Essays on Art Museum

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Introduction China is home to the most ancient and enduring human civilization. This civilization flourished for thousands of years and have survived through many succession of rulers and dynasties. The study of China’s civilization is important in order to understand China’s contemporary society. Chinese civilization can be categorized into three broad historical periods: ancient China, Imperial China and modern China. These periods, however, only serves as an imaginary partition in order to identify a certain time in the history of China. But in reality, Chinese civilization is continuous and was never interrupted even through there ...

Pop Art is an art, where everyday objects are used (comics, cans, burgers, etc.) as a subject, and often included into the work. The Pop Art is the direction of the Visual Arts in Western Europe and the United States of the late 1950-1960-ies. The term “Pop Art” was firstly used by Lawrence Alloway in his critical article, but in the meaning of “pop culture”. Pop Art is characterized by the portrayal of all features of pop culture and has a powerful influence on modern life; images are taken from the mass media and especially advertising. Although critics characterized ...

Victoria and Albert Museum: Marketing

Introduction The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is located in London, England and is one of the largest museums of art and design in the world. The museum was founded in 1852 following the huge success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. The museum was founded as the Museum of Manufacturers, reflecting its original purpose of appealing to the working class in order to help educate them. In addition, the museum was meant to help inspire British manufacturers and developers. The museum was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899, after Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of ...

Indeed, one can argue that the essay presents an accurate account of the Nepali art culture. One month ago, I had the chance of visiting a global art museum in New York City. One of the very many sections in the museum displayed the Nepali art traditions. One of the most notable aspects was the paintings, which were diverse in nature. Indeed, I could see how the art forms had evolved since the medieval times (Nepali 77). Furthermore, the paintings depicted the Nepali guardian deities, which I had read about in one of my course books. All these findings ...

The Museum of Asian art in San Francisco is one of the must-see museums in the town. It is situated quite near to the Civic center and more than eighteen thousand pieces of fine art are exposed permanently in the arranged collections. Some of the exhibited articles are about six thousand years old. The arts and objects are collected from the entire Asian continent. Entering the museum, visitors can enjoy beautiful objects as paintings, furniture, sculptures, armor and textiles, and also there are represented objects from China, India, Turkey, the Philippines and Japan showing the culture of these countries ...

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Superhero movies have in the recent years dominated the box office with an increasing number of viewers willing to embrace the films. The recent advancements in technology could be possibly attributed to the phenomenon since film makers have been able to apply the required super hero effects on the movie casts and pull the effects off in the appropriate way. The unique cinematic techniques attract the attention of most viewers who are then influenced by the message passed across by the films. The massive surge of comic book lovers could also be attributed to the growing demand for superhero ...

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‘The Supper at Emmaus’ ,is a well-known painting at The Kimbell Art Museum and made by legendary Renaissance artist Jacopo Bassano who is also known as Jocapo dal Ponte. The painting represents a highly inspirational image of Christ dining with two of his disciples in his post-resurrection appearance and stands apart as an extremely compelling work of iconic art related to religion. Bassano has been famous for his use of luminous colors and evidence of incidents from routine life visible in his works. This essay tends to observe the ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ to develop an expressionist critique of ...

The technology of architecture is quickly evolving, and so too are the tastes and aesthetic desires of architects. Architecture presents a way for an individual to interact with a space, and an art museum in particular has to play a very specific role: it has to house fine art, of course, but it also has to be a functional, aesthetically pleasing space. The Perez Art Museum Miami is one of the most spectacular museums in the City of Miami—not only because of the art it contains, but because of the architecture of the building itself. It is a ...

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The artist’s biography plus the historical context to which an artwork is attached have great significance when it comes to formal analysis. Therefore, formal analysis not only describes the artistic principles incorporated on the artwork but also provides adequate information in terms of the scope and historical interpretation. As such, the analysis helps the reader envision the object in particular so that they may get the entire literature about the piece of art and its significance in the discipline. Among the essential elements, details under formal analysis include; the form, color, and style as well as the compositional ...