The Turso Of Venus

MOHSEN HAGHIGHATIAN

Art 1301

Museum Visit Paper

Professor: TINA KOTRLA

The Menil collection was quite exquisite in the artwork and history that it contains. Most of the relics and antiquities that were there were very astonishing. The items that were salvaged from the Egyptian and Byzantine Empire really caught my eye. The collection displays numerous accounts of history all around the place which really gives you a feel that you are in a very historic atmosphere. Out of all the amazing items on display, the one that I was truly amazed was the Turso of Venus. This amazing depiction of sculpture truly baffled my mind as I tried to understand what it meant. The Virgin and Child also seemed very interesting to see at the same time. The Turso

Sculptures possess a physical existence that is three-dimensional and occupies the space that we exist in. It’s also one of the oldest and most enduring works of art. We have many types of sculptures including carving, modeling, casting, construction and assemblage, installation art, and earthworks. It is one of the oldest forms of art.

Caroline Wiess Law gave a gift to the Houston Museum in 2000. It was Joan Miro’ “Oiseau” which means bird. It’s a frontal sculpture. It caught my eye as I was entering the Museum. Joan Miro was an American Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. He was born in Barcelona on April 20, 1893 and lived until December 24, 1893. He left us with various works of art such as “Oiseau”. It was created from 1968 until

He is significant within the art movements of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Unlike Miro, Stella is American and still alive. He graduated from Princeton with a History major. His early visits to art galleries in New York influenced him and he moved to New York in 1958. After a long history in the art world, Frank still lives in New York. He remains an active artist protecting the rights of his fellow artist. “Decanter” by Stella is an example of assemblage. He created this piece in 1987. It was bought to Houston’s Museum with funds provided by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund. He seems to have used the additive process by adding material from individual objects made from steel and bronze and stuck them together. Joan Miro’s “Oiseau” seemed to use the same process but he did not assemble it. He seemed to construct it by adding the material. When passing Stella’s sculpture, a person seems to stop and stare at it. It is a frontal sculpture that just catches one’s eyes. While Miro’s sculpture is free standing in the middle of the walkway to the museum, Franks is attached to the wall. The different colors of gold, grey, and brown in Franks sculpture give it a more modern