Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art currently presents three fascinating special exhibits including one on cubism, another on Renaissance tapestry, and a third on ancient Assyrian art. Each of these three special exhibits is different, and exciting in its own way. The exhibit on Renaissance tapestry is entitled "Grand Design" and focuses on the work of Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Some of the tapestries are lavish and intricate, such as the "Seven Deadly Sins." Having never before encountered tapestries from this era, I was stunned at the workmanship and marveled at the amount of time it must have taken to weave these incredible patterns. As if on cue, the museum's curator had prepared several information panels informing viewers about the process of tapestry making, its history, and its relevance during the Renaissance. Van Aelst had produced tapestries for Europe's elite, including the Medici family. This made me ponder the nature of globalization, and how Europe was uniting itself with commercial activities many centuries prior to the advent of the euro. In fact, subsequent tapestries in the collection, such as "Customs and Fashions of the Turks," shows that the world was becoming smaller and smaller as the age of exploration commenced. Even though many of the tapestries depicted world trade and various cultures, there were also several that either showed Biblical scenes or scenes from classical mythology. The Biblical tapestries were from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The neoclassical imagery made many of van Aelst's tapestries...
It is worth noting also that some of the tapestries seemed cryptic and almost out of place, such as "A Horseman Abducting a Woman," which had an unfinished and dreamlike quality.
Art History Client paid for This sculpture is from Cambodia, in the Angkor period. The statue is 22.75 inches high, which is just under two feet. The majority of the statue is made from bronze, but it is ornamented with inlaid silver. The tiny Amitabha Buddha is seated within the topknot of hair on the Bodhisattva's head. Although the posture is erect with a very straight back, the Bodhisattva is not well
Getty Museum Before making plans to personally visit the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, I spent an hour or so researching the museum, Mr. Getty, and some of the issues that this richest of all art museums had recently faced. The assignment calls for finding out what is available to see, and I also found out what was not available to see. One important statue that I would
Visual Art Vincent van Gogh was a 19th-century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. The titles that have been given to each of his three paintings are Bedroom in Arles (French: La Chambre a Arles; Dutch: Slaapkamer te Arles). The Bedroom in Arles is the painting that has been chosen for this particular paper (Dorn, 1990). The Bedroom (French: La Chambre a coucher) was the simple title that was given by Van Gogh to his
Indigenous Art North America http://nanact.org/assets/images/encounter-the-people/hopi-katsina.jpg //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Native_Alaskan_Totem_Pole.JPG/284px-Native_Alaskan_Totem_Pole.JPG //www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_00.5.16.jpg //www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1979.206.422.jpg date 8-11th century, d. stone, e. Currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. The sculpture depicts a warrior, showing how warrior qualities were essential to survival in the culture. My European friends would think this statue has great symmetry and form because it does. South America Inca, b. Gold Llama: https://www.britishmuseum.org/images/llama_m.jpg c. date: about 1500 C.E., d. gold, e. British Museum The gold sculpture was likely to be an offering or a
Art and Artists of San Diego-Tijuana Border and the Economic Impact The Mexico/U.S. border has been an area of focus in both countries politics because of the increased concerns regarding the impact of immigration to the United States. Securing this border has been a major priority of both governments to help in curbing several crimes, especially drug trafficking. While this border continues to dominate immigration policy debates and agenda, its cultural
She is wearing a white cap to cover her hair, which further conveys a sense of anonymousness. However, after researching this work of art, I began to discover how wide the divide was between my own assumptions of beauty and that of Vermeer's time. Although I found the work of art itself beautiful and picturesque, the milkmaid looked heavy and ungainly to me, more of an object of pity because
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