The Whitney Museum of American Art has often been referred to a citadel of American Art‚ partially due to the museums façade‚ a striking granite building (Figure 1)‚ designed by Bauhaus trained architect Marcel Breuer. The museum perpetuates this reference through its biennial review of contemporary American Art‚ which the Whitney has become most famous for. The biennial has become since its inception a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today. Since the Museum’s opening in 1931
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/09/2014 Submitted on:26/09/2014 Term Paper Dismantling the boundaries of folk and classical artforms-A journey through K Satchidanandan article "REFLECTIONS: the folk and the classical interrogating the boundaries’. K Satchidanandan article brings out a distinction between folk and classical art forms. He introspect the boundaries that divide the two and tries to bring out the picture of one in opposition to other. He defines folk as free of all bonds‚ flexible and subject to any kind of change. He
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In the Folk Museum The concept of belonging The Museum A museum is a place of past. A folk museum celebrates the lives and lifestyle of a bygone era. This particular ‘folk museum’ is displaying the culture and life of the early Australians. The persona feels disconnected from the experience – the almost deathly scene betrays his‚ and others‚ lack of interest. Through the use of imagery‚ the poet sets a cold‚ stale‚ dark and a silent place and this highlights the persona’s feeling of not belonging
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In the folk museum A darkness in the rooms - sinister connotations Betrays the absence of voices‚ - personification Departing from steps And veranda rails – Hyphen marks a break to the extended metaphor of Autumn On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in yellow and brown. Personification/metaphor I look at words – connotes disconnection‚ diction “look” not “read” That describe machinery‚ clothes‚ transport‚ - accumulation‚ shows little interest
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As an art student‚ I find the art that we learn about in class very interesting because it is art that I would never be interested in‚ but yet after learning the details I enjoy them. Although I don’t mind learning art through power points‚ I find physically looking at art more enjoyable. Getting the whole experience of physical artwork is a more exciting way to learn and catches my interest more‚ which is why I was so excited to visit a new museum and look at some art. For this assignment I decided
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Although the Orlando Art Museum was the last Cultural place I visited it was definitely my favorite. The insane art fixtures and sculptures I saw left me baffled at what I thought art really was. I always saw art as something sort of boring‚ and I wasn’t all that excited for visiting this art museum. But after this my opinion about art definitely changed completely and I would love to visit more museums like this one. A lot of paintings and sculptures caught my eye while visiting. The Painting
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quirky fusion of kinship‚ locality‚ experience and even spirituality. There is no rule book on how to belong so it must be frequently improvised. Peter Skrzynecki communicates the concept of belonging through his poems ’10 Mary Street’ and ‘In The Folk Museum’ by using such techniques as similes metaphors and person pronouns and I‚ Frank McCourt‚ communicate my ideas on belonging in my biographical novel‚ ‘Angela’s Ashes’‚ through the use of analogy and allusion. By using similes it allows Skrzynecki
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I think that our 5th grade should go to the art museum. The reason we should go is because of the amazing art because the art there is really beautiful. The other reason is to learn about the history and why they made it.The last reason is because of the history. The history is really fun to learn about. My first reason is because of the history.The history is really cool to see and learn about.The reason I picked history is because I like to learn about people from an earlier time. So‚ that
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Does High Art or Folk Art Best Express Racial Pride? Do you think high art and folk art express racial pride? Maybe they do however‚ you might think they don’t. Between World War I and the Great Depression‚ Harlem became a problem for African-American artists such as painters‚ dancers‚ musicians‚ playwrights‚ and poets. High art‚ folk art‚ and Harlem Renaissance are a huge part of racial pride. High art for me doesn’t express racial pride. You may ask why? Well I think this because black
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Visual Analysis of a Museum Object On May 7‚ 2011‚ I went to the Timken Museum of art located at the southeast side of Balboa Park‚ San Diego. I chose a painting named “The Piazzetta at Venice” by artist Luca Carlevarijs (1663-1730 Venice). I t was very interesting painting that grabbed my attention at first. The size of painting was 38 x 76-7/8 inches‚ and painted with oil on canvas. The painting took half of the wall and the middle of the painting pointed directly to the viewer’s view
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