Bobby
Morrison
Like it/ Don’t Like it
Blend
Of Artwork
•My
likes and dislikes often explain who I am.
In this assignment I chose the topic “Like it/Don’t like it.” I had the
opportunity to travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and encounter works of
art that I found attractive and some unattractive. Making this exhibit allowed
me to put my “own personal stamp” on my art exhibit (Chaffee 1). I formulated an idea to present these works
of art that separate what I like that symbolizes me and what I dislike that
doesn’t show who I am.
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Like A lot:
Lit à La Duchesse En Impériale
•Georges
Jacob (1739–1814, master 1765)
•Factory:
Tapestry made
at Beauvais
•Artist:
After a
design by Jean Baptiste Huet I
(French,
Paris 1745–1811 Paris)
•Date:1782–83
•Culture:
French (Paris)
•Medium:
Carved and
gilded walnut, lindenwood,
pine;
iron; silk and wool Beauvais tapestry and modern
silk damask
I found this very appealing. This work of art, a large
bed with a canopy, relates to who I am because I like the feeling of comfort. This work of art brings me back to the relationship I have with my own bed at home. They say the safes place in the world should be your home so I get a aesthetic emotion view this work of art.
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Dislike:
Shirt
of Mail and Plate
•Date:
15th century
•Culture:
Iranian
•Medium:
Steel,
damascened with silver and partly gilt
•Dimensions:
Overall of
mail shirt 31 in. (78.74 cm) W. at shoulder of mail shirt 19 in. (48.26 cm) L.
of metal plate at waist 10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm) H. of metal plate at waist 8 1/2
in. (21.59 cm)
I didn’t like this at all because the armor was
poorly designed. I am a very urban guy that care about presentation.
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Dislike:
•Ancestor
Figure
•Date:19th
century
or earlier
•Geography:
Papua New
Guinea, East Sepik Province,
•Yamok village,
Middle Sepik River region
•Culture:
Sawos people
•Medium:
Wood,
paint, fiber
In the African gallery I notice this artwork face and how it was so undeveloped and doesn’t show any expression, and his arms are out proportion and oddly have longer arms than legs.
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Dislike:
Mask
•Date:
10th–6th
century BCE
•Geography:
Mexico,
Mesoamerica
•Culture:
Olmec
•Medium:
Jadeite
(Made of minerals)
I dislike because it lacks holes for eyes and a nose so it
could not have been worn over a living face. This item because is impractical.
How would the wearer see out of it or even breathe?
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Like:
The
Birth of the Virgin
•Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di
Giovanni Corradini)
(Italian,
born by 1416–died 1484 Urbino)
•Date:
1467
•Medium:
Tempera and
oil on wood
•Dimensions: 57 x 37
7/8 in. (144.8 x 96.2 cm)
Its depth and being well painted. It made me realize from its title we were all born as a virgin, not only to sexual experiences
but as a virgin, inexperienced in life.
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Like:
Coffins
and Mummy of the Lady Nephthys
•Period:
Middle Kingdom
•Dynasty:
Dynasty 12
•Date:
ca.
1981–1802 B.C.
•Geography: Egypt,
Middle Egypt, Meir (Mir), Khashaba
•Medium:
Wood
I like this because of the ancient Egyptian history
that surrounds Lady Nepthys. The Lady Nepthys coffin has many designs and an
attractive face depicted on top of the coffin. I found it appealing because as
a child I would watch many mummy movies that would use her name to make the story
more real.
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Like:
The
Castle Meerdevoort,
near Dordrecht
•Roelant Roghman (Dutch, Amsterdam 1627–1692 Amsterdam)
•Date:
1647
•Medium:
Black chalk, gray wash
•Dimensions:
sheet: 13 9/16 x 19 7/8 in. (34.5 x 50.5 cm)
•Classification:
Drawings Credit Line: Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2001
I like this painting because it reminds me of home. This shares a similar look of
where I was raised with its ocean view and clear skies.
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Like:
Portrait of Napoleon I
Makers:
•Workshop
of Michel Henri Cozette
(French, 1754–1822 Paris)
•Woven
by Harland the Elder (French, active 1790–ca. 1826), Abel Nicolas Sollier
(French, active 1790–1815) and Charles Duruy (French, active ca. 1805–50)
Patron: Commissioned by
Napoléon Bonaparte
(French,
Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
Date: designed 1805,
woven 1808–11
•Culture:
French,
Paris
•Medium:
Wool,
silk, silver-gilt thread (26-28 warps per inch,
10-12
per cm.)
•Dimensions:
L. 87
1/2 x W. 57 1/2 inches (222.3 x 146.1 cm); Framed: L.
105 3/4 x W. 75 3/4 inches 268.6 x 192.4 cm
I admire his ambition and the way he is standing
surrounded by golden colors in this painting.
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Like:
Interior with Paintings and a Pheasant
•Date: 1928 •Édouard Vuillard (French, Cuiseaux 1868–1940 La Baule)
•Medium:
Tempera and pastel on canvas
• Dimensions:
33 1/4 x 41 1/4 in. (84.5 x 104.8 cm)
• Classification:
Paintings
I found this interesting because of its mixture of colors and
because it reminds me of my family thanksgiving dinners.
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