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For my study, I visited two museums. First I went to the Guggenheim Museum which is located at Upper East Manhattan, at the corner of 89th Street and fifth Avenue, then I later visited Metropolitan Museum of Art. The reason why I decided to visit two museums is because Guggenheim does not display the kind of art I was interested in, as its main genre of art if Modern art. My focus for this project was studying work from the Renaissance period, by Piero di Cosimo, the painting of” A Hunting Scene”.
The main attraction for me at this museum was the architecture of the Guggenheim Museum building itself. The museum is designed in a fresh circular design that is very modern in art architecture.
It was interesting to note that the design of the building was drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944. Frank Wright is renowned for his authentic taste in building design. Inside the building, one cannot fail to see how Guggenheim is perhaps the most monumental work of modern art in architecture. It has a unique architecture that creates space and dynamism. A spiral ramp rides to a domed skylight peak. The planning of space and the general interior design was fascinating to me. I think Wright’s Building opened peoples mind to explore architectural designs that was artistic, bold and intensely personal.
My next visit was to the Metropolitan Museum to study the subject of my project which is the painting by Piero di Cosimo, ‘a hunting Scene.” This painting falls under the renaissance movements. More specifically, the work belongs to the early period (1400-1475). The painting was originally done using oil on tempera, but was later transferred to a Masonite board using oil.
The painting is a classical example of work of early renaissance artists. It...
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... applied this feature very well to create a sense of drama and suspense, the light illuminates on the faces of the subjects hence enabling a viewer to read the expression of the subjects. The same approach has been applied by Cosimo. Both paintings show ordinary events of life taking place, a hunting scene and a scene of men and women engaged in a discussion. Another common feature is the aspect of the painting seeming to be in motion.
It is important to note however that despite the fact that Cosimo and Caravaggio had been influenced by the renaissance style of painting, they come from different eras of the renaissance time. Caravaggio is an artist in the late renaissance era; hence his work is very colorful compared to the color schemes used by Cosimo in A Hunting Scene. If put side by side in a display gallery, the work of Caravaggio would catch ones eye first.
If the above mentioned paintings do not sound intriguing, the Frick’s remarkable holdings also include works by David, Goya, Renoir, Bruegel, and Velasquez. However, its collection is not limited to paintings only as significant sculptures like Bernini’s “Head of an Angel” from 1655 and Clodion’s ”Zephyrus and Flora” from 1799 can be found there as well. Along with these sculptures, an extensive collection of Italian bronzes and eighteenth century furniture combine to create a museum which although is small in size compared to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, makes up for it with an extensive collection of carefully selected pieces from some of the world’s most renowned artists.
...ch allows the person to enter the glass atrium connecting all of the wings of the building, which was added in 2012. Breuer was honored with the commission after he had shown his design abilities in other aspects throughout the city. The museum expansion was just one of the few of Breuer’s designs that still stand today. Breuer’s work in both furniture design and architecture has been around for many years, and will continue to be around for many more to come.
Barna di Siena’s Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine exhibits a highly dramatic style that was not seen in his mentor nor in his fellow student Lippo Memmi’s work. The symmetric composition consists of two main figures, Saint Catherine and the adult Jesus. In the painting, Jesus is seen placing a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger and taking her as his spiritual bride. Both figures appear to be very light and frail and the draperies they wear do not show the human f...
... study for the overall concept they appear rather as abstract patterns. The shadows of the figures were very carefully modeled. The light- dark contrasts of the shadows make them seem actually real. The spatial quality is only established through the relations between the sizes of the objects. The painting is not based on a geometrical, box like space. The perspective centre is on the right, despite the fact that the composition is laid in rows parallel to the picture frame. At the same time a paradoxical foreshortening from right to left is evident. The girl fishing with the orange dress and her mother are on the same level, that is, actually at equal distance. In its spatial contruction, the painting is also a successful construction, the groups of people sitting in the shade, and who should really be seen from above, are all shown directly from the side. The ideal eye level would actually be on different horizontal lines; first at head height of the standing figures, then of those seated. Seurats methods of combing observations which he collected over two years, corresponds, in its self invented techniques, to a modern lifelike painting rather than an academic history painting.
When I entered through the main gallery entrance, the first thing that I noticed was this colorful glass sculpture in the middle of the room. I was in awe at how beautiful the sculpture was and the way how the light was reflected on the sculpture really emphasized the
Lorenzo De Medici can be considered as one of the most influential men of the 13th century. His work in political affairs and administration were renowned in all Italy and his family could count on him in every aspect. Lorenzo was also a promoter of a new period called Renaissance. He was one of the first “mecenate” to explore this new way of art. In this project, I will concentrate how he developed art in Florence, giving a clear example through an Artist of that period that was working for him: Sandro Botticelli. His work “The Spring” is a well-defined example of what we can call “art in the Renaissance”, in particular for the Italian Renaissance.
Art regulars during the 1300’s and 1600’s demanded art that displayed delight in human beauty and life’s enjoyment. Art from this period was more lifelike than art from the middle ages. The word renaissance was coined in during the 1800’s by the French, to show the level and angle of perspective and variations that artistes during this era used. Accordingly, the art pieces composed by these artistes portrayed depth in the feelings meant to be depicted by the observers (Stokstad, Michael and Asher, 2010, p. 38). The following paper reviews the categories of renaissance art within this era, based on the artistic trends, location, amongst other factor.
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.
When analyzing these two-architectural building one can see some similarities and differences that make each work of art unique. For instance, the Seagram building was created between 1954 through 1958 which was much earlier than the Guggenheim Museum which was made between the years 1993 and 1997. Because the building was created in different time periods and in two different countries One thing that can be noted is that the Seagram building is considered an International Style of architecture in contrast the Guggenheim Museum’s architecture is known as deconstructivity. Also, the material from which they are made is different. In the Seagram building was made from dark glass and bronze as well as steel. In contrast, the Guggenheim Museum
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.
Dunkerton, Jill, Susan Foister, Dillian Gordon, and Nicholas Penny. Giotto to Dürer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery. London: Yale UP in Association with National Gallery Pubblications, 1991. Print.
The shift between the Middle Ages and Renaissance was documented in art for future generations. It is because of the changes in art during this time that art historians today understand the historical placement and the socio-economic, political, and religious changes of the time. Art is a visual interpretation of one’s beliefs and way of life; it is through the art from these periods that we today understand exactly what was taking place and why it was happening. These shifts did not happen overnight, but instead changed gradually though years and years of art, and it is through them that we have record of some of the most important changes of historic times.
Additionally, the styles changed; from Rococo, which was meant to represent the aristocratic power and the “style that (…) and ignored the lower classes” (Cullen), to Neoclassicism, which had a special emphasis on the Roman civilization’s virtues, and also to Romanticism, which performs a celebration of the individual and of freedom. Obviously, also the subject matter that inspired the paintings has changed as wel...
When first arriving at the museum it was an old styled, rustic, building that was not very modern, which I think fits into the theme of the museum. The outside of the building had history, similar to how the inside of museum is filled with a history. There was also an impressive statue of former president Theodore Roosevelt. I thought it was an interesting display, but Theodore Roosevelt was an advocate for the preservation of national parks and the conservation of animals, moreover, I thought it was a great tribute to him. I think the outside of the museum shows how rich the history of the world is and there is so much to learn. The past has been polished for the people of the present to understand and admire. Overall, I felt every exhibit was easy to understand and not intimidating; subsequently, it was easy for children and adults to look at.
The success or the failure of an art exhibition is reliant on the ability of the art piece to exist by itself on the curved wall of a sloped museum, while also making sense as a piece of the whole exhibit. Visitors’ interests were more focused on the historical context rather than appreciating the history lesson or the collection of artworks themselves, because of the small pockets of gallery spaces. This is due in large part to the museum’s unique, inflexible structure, which hinders the full function of the museum.