Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Project #5/Field Trip #6 You're the Curator

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:

I
nterior 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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