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Pictures of the Apocalypse at the Met

versions of the Bible. "In addition to lavishly illustrated volumes of the Book of Revelation, such as this example, isolated scen...

The Art of Alice Neel

and the paintbrush she holds. Small touches of red in her face and in the shadows of her neck and legs, punch up the contrast of ...

Museum and Community Arts Center Governance and Effectiveness Enhancement

effectiveness is based on its understanding and approval of managements theories and the plans for the implementation of those ide...

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater

gowns for one clients wife" (Strickland 147). Falling water was designed by Wright both inside and out and this was part of the pr...

Two Paintings from the Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art

rich with character. Apparently Courbet was from a very wealthy family and yet this picture presents him very much as a common man...

Analysis of Six Museum Works of Art

accounts, it is possible for art historians to state that some of the copies of the statue are inaccurate. Grout notes that those ...

Reliquaries: Metropolitan Museum of Art

and is also French. It is made up of "Copper: engraved, chiseled, stippled, and gilt; champlev? enamel: dark, medium, and light bl...

Creating a New Museum

long flight of steps towards the imposing architecture of the museum (Virtual tour, 2004). This building is characterized by Gre...

Anthropologists' Views on Museums

In five pages this paper examines the controversy surrounding museums from both sides in a contention that they are misrepresent e...

Statue of Juan de Onate in Alcade, New Mexico

Onate was accompanied by a garrison of troupes including, at a lesser rank, his own nephew. They arrived at the Acoma pueblo in 1...

Time Travel and the Internet's Cyber Telephone Museum

In twelve pages this paper examines the Cyber Telephone Museum in which the Internet uniquely depicts the history of the telephone...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Photographic Exhibit Review

In five pages this exhibit's contributions to the museum and vice versa as well as an analysis of several featured photographs are...

Los Angeles' 'Museum of Tolerance'

and manipulate their emotions. Because it does use theatricality, video and film to display this range of human emotion - positiv...

Madonna of the Clouds by Donatello

In nine pages this Donatello piece as featured in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is considered in terms of this marble's relationshi...

Two Art Figures from the Ancient World

This research contrasts and compares two art figures from ancient civilizations, which are part of the collection at the Metropoli...

Detailed Analysis/Retrospective Exhibit on Orozco

Orozco, biographical information and his art philosophy Orozco was born in 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and studied art at th...

National Women’s History Museum

2011). However it is also noted that there were also very brave and courageous Chinese women who came to the United States for the...

Cultural Institutions and State Bias

In five pages this paper examines the bias with regards to the favoring of certain cultural institutions such as the Victoria and ...

Social Discrimination and Prejudice

on this subject will want to point out that prejudice is really a prejudgment or an idea about someone based on certain factors. I...

Reactions to a Museum on the Holocaust

In a paper consisting of five pages emotional responses to a Holocaust museum along with relevant relational versus institutional ...

Cultural Projects and the Importance of Political and Economic Considerations

In seven pages this paper discusses that for a UK museum exhibit to be successful that the gaps that exist between culture, politi...

Points Made by Museum Displays

In 5 pages the many meanings of museum displays are examined. There are 5 sources cited in the bibliography....

Society and American Pop Art

In five pages this paper examines pop art as featured at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art in terms of history and th...

Overview of America's National Holocaust Memorial and Museum

The US National Holocaust Memorial and Museum is examined in an overview of eight pages and includes history and displayed exhibit...

Internet Uses by Museums

their work" (Will, 2003). There are many types of resources that museums can use, depending on what they want to do. Some "have ...

Museum Tour and the Social Class Theory of Karl Marx

In five pages this paper examines how Karl Marx's theory of social class can manifest itself in a museum tour. Five sources are c...

Cycladic Figure Art

In five pages the Museum of the Legion of Honor's Cycladic figure is examined in terms of its goddess religious significance. Fou...

Experiencing the Dachau Museum

In five pages the Dachau Museum is discussed in terms what vistors can expect to see and experience there. Four sources are cited...

Galleries and Wings of a Trip to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art Described V

An exhibit reaction paper of two pages considers the various African, Asian, Greek, and Roman wings and galleries of NYC's Metropo...