Reflection On The Trip To The Art Museum

On September 14th me and my friend Sara went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, it was a long drive and it also raining hard on our way to the museum. We parked in the Binz Street parking garage that you recommended to us it was awesome because we don’t have to walk through the rain. After we walked in, we changed the tickets and got a map of the museum, and we started to appreciate the work pieces that hang on the wall. We walked through the underground tunnel. The blue and purple color inside this tunnel is very beautiful. I personally think that if this tunnel is use to make music video is going to be very cool. We're entered the tunnel from Audrey Jones Building and ended at Caroline Wiess Law Building, so I think the propose for this tunnel just to make connection for two buildings. We went to the ground level of the building and we saw the Arts of Asia, both of us are very interested in Asian arts.

Because I am from China so I'm wondering how America would show the early China Arts. And my friend Sara she is really into Korean pop music, she liked most of the Korean singer so she is excited to see the Korean arts. Before, I just know about the Chinese arts from the early period, but after I saw the Korean and Japanese arts I would say most of the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese arts are very similar, if the arts aren’t having a label beside it I won’t figure out is from which country. I also saw one interested thing in the museum, it’s called the “Stainless Steel” made by Subodh Gupta. He is best known for his monumental sculptures; these sculptures blend everyday objects from all over India. Includes of steel tiffin tins, used by millions to carry their lunch, as well as milk cans, pots, sieves, cups and cookware. These individual objects are welded together and mounted on a large circular frame, similar to the projection of a spotlight or possibly a huge Thali (service tray). Although they are kitchenware and cutlery, when they are combined, their rounded surfaces reflect light like giant gemstones. The guard told us that people who have seen this artwork they call this piece “The Moon”. The accumulation of these humble objects refers to the size of the Indian working class and the economic transformation of India in the 20th century. On the upper level of the museum, there’s a lot of mummies. I have seen it in movies, but I have never seen a mummy sculpture in real life.

There is one mummy that only shows a head and doesn’t have any pattern on the body, it’s called “Sarcophagus of a youth” from 5th - 4th century B. C. Throughout the ancient world, the Phoenician artists are known for their craftsmanship. They developed this unique form of coffin, used to bury the nobility, using the shape of the Egyptian sarcophagus, but engraved with classic Greek faces to represent the dead. And crafted in Greek style, this sarcophagus is made from Parian marble weighing over 2,000 pounds and 7 feet tall. And the other mummy beside the Sarcophagus of a youth is called “Coffin of Pedi-Osiris", the most obvious difference from the previous one is this one having a lot of patterns and colors on the body. The life of ancient Egyptian religion after death. Pastor of Osiris, the lord of the underworld. The coffin stood at 7 feet or more and once held the body of the mummy, carefully prepared and wrapped in layers of linen. Pedi-Osiris appears with a gold face, exotic black lined eyes, a fake beard (a symbol of high rank), wig painted the rich blue oflapis lazuli, numerous painted necklaces, and red clothing covered with a net of painted beads. They protected the deceased and helped him to achieve life in the next world. There’s also a mini size mummy is called “The mummy of a child”, the difference between this mummy and the other mummies is her face is wrapped in cloth. The mummy takes 70 days, during which the body repeatedly bathes. Save the heart, lungs, liver, stomach and intestines and protect the afterlife. The body is filled with natural salts, natural salts, dried and preserved, and the body is treated with resin.

The mummy was finally wrapped in multiple layers of linen. Amulets and amulets are placed in the wrapping. This portrait of a mummy depicts a young girl whose black hair is tied behind her head with a ribbon. She wore a golden box on the necklace and a purple dress on the gold and navy stripes. A trait like this once covered the mummy of a nearby child. In both cases, the deceased was a young girl from a wealthy family. For me this trip is very interesting and I learn a lot from this trip. I saw arts from many different countries in the early period and every country has its own uniqueness. After this trip to the art museum, I will have a better understanding in the classroom when you show the work pieces to us.