Kusatsu Famous Resting Place Analysis

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Jennifer Le
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It was a rainy Saturday when I went to the Dallas Museum of Art where I first encountered the enormous steel sculpture Ave by Mark Di Suvero, which could be an artwork for commemoration and serves as a recognizable icon for citizens to demonstrate that the building next to it as an art museum. The abstract sculpture rested on the large grassy area where the bright red steel complimented the green grass that stood next to the light gray museum. The contemporary sculpture significantly covers a large portion of the lawn and thus may represent a public figurehead to the building itself. Unfortunately because of the rainy weather, the sculpture garden was closed but I hope to revisit the museum again for that exhibit. As I entered the museum, I observed that there were four floors where each floor was to be designated for a particular time period and its cultural origins for its permanent collections. Overall, the interior is modern and spacious with artwork sectioned off within that particular exhibit and some pieces had lighting within their encased habitats that accentuated their features. One special piece located in the Vermeer Suite on the first floor was the Young Woman Seated at a Virginal oil painting by Johannes Vermeer that combines music and the visual arts in one art form. The painting could be considered an art for delight because of the woman who is supposedly enjoying to play the piano presumably, and the yellows and whites as the predominate color scheme emphasize the liveliness of the painting with its warm color tones. The pink bows and cheeks on the girl hint at her gracefulness when she is posed in the painting and suggests the sincere joy that people have with hobbies such as playing a piano for personal enjoyment. One of the pieces I encountered on the first floor where the Ancient Mediterranean Art and European Art lay was the marble Bust of Herakles by Lambert Sigisbert Adam as an art for either commemoration of the person or even worship and ritual because of the Greco-Roman style that it emanates. Because the name is similar to Hercules, it could be associated with the military, religious, and cultural values of that era embedded within that person, and it is also emphasized that it is in the Ancient Mediterranean department which further suggests the Greeks and Romans. The intricate carvings especially for the hair and beard are especially detailed, and the Greeks and Romans were to have been known for details especially with architectural elements such as columns. Another art piece is Outside of the Print-Seller’s Shop by Honoré Daumier in the European department located on the second floor. The oil on panel painting could have been created as an art for commentary for the citizens during the time where technology was not as advanced as today, and that people still had to earn a living whether it may be in a small shop, or that Print
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The house in the background depicts men performing various everyday tasks such as washing clothes to simply sitting on benches to rest. The blue accents on the clothes and the roof itself contrasts neatly against the peachy orange skin tones of the working people and thus presents a calming effect to the viewer’s eye with its complementary colors. The artist could persuade a particular lifestyle choice of balancing work and pleasure based on the depicted actions of the people. Since there are a substantial number of people depicted in the painting, the artist could also emphasize the importance of teamwork to finish tasks faster and thus allow for more time to rest and stresses Japan’s collectivist …show more content…
Codman’s silver Martelé candelabrum on the fourth floor made by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Candles would be stuck on the candelabrum and could make a decorative table piece to any dinner table and fascinate families and guests. The aesthetic designs such as the rings dangling off of the handles or the floral designs decorating the entire piece not only complicates the silverware but also gives it a sense of delicacy as well. Art is not only limited to paintings, sculptures, or pottery, but this piece demonstrates that elements of design can even be found in silverware and other common items as

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