Week 6

Part 1- Online Field Trip #2

What is the name of your museum, what does it contain, and why did you choose it?

The name is Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP). It contains a collection of one of the most respected samples of Western art, spanning from the High Middle Ages to the 19th century. It also has an exhibition of paintings, sculptures. prints, photographs, drawings, and other three-dimensional objects dating from the nineteenth century until the present. This Museum was created to serve the general public by exhibiting, preserving, studying and collecting visual arts of the Western tradition. It encourages a deeper understanding of art, artists, and their context. There objective is to educate their visitors and are founded by the constructivist principle of pedagogical and andragogical level, which states that for education to be effect it should provide experiences both intellectually and actively. It also has an Art Circle Program that provides the opportunity to acquire limited artwork. This Museum is committed in providing awareness of Puerto Rico’s cultural heritage. I chose this museum because of it having the same name as my last name, Ponce. I wanted see what this museum had and what it was about.

What video clips or background websites did you use (be specific)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_de_Arte_de_Ponce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kVk7GWdd_8&feature=related

www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM4dfTNrN4&feature=related


What did you learn from the background info (3 facts)?

This Museum is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Don Luis A. Ferre started the MAP collection in 1957 with hopes of sharing with all Puerto Ricans the important aspects of the European, American and Puerto Rican art history.

Today the Museum houses more than 4,000 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper distributed among 14 galleries.

This museum contains one of the most important pre-Raphaelite collections in the western hemisphere.

What is one specific work in this location that attracted you? Give us the name, and related background info which you must do more research on google.com.

The Madonna and Child painting is the work that attracted me in this Museum I picked this because anything that has to do with the children always catches me eye. Especially in this picture because even though it is Madonna she is depicting the Virgin Mary who I have strongly believe in. This is a painting by Italian medieval artist Duccio de Buoninsegna in tempra with gilding on wood panel around the 1300s. It depicts Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding infant Jesus. This painting is sometimes called Stoclet Madonna after its second owners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_and_Child_(Duccio)

Part 2- Reviews

1) Catherines fathers worked with Charles Schulz for over twenty years.

2) Alexa like her museum a lot because it was hands on.

3) Erin favorite piece was the Legion of Honor is Sailboats on the Seine which was painted by Monet.

4) Christine is a history buff and found the museum that was chosen fascinating.

5) Danille chose the Young Museum to solely focus on de Young.

6) Dinlaka felt there was a lot to learn and appreciate from Asian culture.

7) Jared hand lot of fun with the hands on exhibition in the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

8) Jessica never heard of the Hearst Castle and neither have I.

9) Mario said that the Virgin de Guadalupe caught his attention and that Our Lady of Guadalupe is generally recognized to be a symbol of all Catholic Mexicans that why he chose this image to give hope to the world.

10) Kayla learned about earthquakes and how they affect big buildings in San Francisco.