The Art Institute of Chicago has one of the finest collections of art that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience. The Museum itself is an artistic architectural structure that graces Michigan Avenue in Chicago Illinois. Entering inside, I sensed myself going back into an era, into a past where people traded ideas and learned from each other. It is a past, where I still find their works of yesteryears vividly within my grasp, to be remembered and shared as if their reflections of works were cast for the modern devoted learner. .
Walking into the Hall of the Buddhas, there was a sense of peace and guidance lingering inside me. The seated Bodhisattva, of the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534), CA.480, from the Yungang, Cave xv, Shani Province, made of sandstone, guarded the entrance. At first, I thought it was a time to be disciplined, but the transcending smile from the statue was a delicate fixed gesture that offered a feeling of welcome. It was not a place to confess your wrongdoings; neither was it a place for me to say, "Buddha I have sinned." It was a room to purify the mind, the mind that we take for granted without giving it harmony. There was a large mural decorating the main wall called "The Paradise of Bhaishajyaguru"(916-1125). I sat down wandering if the artist of the portrait knew that his work would one day be shared on this side of the world, in my time. Much like Jesus Christ and his followers, the mural is a painting of healers and saviors. It was a large figure of the Buddha of medicine, (Bhaishajyaquru) surrounded by followers of Bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara, and Mahosthamaprapta with twelve guardian generals who have pledged to disseminate the Buddha's teaching (Tradition of Liao 916-1125, Metropolitan Museum wall plaque). .
On the other side, I noticed a standing statue called "Quan Yin" that I have often encountered. It was an Avalokiteshvara from the Sui dynasty (581-618) made of limestone (Metropolitan Museum Plaque).
Art Museum 1. For this assignment I choose to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. ... I can recall visiting Elmhurst Art Museum. ... The underlying theme that was incorporated throughout Van Gogh's works is not connected primarily to the history of art, but what I interpreted as more towards a human art. ... My overall experience of the art museum was a positive one. ...
Georgia graduated high school in 1905 in Virginia and promptly moved to Illinois to live with an aunt and to attend the Art Institute of Chicago. ... There she visited Alfred Stieglitz's art gallery 291 where she was exposed to such artists as Matisse and Rodin. She did not return to the Student League in 1908 as she became discouraged with her work, she instead returned to Chicago and took work as a commercial artist. ... He pioneered the art of photography and introduced America to the art of Picasso, Matisse, and Cezanne. ... In the 1970's people began to have a newfound ...
This is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. ... It was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago for $3,000. ... Still the original of this painting is in remained in Museum of Art Institute of Chicago. ... He loved to paint, art was his life, it was his passion. ... Lots of of his paintings were visited for displayed at the Museum of Germany, London, Cologne and Ludwig. ...
In 1913, Wood moved to Chicago where he set up a jewelry and metal workshop (Peltakian, para. 3). He eventually enrolled at the School of Art institute of Chicago while he lived there. ... He opened this place because he wanted the Midwest to be a significant art center. ... The debut of American Gothic was at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930, where he won bronze and a $300 prize. ... The house quickly became a national memorial and the people came to visit his home (Wood, para. 12). ...
In 1913, Wood moved to Chicago where he set up a jewelry and metal workshop (Peltakian, para. 3). He eventually enrolled at the School of Art institute of Chicago while he lived there. ... He opened this place because he wanted the Midwest to be a significant art center. ... The debut of American Gothic was at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930, where he won bronze and a $300 prize. ... The house quickly became a national memorial and the people came to visit his home (Wood, para. 12). ...
1881: Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, Son of Jose Ruiz Blasco, an art teacher (1838-1913) and Maria Picasso Lupez (1855- 1939) 1884: Birth of the first sister, Dolores (Lola) 1887: Birth of the second sister, Concepcion (Conchita) 1888 89: Started painting tutored by his father. 1891: Translated La Coruña, where his father worked as an art teacher. ... Studying the master works at the Louvers and his nights enjoying the company of fellow artist at cabarets like the Lapin Agile. 1903: In works such as the old guitarist ( 1903;art in...
He also worked on a merchant ship that visited Africa. ... The Harlem Renaissance was an era of extraordinary excellence in African-American art and literature. ... Hughes founded in 1938 the Suitcase Theatre in Harlem, in 1939 the Negro Art Theatre in Los Angeles, and in 1943 he founded the Skyloft Players in Chicago. In 1946 he was elected into the National Institute of Arts and Letters. ...
She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and then traveled Europe for some time, eventually settling in Paris in 1874. ... Motherhood was Cassatt's most desirable theme; interest in this was fed by numerous visits from nieces and nephews. ... In 1890, Cassatt visited an exhibition of Japanese prints in Paris. ... But I feel their stories and work are a great inspiration for women of today, with a message that reaches far beyond the world of art. ... Impressionism : A Feminist Reading : the Gendering of Art, Science, and Nature in the Nineteenth Century...
On February 28th I visited Chicago Art Institute, in order to find out more about the Northern Renaissance Art. ... He used realism and dynamic language in his works, and he was called a master of Gothic art. ... Cranach's art, including his portraits became more pedagogical by the Reformation that was spreading very rapidly through Franconia. ...
