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Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear.
The museum that I chose is The de Young museum in San Francisco. It's a beautiful building that was founded in 1895 and is located in Golden Gate Park. The museum was remodeled in 2005 and displays art, architecture and natural landscape. The art that is displayed are collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries along with art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific.
Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point
The deYoung provides a place for people who love art or architecture to experience something warm and beautiful. The museum also provides an educational experience that brings the past and present together.
Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point
I love the fact that the deYoung museum has a collection of art from the 17th to the 20th centuries. This allows people to see the way art was interpreted so long ago and the way that it is now. I think that no matter if you love art or not, you will definitely learn something by visiting this museum.
Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point
I learned that the deYoung building was remodeled and designed by Herzog & de Mueron, and re-opened in 2005. I would like to know about M. H. de Young the man who originally opened the museum in 1895. I would love to know what his true inspirations were and how became so passionate about art?
5. Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point
I learned from Granville about Fort Ross. I didn't really know anything about this town at all. It is interesting that in the 19th century as Granville states that, Russians in their attempt to establish a trading post in Spanish California came to the realization that in order to succeed the labor they were conscripting must be allowed to maintain their identities in order to be productive. The Russians had their biases and were mistreated, but from the historical and archaeological record, you could conclude that fair treatment and respect allowed this operation to last as long as it did. For anything to last so long definitely means that there was some amount of respect. Fort Ross sounds like a town filled with history which definitely ties in to the study of humanities.
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