In the third chapter of the Experience Psychology textbook, Laura A. King describes how sensations and perceptions of the external environment are incorporated within the human body. Everything that can be seen, heard, felt, tasted, touched, or smelled will go through a system that will allow the sense to be perceived within our minds and body. Art museums provide an opportunity for our minds to use the aspects of sensation and perception when evaluating the artwork and makings that other humans create. Understanding how senses and perceptions are activated in the mind, and what they undergo when presented before visuals such as paintings, drawings, and sculptures, allow the sensory and perception systems to perform at an optimum.
The sensory system is a complex and intricate structure that supports an
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98). What was easiest to perceptive first-hand, was the incorporation of color schemes and uses to portray a specific meaning. Some art pieces were filled with a variety of colors and hues that positively overwhelmed the subject. One of my favorited works, The Stowaway Peers Out at the Speed of Light, created by James Rosenquist, complicatedly used both bright and dark hues in such a way, it created an image that imitated the sight of speed. Although the lithograph was intended only to see, there was an illusion as if the colors could or produce sound caused by the intricate designs. This experience is known as, synaesthesia, where a particular sense creates a feeling of a different sense (King, 2016). Another valued museum piece that inflicted this experience was with the Chanticleer, produced by Jim Waid. The acrylic painting was large and abstract with paint thick paint forming textures and patterns within the strokes; while there is no clear way to smell a painting, I felt as if the vivid colors sent off a soft, “painty”
Art might not be viewed the same way as another individual could. Some people could “see” or “look” at a painting, distinguishing their perspective or interpretation of an artwork. When I “look” at Alma Thomas’ Gray Night Phenomenon, it’s with a goal to identify what the art depicts. I would probably glance at the painting, not taking my time to analyze its different features. At first glance, I register the painting as simply a piece of artwork with a blue background and yellow specks in a pattern, however I don’t take much thoughtful processes to take place and bring emotions into viewing the piece. When one “looks” at something, it is more routine-like and to figure its function, without much appreciation of the artwork. In contrast to “looking”
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. Before the 1980's, China was facing a very serious issue. China had an uncontrolled population which was leading to minimal resources, overpopulation, minimal education, minimal healthcare, and many other issues. As a result of this issue, China implemented a one-child policy in the year of 1980.
Growing up near a city filled with museums, I was lucky enough to be exposed to amazing works of art. My visits to the Frick Collection, housed in one of the only remaining Gilded Age mansions in New York, have clearly been my favorite throughout the years. In that special ambiance, I discovered the glowing and extraordinarily clear tranquil paintings of Johannes Vermeer. I was drawn to the three Vermeer masterpieces in the permanent exhibit. The personal qualities of both the mansion and the paintings captured my fascination and I returned frequently. With extraordinary clarity, Vermeer was able to capture objects precisely through light and space. At first I wasn’t sure why his paintings appeared so different from the other works of his time, but I soon realized they were infused with light and
On July 15, 2016 I visited the Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in Sylacauga, AL. The atmosphere was warm, welcoming, tranquil, enlightening, and reflective. I had a few sensory experiences which were hearing because of the sound the wood floors creaking as you walked through and the fact that it was so quiet you could hear the traffic right outside, sight because of all the many different displays of artwork and displays, and smell because of the almost overwhelming odor that I couldn’t pin point. There was one woman working there but she was in the basement cleaning up from an event from the night previous. The woman gave a brief introduction and rushed back off into the basement so I didn’t get a change to get her name. My overall
Positioned alongside Central Park in the heart of New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and most influential art museums in the world. The Met houses an extensive collection of curated works that spans throughout various time periods and different cultures. The context of museum, especially one as influential as the Met, inherently predisposes its visitors to a certain set of understandings that subtly influence how they interpret and ultimately construct meanings about each individual object within the museum. Brent Plate in Religion, Art, and Visual Culture argues that “objects obtain different meanings in different locations and historical settings.”An object placed on display behind a glass case inside a museum would hold a vastly different meaning if it was put on sale by a street vendor, like the ones who set up their tables in close proximity to the Met. The different meanings that objects are able to obtain is attributed to the relationships that are established between the object itself and the environment that surrounds it. These relationships often involve the kind of audience that a museum attracts, where the work is exhibited, and how the exhibits within a museum is planned out. Museums subsequently have the ability to control how these relationships are established which influences the way a viewer is able to construct meaning. When a visitor observes an object on display at the Met, they instinctively construct a certain set of
Making choices that feel good in the moment that you’ll regret later is a huge part of the human experience. How we deal with aftermath is the ultimate test of our character. In the story The Scarlet Letter, By Nathaniel Hawthorne, the protagonist makes an important decision that affects her life greatly. The word “choice” suggests that one has the ability to decide on what their next action might be. Hester Prynne married a man who she knew was financially secure but not attractive physically. While he was away, Hester had an affair which resulted in her becoming pregnant. The puritans hold very strict beliefs and follow the word of God quite literally from the bible. Since its very hard to conceal a pregnancy the puritans were able to do
The Dallas Museum is a renowned art museum established in 1903 and is located in Dallas, Texas (Neumann et al. 19). The Dallas Museum of art is one of the largest art museums in the United States of America containing more than 24,000 collections of art ranging from the ancient to the modern ones (MacDonald & Brettell 112). There are numerous things inside the museum, such as the pieces of art, museum visitors, and the architecture, that relate to the understanding of the world outside the museum in terms of the day to day life and the human society. My goal in this essay is to think outside the box and describe the observations I made inside the museum and explain how they relate to my everyday life, the wider world, or the human society.
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.
Since the beginning of time, artists have labored extensively to find innovative ways to convey sentiment, passion, and feeling. Telling stories and trying to unlock the minds of people through different avenues of artistic labors. Art touches and affects people in unique ways; it can have special or unusual meaning on the person depending on how one views it. Artists’ rendering of their art is interpreted in numerous ways by others who view it unless it is explained by the artist on its meaning giving a clear example of what they are portraying. Two people looking at the same painting, sculpture, portrait, or photo may come to different views on the arts meaning even though they are looking at the
Visit any major museum of art, at any given time, and one could find an abundance of monumental names listed on tiny plaques hanging next to even more recognizable works of art. The excitement felt by any art enthusiast when walking into these buildings of time and creation, is undeniable and especially unique. Could it be the atmosphere of the building, the presence of artwork, the people, possibly the grandeur of the space, or perhaps, could it be the spirit of the artists themselves, peering through the work they created?
Mt Vesuvius is a famous mountain. Mt Vesuvius lies on the outskirts of Naples, Italy and is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world. Mt Vesuvius is a stratovolcano which means it was built in alternate layers, these layers were layers of lava and ash. Around seventeen to twenty five years ago Mt Vesuvius was formed.
Speaking of Art as Embodied Imagination: A Multisensory Approach to Understanding Aesthetic Experience Author(s): Annamma Joy and John F. Sherry, Jr. Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 30, No. 2 (September 2003), pp. 259-282 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/376802 . Accessed: 22/10/2012 06:18
Hilgard morgan and Sartain explain that there are more than eight senses that we use to explore and learn about the world.Each of these senses has a specific sense organ within which are receptor cells or receiving mechanisms that are sensitive to certain stimuli in the environment.