As an overview of an antique store manager, their duties are provided as follows. First, an antique store manager must be dedicated to their interest in antiques. They attend certain sales to locate antiques for their store or to find the specific requests of their customers. After purchasing the antiques, the manager is responsible for the appraising and valuing the antiques that are brought into the store for sale. Sometimes they have to renovate, repair, and refurnish their items; while doing the restorations, they have to make sure to use the appropriate methods that will not diminish the value of the item. Once the antiques are restored, the manager must correctly price the items in his store and be able to authenticate the items. Furthermore, they do the hiring, training, and scheduling of staff, while overseeing the daily operation of the store. There is no formal educational requirement to become an antique dealer, but to be a store manager they probably have a business degree. The only necessary talents are being able to keep up with trends in the business, as well as understanding a wide range of antiques. It is also important for antique store managers to understand the market value of antique items. Although there are some training courses available to help with this profession, most antique dealers have a long-standing knowledge and passion for the business. They get their experience by working in their family business or spending their career working with antiques. It can start as a hobby then eventually progress into a full-time career. As a side note, the most important knowledge an antique store manager can have is the difference between an antique, a collectible, and memorabilia, so when they go shopping they ... ... middle of paper ... ...nd museums around the world that highlight the latest trends in collecting and decorating with antiques. The Magazine Antiques was established in 1922, but in 2009, it underwent a full redesign. In January 1928, the head-of-title note "The Magazine" was added, but was not used between August 1952 and February 1971 (currently used now). The magazine claims around 150,000 readers and is published by Brant Publications, which is a company that was founded in 1984 by Peter Brant (art collector and newsprint entrepreneur). Historian Wendell Garrett served as the editor of the magazine from 1972 to 1990 and he remained an editor at large until his death in 2012. Antiques is currently edited by Elizabeth Pochoda, who is the fifth editor since the magazine's establishment. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a PhD in Medieval and Renaissance Literature.
New York City is known for its extensive collection of art museums ranging from the Metropolitan Museum of Art which is usually the most renowned to others such as the the Solomon R. Guggenheim or the Whitney Museum of American Art which are popular in their own rights. This abundance of art museums makes the city very attractive for foreign visitors. However, this abundance of choice can overwhelm even the most informed visitors who have a finite amount of time to explore what the city has to offer. Although all of the above mentioned museums have great collections of their own, the often unheralded Frick Collections might trump them all in terms of exceptional works which include some of the world's most celebrated Western artists, such as Goya, Manet, Monet, Rembrandt, and Renoir.
On my trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I decided to take my mother with me. While being in the museum, I decided to focus on “The American Wing”. In “The American Wing”, there are amazing pieces of art, jewelry, and antique silver. I was amazed on how each piece of artwork and item was carefully designed. They had an amazing design that you do not see now in days.
The St. Louis Art Museum is one of the United States most renowned art museums that is located in our very own St. Louis. It has over 30,000 pieces of exquisite art that I had the privilege to witness. While there, I mainly examined the art pieces that were modern art, since that is of what I have a good working knowledge. There is a wide range of art that I also got to witness including the sculptures and the museum itself. In the past year, they have recently installed a new sector of their establishment that has done nothing less than enhance the entire museum’s overall beauty. The St. Louis Art Museum, there are many beautiful works, but there were three special projects that caught my eye while I was there. The Contemporary art periods, Modern art periods, the American art periods, and the museum itself.
As the tour of the museum began, it was easily noticed that all of the objects on display were placed behind thick glass cases. Many plaques inside of the case provide the visitor with information about the specific case that is being looked at. In most cases the plaques didn’t so much provide an elaboration on the pieces, but rather expand upon the historical context of the pieces. Also, the plaques shed light onto muc...
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.
As with many advances in industry and technology, we can thank war for increasing the interest in research for art conservation. After the Great War, the British Museum unpacked its collections after wartime storage in the Underground railway tunnels. Many items had unexpectedly deteriorated in a relatively short time; iron had rusted, bronze developed green corrosion, pottery and stone objects were covered in growth of salt crystals. The museum then decided to set up a permanent scientific research laboratory to further its understanding of the causes of deterioration of materials and learning methods of treating its effects. Conservation of art is now a full-time academic pursuit with Master’s programs at many universities in the United States with the intent to study, prevent, maintain, and restore cultural work.
In Alice Walker’s Short story “Everyday Use” a mother is conflicted between her two daughters and the families quilt. Maggie is uneducated and financial unstable, and Dee is a well-educated woman that’s embarrassed of her family. Each believing they are entitled to family inheritance. The story characterize heritage and how heritage is portaged differently between the two sister. The main characters in this story, "Mama" and Maggie are on one side, and Dee on the other, each have opposing views on the value and worth of the various items in their lives, this conflict makes the point that the substance of an object is more important than style.
Before I discuss the relics I found during this trip, I would first like to reflect upon the experience I had on this trip. I found this trip to the Metropolitan Museum very interesting, because it had a massive amount of relics from all over the world and from different time eras throughout the museum. The one area I found fascinating was the Asian area of the museum. I found this area very interesting because it had a broad array of artifacts, and a lot of the work seemed to talking to you spiritually and mentally. I found it very easy to examine these collections without having to look at the description. The collection I found to be extraordinary was the robe room of the Emperor. This was by far the most fascinating part of the trip, because each one was designed for different events or cere...
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When my grandmother and I arrived at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, we first entered the rooms containing 14th to 17th century artwork. In the second room, on the left
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.
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Dunnes Stores is an indigenous, family owned Irish Company. The Company is a retailer in both the food and textile market who work around the principle of providing competitive prices, high quality products and a vast variety of choices. The company’s motto of “Better Value” looks to draw in all these principles together.
The business owner has many important duties but the duties that are required daily like managing the employees because you