Art Gallery Visit 2

Step 1: The Exhibition

Questions about the exhibit:
1. What is the title of the exhibit?

The title of the art museum is the The Hyde Collection: Art Museum, historic house & Gardens

2. What is the theme of the exhibition?

There are many different themes such as the name of the Museum imply.

Step 2: The Gallery

Questions about the physical space:
1. What type of lighting is used?

The lighting that is used in the rooms that contain the paintings are those that are specifically designed not to damage the paintings that are on display.

2. What colors are used on the walls?

The colors are specific for the type of art that is being displayed.  An example is the room that contained a lot of the portraits used specific color paint throughout the room.

4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?

I went to the Art gallery assuming it was similar to the first visit so I had not written down these questions and from my memory of the visit everything seemed to flow together nicely.  I was not as bored as I was during my visit to the Albany Art Museum but in concerns to viewer movement I wasn’t consciously aware of how things were designed because my eyes were focused on looking at the different art displays the museum had to offer

Step 3: The Artwork

 Questions about the artwork:
1. How are the artworks organized?

Portraits had their own room, as well as landscapes, sculptures, etc.

2. How are the artrworks similar and different?

Well there were portrait paintings that seemed all alike to me, however some of the artist used different techniques to achieve the same portrait style.  The artworks were similar in regards that it took a great deal of skill to achieve what was on display in this museum.

4. How are the artworks framed?

There really was no trend to this question.  From my memory some of the more famous artists had simple yet well done frames, while other smaller paintings had extravagant frames with a lot of repetition to their design.

5. How are the artworks identified and labeled?

There is a plaque next to the artwork that gives all of the details concerning its size, who painted it/created it, what  year it was made, and what the artwork was created on.

6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other?

The larger pieces had a good amount of space between itself and another artwork, but as the pictures got smaller the less space there was in-between each artwork.  I’m not sure if that was done on purpose or whether they were just trying to make use of the available space.

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