MUSEUM

at
Categories
Tags

 

Choose artwork on display at the MFAH.org or MENIL.org
Take notes for a comparison and contrast paper on two artworks at one of the Houston art museums
1) Menil Collection www.menil.org
2) Museum of Fine Arts Houston www.mfah.org

Choose two artworks from official HOUSTON museum websites online:
Choose two different artists
From two different cultures
in two different styles
In two different media, i.e. sculpture and painting

Choose from among the following topics:

Menil Collection 1) compare and contrast a Byzantine icon with an African tribal sculpture

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2) compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance painting with a Greek vase painting or Roman sculpture

Menil Collection, or MFAH 3) Modern and Contemporary art: compare and contrast a contemporary nonrepresentational artwork (i.e. Barnet Newman; Mark Rothko; Jackson Pollock; David Smith (sculpture or painting) with an early 20th century modern abstract artwork (i.e. Picasso; Matisse)

Artist:________________________
Region/Country____________________
Title:__________________________
Date:____________________________
Medium:_______________________
Style:____________________________
Patron:________________________

Artist:________________________
Region/Country____________________
Title:__________________________
ate:____________________________
Medium:_______________________
Style:____________________________
Patron:________________________

 

1. Cultural context and artist’s biography (see museum label and museum catalogues of general collections located in museum bookstores and libraries):

Visual Elements: In taking notes on the various visual elements, be sure to relate them directly to the artist and style. In other words consider how the handling of paint (precise or loose brushwork) is characteristic of a specific artist’s style. Or is the abstraction and stylization or ideal and naturalistic representation of the human form characteristic of a particular region, style and culture?

2. Subject (who or what is represented):

3. Identify locations in the composition

4. Style (Abstract and Stylized or Realistic, Naturalistic, Ideal?):

5. Iconography (symbolism or narrative):

6. Form (shape or structure; 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional):

7. Composition (arrangement of forms in space; balanced; symmetrical; asymmetrical)

8. Technique (handling of materials):

9. Line (contour; implied line of sight; thick; precise; broken):

10. Light (additive or natural; reflected; implied inside or outside the picture frame):
11. Color (value/tonality (light or dark) /hue (name) /saturation or intensity (relative purity)

12. Chiaroscuro (shading or modeling of form with dark and light):

13. Texture (quality of surface; rough, shiny, smooth):

14. Pattern:

15. Mass (bulk density):

16. Volume (space mass organizes):

17. Perspective (linear, aerial, estimated, vanishing point, orthogonals; creates the illusion space recedes into the distance on a 2D surface):

18. Foreshortening (figures represented at angles to the picture plane surface and literally shortened to create the illusion of 3-D and projection into space):

19. Proportion (relation of parts to the whole; i.e. Canon of ideal human proportions):

20. Scale (relative size relation between members of a group; hierarchy of scale: one figure is larger than the rest):

21. Time and Motion:

22. Emphasis and Focal Point:

23. Unity and Variety

24. Repetition and Rhythm

 

Sample Solution

The environment also suffers as a result of the sand mining. Marine sand mines are only increasing and these are having large consequences on the marine life in the surrounding area. The sand is mined from the benthic zone and this mining destroys habitats for aquatic organisms and alters the biodiversity of an area, Desperez et al. claim that sand mining always causes a net loss in faunal biomass in the surrounding ecosystem. The study undertaken by Boyd et al. lends credence to this point and adds that it in the long-term the ecosystem can only be restored to its original state if the original sediment composition is restored. Both studies fundamentally agree with each other and the overall consensus.

A study undertaken by Ashfran et al. into the effects of sand mining discussed that when aggregates are mined but are too fine they are dumped into waterways in large batches. These large plumes alter the turbidity of the water and thus can transform riparian and aquatic habitat to such an extent that they no longer are suitable for some organisms that inhabit them.

As well as being out at sea, many sand mines are situated on rivers. Mining on the bed of a river causes the river to undergo channel incision upstream and downstream of the mine. This can cause lateral instability of the river banks and can cause the draining of the alluvial aquifer to a lower level thus reducing the storage capacity of the aquifer. This decreased level of the water table has a great impact on the effect of droughts in the surrounding area, increasing their severity and occurrence. This research was published in 1997 and therefore is arguably not up to date however it is supported by more recent studies for example the study of Poyang lake by Leeuw et al. in 2009 states that this adverse environmental impact has occurred on Poyang lake.

The mining of sand has both a direct and indirect effect on the climate by exacerbating global warming and climate change through the emission of carbon dioxide. Due to containerisation and globalisation sand can be easily transported over long distances to the location where it is actually used. This transport often involves the combustion of fossil fuels and the emission of CO2 thus enhancing the greenhouse effect. It also has an indirect effect on the climate, because as previously discussed the mining of sand is often with the aim of concrete production, cement is also needed for concrete production. Around 0.9 tonnes of carbon are produced for every tonne of cement produced. This also enhances the greenhouse effect thus leading to anthropogenic climate change. This is a long-term global effect and therefore lends credence to the argument that the impacts of the over-exploitation are not just localised.

Poyang Lake

This question has been answered.

Get Answer
WeCreativez WhatsApp Support
Our customer support team is here to answer your questions. Ask us anything!
👋 Hi, Welcome to Compliant Papers.
Hi, how can I help?