In choosing an artifact or a piece of art, several considerations come into mind. The MoMA, or the Museum of Modern Art, suffered a great financial crisis. This financial hiccup differentiated the ways in which the selection of new art and artifacts was to be chosen. The art or artifacts, for the MoMA, were to be financially aiding for the museum in order to keep it running (Source A). However, there are those in which the sole purpose for a museum is for educational purpose, in which the only consideration for choosing art would be that the art represents a positive outlook on education. The considerations, therefore, are ones which highly rely on the type of museum, person, and audience. It is with these factors that the most important considerations must be distinguished. Furthermore, museum’s main purpose is the presentation of a piece to an audience, and with this in mind, educational …show more content…
More importantly, Theobald describes the most important balance of considerations needed when securing art. Theobald, testifies to the importance of a proper balance of educational value and marketability. Furthermore, Theobald claims, “If the shop’s only reason for being is money, then the museum is operation a gift shop rather than a museum store and it has little justification for existence” (Source D), in which she argues against the view of money over education. However, Theobald continues to claim “if museums shops were to run ethically and educationally, criticism and opposition would almost disappear” (Source D). In other words, a museum cannot only consider educational value as it will eventually lose its money. Therefore, the considerations must not be of “money or education but money and education” (Source D). In this way, both considerations play an important role in the securing a new work of art or an artifact for a
History plays a very important role in the development of art and architecture. Over time people, events, and religion, have contributed to the evolution of art. Christianity has become a very common and well established religion, however, in the past it was hidden and a few people would worship this religion secretly. Gradually, Christianity became a growing religion and it attracted many converts from different social statuses. Christian art was highly influenced by the Greco-Romans, but it was immensely impacted by the establishment of the Edict of Milan in the year 313 AD. The Edict of Milan was so significant that scholars divide Christian art into two time periods, time before and after the Edict of Milan of 313.
There are two books The pursuit of Quality: The Kimbell Art Museum written by Harry Abrams, and The 1939 Building of the Museum of Modern Art: The Goodwin-Stone Collaboration, written by Dominic Ricciotti. These two books investigate the change in architectural feats, and the layouts in which architects like Louis I. Kahn and Goodwin and Stone used in the changing times in which they lived. These two books and the chapters within them, showcase the change in the architecture and layouts of museum buildings. Yet, these books also show the change in museum models worldwide to alter the way individuals look at architecture and artwork. Both books speak of the ever changing museum models which took places from the early 1930s until the 1960s. The following quotes and instances mentioned in the history of the New York Museum of Modern Art and the Kimbell Art Museum describe how these two museums changed the course of how architects and artists design and fill museums.
For majority of people, cruising through a fine arts museum or gallery is nothing short of browsing through a textbook and failing to grasping knowledge of the content. A casual activity and check off ones list of to-dos, sometimes done just for the appearance it offers. Of that majority, one might look at a painting for a long while before connecting the uncommunicated dots from gallery label. But for the small remaining others, a trip to an art exhibition is a journey through emotions and feelings rendered by the artists of the particular works of art. Leo Tolstoy deems this to be the appropriate response to “true art” in his What is Art?, published in 1897. Tolstoy responds to the
Duncan’s (1991) analysis of western museums is defined through the theme of “durable objects” as a criterion to judge the heritage of American and European art as a ritual of the modern state. In this manner western art museums are built like “temples” as a symbolic and figurative representation of greatness of western culture throughout the world: “[They] are more like the traditional ceremonial monuments that museum buildings often emulate—classical temples” (Duncan 90). This interpretation of American/European museums defines a dominant source of cultural heritage that ritualizes
Living conditions in the Middle Ages contributed to the rapid spread of the Bubonic Plague which led to people relying on religion as a source of comfort and security. However, it was also thought to be a punishment from God. As people died and more land became available, the Church was able to gain more power. This is a good example of how much people relied on religion and the Church during Medieval times. The art of the time period reflected this as artists designed and painted their artwork to worship and honor God and religion. An example of this devotion to the faith is shown in The Bull of Canonization of St. Francis of Assisi where Pope Gregory IX praises Francis for giving everything up to serve God and seeking “not his own interests,
In the University Of Arizona Museum Of Art, the Pfeiffer Gallery is displaying many art pieces of oil on canvas paintings. These paintings are mostly portraits of people, both famous and not. They are painted by a variety of artists of European decent and American decent between the mid 1700’s and the early 1900’s. The painting by Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun caught my eye and drew me in to look closely at its composition.
In Stephen Weil’s essay, he argues “the museum’s role has transformed from one of mastery to one of service” (Weil, 196). According to him, museums have changed their mission from one that cultures the public to one that serves
The cost of the artifact must be balanced with the market value to benefit the business. “The reoccurring operating deficit approached $1 million a year and was worsening.” (source A). Losing money is never good for a business, but with a constant influx of money from customers, exhibits can be expanded for the public to view. The price of an artifact should be cheap so the museum cannot lose from it, but expensive to bring the public to spend money seeing it. “…exhibitions and acquisitions were often approved without regard for overall policy guidelines or the museum’s fragile financial condition…” (source A). Without proper leadership, policies can be broken and artifacts that are worthless will waste money. The curator who buys new artifacts
One pleasant afternoon, my classmates and I decided to visit the Houston Museum of Fine Arts to begin on our museum assignment in world literature class. According to Houston Museum of Fine Art’s staff, MFAH considers as one of the largest museums in the nation and it contains many variety forms of art with more than several thousand years of unique history. Also, I have never been in a museum in a very long time especially as big as MFAH, and my experience about the museum was unique and pleasant. Although I have observed many great types and forms of art in the museum, there were few that interested me the most.
Museums play a viable part in preserving a nation's past and spreading culture. Often times, a museum features artifacts from various regions of the world through which citizens of one country are able to experience a change in culture, whilst in the comfort of their own homes. This, however, leads to the issue of morality, in which the debate of whom the artifacts actually belong to and where they should go,in order to best preserve them for future generations arises.
First, general principles for the acquisition of objects are listed. These principles dictate that it is the responsibility of department curators to propose exceptional works of art to be brought into the Museum’s collection. These artworks must fulfil three basic requirements. First, the artwork must support and further the Museum's stated mission and purpose. This means that all acquisitions must be consistent with the main themes of the museum and its collection.
As director of the museum, I have created the following plan to address the museums issues and help the organization reach a place of prestige and excellence. I. Revisit Museum Mission The massive amounts of issues facing the museum are all important; however, the biggest concern
One of the recently study shows that most of the museum’s expenses goes to Art-focused activities which is around 32% and other big part of expenses goes into the Revenue-generating activities such as Marketing and Benefit events that will attract more visitors to the museum; also, the salaries of employers are big portion of the museum expenses. Study shows that museums are making about $28,000 for load the objects to the institutions like college and spend about $98,000 to borrowed the objects to display in the museum; This is lots of the money spend on borrowing and revenues from the loaned objects were not able to cover it. One of the other issue is occurring today, is that less people felt appreciate to the arts and usually devalued the art on its true value, this indirectly decreased the individual donators who would like to contribute to the
Wherever man lives there is art, because art is anything made or done by man that affects or moves us so that we feel and see beauty. Man uses his imagination to invent a unique beauty. The artist's feelings and inspiration affects on how he will express his art.
In the art community there is a lot of controversy in distinguishing what the difference between an artist and a designer. Designers are told they are not artist and they need to stop thinking they are artist. When dealing with art and design specific demographics and viewers interpret the messages of each subject in different ways. Art is said to be elucidated and design is said to be understood. Artists usually develop a work of art with the intention of bringing an emotion viewpoint, instinctive feeling, and or state of mind. When you look at an artist work it cannot be limited to just exhibiting one individual thought or just one individual meaning. That is a big difference when it comes to graphic design. Graphic design usually has a very specific goal and point to make. When dealing with graphic design there should not be any room or space for any mixed messages or multiple meanings. The audience of the design should immediately understand the design that the designer created. Art connects to people differently in so many ways. The only reason it connects to people in different ways is only because it is interpreted differently.