In the deep forests of Mikata-Gun, Hyogo, Japan lays a simple yet quite intricate structure. Constructed of wood, steel, and reinforced concrete, it towers 16 meters high and covers over 1,900 square meters. The Museum of Wood is "conceived as a great truncated cone,"" which can be described by the Japanese concept, kinari, or beauty in its purest form of aesthetic expression. The museum was completed in April 1994 by Tadao Ando Architect and Associates to commemorate Arbor Day and celebrate the study of wood in Japan. Tadao Ando was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. After graduating from high school he found himself in a craftsman-like environment and was self-educated. Living near many shrines, temples, tea ceremony rooms, gardens, and folk houses which were regarded as national treasures and cultural assets, he found himself visiting them frequently and from these traditional concepts he discovered his own style and interpretation of form. The next following paragraphs will describe how Tadao Ando uses certain details in the fazade, site plan, and volumes in his Museum of Wood to create a certain feeling and experience by intertwining the concepts of material, geometries, and nature. .
The Museum of Wood carries an explicit connection and relationship with nature. The Forest Monolith' as Phoebe Chow describes it, is far from any city lights and a bustling urban environment.1 Remote from these unnatural technologies, it finds itself in its own niche and captures the true elements of nature. The use of wood as its primary material of construction, gives one an impression that the museum is not a disturbance or conflict with the environment but actually a sophisticated part of the nature. From the outside, it is hard for a visitor to determine the front entrance that hides on the south-eastern facade of the main building. It is boringly plain and simple, with no dynamic or interesting shape but the cut cone.
Tadao Ando - The Japanese architects influence on my work through his use of Materials, light and space By neill Lyons It started with me pulling this guys name, whom I had never heard of before out of a hat in 1st year in my formative year at university. ... To be fair to myself though, my initial thoughts when delving into the psychic of the man Tadao Ando was I will return to Ando. ...
Grant Wood was born on a farm near Anamosa, Iowa on February 13, 1891. ... (Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 1) He served as artist in residence at the University of Iowa from 1935 to 1942. ... Wood is best known for his later paintings, which depicts the scenes and people of his native Iowa. ... This satirical treatment can be observed in Wood's most famous work, the double portrait American Gothic. ... Interpetitive focusing mainly on content of Grant Wood's American Gothic. ...
As a lover of ancient history, going to a museum is the only way to fully experience a work of art. ... Another Greek art form represented in the Metropolitan Museum is the Greek pottery. ... One of the beautiful statues of Roman civilization is displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... Moving along the museum we came into the section dedicated to infamous Egyptian art. ... Looking at this graceful figure one can see the difference between a work made in wood and one made out of stone. ...
Museum of choice: Philadelphia Art Museum Art Piece #1 Title: Cat playing with 2 dogs Artist: Dutch (active the Hague, Delft, and, Amsterdam Medium: Oil on Canvas Year made: 1652 Gallery work located: European Art 1500-1550 This piece when I saw it hanging up struck me as being hilarious. ... The way how the painting depicted the calmness of the woods after a snowfall made me fell actually very calm and relaxed. ... The tall trees and the small shrubbery on the ground looked so much like the woods I used to have. Every time it snowed outside I would beg my parents to go for a walk...
As I walked into the front doors of the Dallas Museum of Art, I was already feeling anxious. ... Art ranges from the primitive inscriptions on wood to large silver shrines; from the pyramids of ancient Egypt, to a child's drawings. ... The first thing that I saw when I walked into the museum was Semiramis by William Westmore Story in 1872-1873. ... It was wood covered in beautiful silver with many ornate designs all over it. ... The trip that I took to the Dallas Museum of Art was truly a rewarding experience. ...
How Japanese wood block prints changed the face of art and the Art Nouveau poster. It would be difficult to look back on modern day art history and not see the influence of the Japanese wood block print. ... Japanese Ukiyo-e artists" like Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, and Ando Hiroshige, with their woodblock prints of everyday life, changed the face of art history forever. ...
For my museum report I decided to do mine on a Kouros found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A Kouros is a Greek statue of a young male. The height of the sculpture was 6"4" tall. While observing this piece I found that it was made out of tan colored marble, and naked. His arms are...
Elitejorg Museum On the day before, my the long awaited spring break, I visited Indianapolis" Elitejorg Museum with the Attractions Management class. ... The museum was founded and opened over ten years ago, and it has been growing ever since. ... These museums are all non-profit organizations where a lot of people volunteers work as guides, and gift shop clerks. At the museum there are many temporary exhibits that go on in order for repeat visit to the museum. ... Like in the museum business, I learned they are very slow, and they have to be very careful where and how they spend money...
