Category: 2024
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Shifting the Gaze
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In the painting “Shepherdess resting” by Winslow Homer, a woman is portrayed resting on the grass as a sheep looks over in the distance. It wasn’t this particular piece that invoked an emotion in me but the entire section “a quiet place”. Personally I haven’t witnessed many painting portraying people resting until this experience. I…
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I love to my community represented within these walls. We have so much history in this country and have been misrepresented for far too long. So to see myself represented in multiple painting, sculptures, and pictures allows me to see the progress that I have be made as a community.
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One art that stood out to me was A Morning Snow-Hudson River by George Bellows. I was incredibly awed by the shading and dimension in the painting, even though majority of the painting is in one color. I was even more in awe because I could see the physical strokes of paint on the canvas.
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this experience reinforced my belief that museums are a great place to go to to learn more about culture and art and also experience a great variety of art. i would recommend this to other macaulay students because this is a great place to expand your horizons
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The title of the artwork is Sunset at Sea by Thomas Moran. This work invoked strong feelings in me and was comforting. The light coming through the clouds above the murky and rocky sea creates this idea of optimism when things get hard and dark. Not only is it a beautiful painting but it is…
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The painting that invoked my emotions was the painting with the naked lady and man. There private parts were switched and they had pubic hair on it. Which I didn’t like.
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This experience reinforced the idea that museums are a place where culture is in communication and there is a constant metaphorical conversation going on at all times. There are so many art pieces from various cultures on display, and each piece is inspired by the background, ethnicity, and experiences of its creator. Everyone, especially Macaulay…
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Sunset at sea by Thomas Moran was a beautiful combo of impressionist painting and detail to create a cold water atmosphere with a warm sunset using oranges and reds.
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Keni, New Orleans
