ARTS XPOSE NUMBER FOUR
ART MUSEUM TRIP
November 7, 2008
Toledo Museum of Art
TYPE – ART MUSEUM
1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.
The Toledo Museum of Art is a museum that everyone and anyone can go to. It was built and created to be a place for everyone, not just the rich and prestige. This museum holds various pieces of art from varies parts in time. It has a large section for modern art and a wonderful selection for classical pieces of art.
2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?
While at the art museum my tour group was taken back into the back of the museum into a room that led to the Peristyle Theatre hall. This hall will take your breath away and you will feel almostt as if you have walked into some place holy. The theatre is dedicated to Mrs. Libby, one of the founders of the art museum, and holds parts of roman art and architecture, greek, and architecture from the colloseum. This place has been used for years and still has its original seats. Each of which have been taken care of with love and compassion. The theatre has held concerts, graduations, parties and anything else you can imagine as a way to branch the community together in different aspects of the world.
3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?
I enjoy going to the art museum and watching the demenstrations that are always held in the glass building across the street. The frist time I ever went I saw a man create a large glass fish before my eyes, complete with color and textures and this last time that we went we saw another man create two sea horses. He then took those sea horses and created the bottom of a wine glass. It was just so incredibly inspiring to see the process and dedication that it takes an artist to creat something so beautiful and detailed that makes me want to attempt it myself.
4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
(7)
5.) Justify your rating in the question above:
The art tour guide we had had a very great attitude and really knew what she was talking about. It was just she spent too much time on one certain subject and didnt get through as much as I would have liked to have gotten through. I’m someone who enjoys seeing a lot and getting information quickly, but she was a tad rather too slow. However, how can you argue with having a tour guide who dances when she speaks. Oh Pualetta! :]