Professor Moss
Speech 101 (1191)
14 May 2017
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore museum of art is a home of internationally renowned collection of 19th century, modern and contemporary art. The museum strategically located on the edge of John Hopkins University Homewood campus at North Charles and 31st Streets, three (3) miles north of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in Charles Village. The historic museum houses thousands of artifacts of various races and cultures. This depict the values, attitudes, beliefs, orientations, and underlying assumption prevalent among people in a society (Verderber, Verderver and Sellnow).
My trip to Baltimore Museum of Art on May 10, 2017 was eventful and memorable. I have never had the opportunity to visit a museum in my life. I went in the company of some class mates. We explored the museum for about one hour thirty minutes. As an African – a Nigerian, I was fascinated by the Asian art and culture. Also the American contemporary art and European art are equally amazing and unique. In essence, all the artifacts of each race symbolizes their values, norms, believe, perception to disposition to different issues in life.
Some of the artifacts are as follow;
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Tea Bowls (yellow, gold and jade) between 17th and 19th century in China
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Chess set – Ivory Paint, made in China. Evidence of lucrative dealing with distant ports.
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Rococo Revival Palor in New Orlean (1850 – 1860)
Picture constructed by Eugene Kupjack (1912 – 1991), a former diamond setter, who crafted more than seven hundred realistic miniature interiors using tools that ranged from a band saw to a tiny dental pick.
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Reading Chair (Walnut brass) replaced leather upholstery. Replica of King Friedrich Wilhelm III’s (ruler of Prussia during the post Napoleonic era) invalid chair.
These beautiful paintings and artifacts relate to other cultures. It serves as a way of communicating intercultural with paintings, sharing values, beliefs, custom among other cultures.
Works Cited
Libatia Cup, China (1736-1795) Fran J. and Elizabeth L Goodnow collection, BMA 1942.70.472.
Reading Chair, C. 1835 walnut brass. Gift of John Beverly Riggs BMA 1997.459
Rococo Revival Palor, New Orlean (1850-1860). Gift of Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation, Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S Battye, BMA 2012.629.
Tea Bowl, China (1662-1722). Lawrason Riggs of J, BMA 1945.59.25A
Verderber, Rudolph F, et al. Comm 2. Mason, Ohio, Cengage Learning, 2012.