Art Reflection Paper

The Art Institute of Chicago helped me embrace the different: works, forms, time periods, and themes of arts that have been around since the start of time. This was the first time I have ever been to the Art Institute of Chicago and I thoroughly enjoyed sitting and embracing every single piece of art I walked past. I enjoyed how the museum was divided and made it easy to find a specific time period you were looking for or a specific category of art. I found so many things interesting in the museum like: the Roman art, the Egyptian art, Asian art, Modern art, Picasso’s work, and the paintings of the 1800s. Without taking this class I would not have been able to recognize any of these paintings and would not be able to look at the symbolism behind each work of art. With this course coming to the end I am able to identify many different pieces and works of art, which makes it exciting. There was nothing that I disliked about the museum, although I find more things exciting than others there was nothing that made me hate it. I found four pieces that popped out to me the most: Mummy Head Cover, Shiva Lord of Dance, Laban Searching for Family Idols among the Possessions of Joseph, and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. Each of these pieces came from a different time period and all used a different techniques of art. Seeing all of these pieces in person compared to in the book is an experience that I will never forget.
The first piece I saw was created by the Egyptians called Mummy Head Cover, according to the museum tag description of the object this piece is made out of Cartonnage (gum, linen, and papyrus), as well as gold leaf and pigment. Mummy Head Cover dates back to 1st century B.C. a time when Rome ruled Egypt. The description of th...

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...se what I learned to identify the art presented. This helped me understand and appreciate works of art more because I now can identify different elements of art as well as the different media and techniques used. I can appreciate the amount of work someone puts into their passions and that there is much more to art than just a paintbrush and a piece of paper. Taking this course allowed me to pass a painting, sculpture, drawing, or photograph and be able to evaluate what is really behind the piece and what the meaning may be. I chose four pieces of art to discuss: Mummy Head Cover, Shiva Lord of Dance, Laban Searching for Family Idols among the Possessions of Joseph, and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. All of the pieces come from a different period in time and all have different symbolic meanings to them along with different techniques of art.