. Texas was the coolest place I have ever been.
My first experience at the museum was a good one. I had so much fun even after we were done with the Norton-Simon. Being a business major, I did not know that art could speak to me as it did. It has not influenced me so much as to change my major, but it did open my eyes to a whole new world. Now when I look at art, I do not just see a pretty picture, but what the artist is actually trying to say.
I first visited the Guggenheim Museum two weeks ago with Claus, my friend from Germany. We had the MOMA in mind but I guess talking, talking we must have passed it by. Half an hour from the MOMA we found ourselves in front of the Guggenheim, the astonishing white building that was Frank Lloyd Wright's last project. Why not? We said to ourselves. And so we walked right in.
One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.
The Natural History Museum is an extraordinary place to explore and learn. It’s fun and breathtaking! The museum served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 until 1910. The original structure of the building from the 1913 and today’s structure is a blend of many styles. Like a Spanish Renaissance ornamentation in the terracotta trim.
Walking into the gallery filled with ceramic pieces reminded me of the ceramics class I took my senior year in high school. Out of all the gallery openings that I have been to so far, my favorite pieces were in this one. The ceramic pieces created by Chanda Droske were placed on one side of the gallery and the work of Mike Kern on the other. While the pieces of the two have some similarities, I feel like the arrangement of the gallery highlighted the differences between them.
The Prix de West exhibit at the National Cowboy and Western Museum held pieces that were by award-winning artists. Each artwork was selected as the winner of that year and they ranged from paintings to sculptures. There were several that caught my attention such as the images of La Luz de Fe by Terri Kelly Moyers and Silence and Sagebrush by Jeremy Lipking. While these creations each have their own uniqueness the one that stood out was Silence and Sagebrush.