Art Institute Of Chicago Art

Three weeks ago I visited the Art Institute of Chicago. It was established in 1879 and has since expanded its collection to approximately three hundred thousand works. Attracting over one and a half million visitors annually, it is one of the largest art museums in the United States. The reason I chose this site is that I read that it displayed Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, and I wanted to see it in person because it is so iconic.

Sculptures from around the world can be seen. In the basement are the Thorne rooms. There are exact miniatures showing architectural styles, as well as collections of American and European furniture. Also in the basement are the galleries exhibiting photography collection. On the ground floor is the collection of George F. Harding, collection of weapons and armor of Medieval and Renaissance. Pre-Columbian pottery collection is another outstanding display. A special attraction of the Museum is a tangible statue to the blind and to children: an expressive facial portrait of Juana de

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, or LACMA as it is commonly known, is among the world’s largest art collections in North America, and to be specific enough the most prevalent artwork in the western United States (Compton 165). This massive art museum has a collection of over 100,000 artworks, which extends from the ancient times to present days (Gilbert and Mills 174). These collections, which are mainly from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin-America and America itself, are grouped into several departments within the museums buildings, depending on the region, culture, media, and time period. This paper analyzes the different genres of art and explains the main features that make the Islamic artworks

Asian Art Museum in San Francisco has a collection of about 17,000 objects of art and artifacts from all major

Being involved in clubs and activities while at DCHS has allowed me to grow and mature as a person and as a student. With the various clubs and activities I am involved in (Art Club, Book Club, Debate, GSA, Ladies Community Outreach, National Honors Society, Scholar’s Bowl, and Young Life), I’ve become more confident, outgoing, helpful, open-minded, and have met new people who I’ve come to be friends with.

During school right now, I am mostly focusing on two clubs that I’m involved in: the National Art Honor Society and the Super Smash Bros club. I focus on these clubs because art and video games are two of the biggest passions in my life. I was seven years old when I got my first console, and I was three when I first started drawing. Gaming and art have been a part of my life for a large majority of it, so it made sense when I found that I could translate these aspects of my life into a career. Parts of my life have gotten me to this decision, and it starts with my art.

Next time you are walking through the Art Institute of Chicago I would highly recommend a visit to the Gift of Edlis|Neeson Collection, located on the second floor, gallery 292A. Here you will find a tantalizing array of modern day contemporary art that delivers a sensory overload wherever you turn. Nestled in between the copiousness of talent you will find three offerings from a prominent living contemporary artist called Jasper Johns titled Alphabet (1959), Figure 4 (1959), and Target (1961). Although at times his work faced rejection from the critics of individualism of abstract expressionists his life’s journey sculptured his path to who he is as a person and who he has become as a modern day renowned contemporary artist.

During my visit at the Art Institute of Chicago this quarter, a popular and interesting piece of artwork that spoke to me in ways that no other artwork did was the, “Tarquin and Lucretia” by Tintoretto or the artist known as Jacopo Robusti. Tintoretto is also known as the one of the most well-known Italian Renaissance artists and became interested in painting at a very young age. This specific piece of artwork was originally created by Tintoretto during 1578 through 1580 and is an oil painting on a canvas. It has approximate size measurements of 68’ 7/8” by 59’ 5/8” and is classified as an Italian work of art. This painting takes place in ancient Roman times where the figure that is somewhat laying down represents Lucretia, who is the wife of an honest man named Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (“Stories and Histories - The Rape of Lucretia”, 2016). The other figure that is directly behind Lucretia is Sextus Tarquinius or Tarquin, who is her rapist and the son of a dictatorial Roman king named Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Subsequently after her rape, Lucretia tells her husband and father about the incident. In order to save herself from the guilt and misrepresentation of her reputation, she stabs herself to death (“Stories and Histories - The Rape of Lucretia”, 2016). In the article titled, “Illicit Arousal: The Erotic Subtext of Tintoretto 's Tarquin and Lucretia” within The Journal of the History of Art by Sabrina DeTurk, it is stated that Lucretia is seen to be “a moral

The Art Institute of Chicago is an encyclopedic art museum that features a collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in its permanent collection. Much can be found in its collection of American art, Old Masters, European and American decorative arts, Asian art, Islamic art, Ancient and Classical Egyptian art, modern and contemporary art, and architecture and industrial and graphic design. In total, the collection size numbers about 300,000 works and is visited about one-hundred and fifty million times each year. The Art Institute is the second-largest art museum in the United States after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The museum was at first an Academy of Design studio founded by a group of 35 artists. When the

The museum is arranged on two floors, organized by subject and date. There are many permanent exhibitions of American, African, Asian, European, Islamic, Contemporary

The first art that interested me was the art of Indonesia which in this exhibit depicted the

In art, there are qualities that speak louder than words. It expresses many different messages and emotions and each person has an experience different from the next. In this paper, I will be discussing two artworks I encountered. The piece is a good example of how people can encounter different experiences in one piece. I attended the Orlando Museum of Art a while back with family and overall enjoyed my experience. On my visit, I found the museum quite impressive and felt a deep connection with specific pieces.

“How do you make a building for contemporary art that stays contemporary in the future without stooping to a neutral language? And how do you attract a big public without compromising the selfish, private, exclusive time we all want to have in a museum?” These questions, put forward by Elizabeth Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, represent the urbanistic motivation supporting the construction of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). In such a manner Boston’s ICA engages, not only with the urban citizen, but also the urban landscape in which the site is located. The ICA conveys the idea of architecture as art in itself. As a presenter of art to the urban citizen and because of its open design, the inside allows the citizens to not only appreciate the art within the building but also see the art of the building’s natural environment and setting.

Art in any form is joy to the eyes. In Pakistan there is this great art (known as Truck Art) which has captured the imagination of tourists and art lovers from all over the globe. Its not cheap, it’s not easy but a truck owner without a truck art is not acceptable in the Truck Drivers fraternity.

During my undergraduate work back in Venezuela, I wanted to make news reports because I admire the power and beauty of truth. Although I learned how to produce news and consider myself a journalist, I was missing something. I wanted to work with stories based on realities, that would stay on the screen for a longer period than two to three minutes – the standard news time per package. Moreover, I wanted to combine the power of reality content and the elegance of cinema – something that is not relevant in the T.V. world due to the need for immediacy. Furthermore, I wanted to express a personal voice through my work, which led me to start a filmmaking career to learn how to produce documentaries. In the fall of 2013, I applied