Dallas Museum Experience

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On March 6, 2018, I had the privilege of going to the Dallas Museum of Art for the first time, it was a totally different experience for me. The Dallas Museum of Art is one of the largest art museums in America located in downtown Dallas. The collection consists of over 24,000 artworks from different time periods and countries. At first, I literally just made my mind up to walk in, take a photograph and leave but as I stepped into the museum, taking a photograph was the last thing I did. I got so carried away with the different artworks even though I couldn’t understand what some of the artists were trying to communicate. Before seeing the artworks, walking into the museum already got my attention because of how enormous and eye-catching it …show more content…
Most of the individual art pieces at the museum were mostly created for self-expression. Nicole Poon’s art was made from thread, fabric, and gold leaf. The art piece portrays a woman with thick dark hair and dark drawn eyebrows. It also shows several colorful butterflies around her like she is a lover of nature. Nicole Poon has always been inspired by beautifully embroidered artworks, so she decided to create her own embroidered art pieces. She explained how she made the artwork, with different fabrics and butterfly cut-out of Chinese long dresses together with gold leaf. The art piece is so eye-catching and beautiful, any individual would fall in love at first sight. She conveys information about the kind of person she is and the kind of designs and art pieces she …show more content…
The art piece was created in 1827, before the development of photography in the nineteenth century. The art piece portrays the close-up painting of a woman with a blue headscarf, white and green top covered with a brown cape. The art piece informs individuals of the non-European models that Delacroix employed during the 1820s while working on his monumental paintings of subjects drawn from the Near Eastern history and Oriental literature. The art piece answers individuals need some certain information. Another art piece at the museum that gave me some information is “Ecce Homo”, by an Italian painter, Giulio Cesare Procaccini. The painting was created in the sixteenth century. Before the invention of cameras and for individuals born in the sixteenth centuries, these kinds of art pieces help them stay aware and gather information on certain issues they have interest in. The painting portrays a man named Pontius Pilate who is looking at the beaten body of Jesus Christ presented to the individuals of Jerusalem just before he was crucified. Some individuals have no idea about this information and neither did I before going to the