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Trip to Oakland Museum
The Oakland Museum is a famous interdisciplinary museum, which is dedicated to the natural science, history, and art of the state of California. Estimates about the museum indicate that there are as many as 1.8 million objects in the museum all aimed at letting people know about California. It is during the middle of the 1960s that the museum was created after a merger involving three different museums. This can be dated back to the beginning of the 20th century, as the museum opened its doors in the year 1969. The trip to the Oakland museum was extremely interesting as I managed to see the works of various artists. These included ‘Aristotle’s Cage’ by Michael McMillans, ‘Road Map with Helicopter’ by Enrique Chagoya, ‘Yosemite Valley’ by Albert Bierstadt, among others.
Enrique Chagoya’s ‘Roadmap’ has effectively arranged a cast of political, religious, and mythical figures in an open-ended and ambiguous form of poetry. It has depicted the existing conflict between the imagination force and the various forms of fundamentalism. The artist has sufficiently raised the question concerning rigid beliefs and borders that are meant to be left unanswered intentionally. Tension exists in Chagoya’s tapestry, as it is subtle in its various internal relationships. However, it is not clear as to who has the power despite the fact that energy is being exchanged (Leeuwen & Jewitt 105). In addition, the source of power cannot be known because the viewer can only interpret the result and nature.
Culture and ideology, as well as gravity clearly unfetter the logic in ‘Roadmap.’ This means that a constant shift occurs in the air because of the many circles that exist. The iconography of the tapestry is mirrored by the perpetual flight because of the flamingo, dodo, UFO’sm and the military helicopters. Furthermore, the Arabic script used was an inspiration from Mir Ali Tabrizi. Therefore, Chagoya has opted to use many concepts after their animation by the unknown. The work is thus a play zone that allows the interactions of historic and mythic converse for humans to translate.
The ‘Yosemite Valley,’ by Albert Bierstadt, is another work of art found at the Oakland Museum. Bierstadt has an exception work that gives a beautiful illustration of the Yosemite mountain landscape. The canvas used is quite large (eight by five feet) and it shows a panoramic view of the valley. The picture is quite enjoyable and it captures the attention of all its viewers (Leeuwen & Jewitt 155). It seems that Bierstadt wanted to show Americans who lived during his time that the western frontier had numerous resources. From the depiction, the Yosemite Valley was a Garden of Eden. It had the promise of a new beginning because it stood free from the influence of the Civil War. Bierstadt wanted to show that hope existed and the wounds of Americans would be healed.
Lastly, there was the artwork, ‘Aristotle’s Cage’ by Michael McMillan found at the museum. It is quite an intriguing work of art as it dictates that the viewer has an open mind while focusing on it. ‘Aristotle’s Cage’ depicts conflict as seen from the various elements that exist, such as the trailer and the sign. McMillan wanted people to be aware of the challenges that face Americans (Leeuwen & Jewitt 189). There are people who try to mind their own business, but others will find ways of disrupting them. It is evident that the three works of art have all provided information concerning the postmodern world.
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Leeuwen, Theo. & Jewitt, Carey. Handbook of Visual Analysis. New York: Sage Publications, 2001. Print.
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Trifles’ explanation on how individuals view the opposite sex and Eugene O’Neill’s writing and how the audience is expected t
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This paper seeks to provide information on Trifles’ explanation on how individuals view the opposite sex and Eugene O’Neill’s writing and how the audience is expected to interpret the content. With the first part dealing with the play Trifles, there are various aspects displayed in the play which show how various people view the opposite sex. The main message within this play is that the presentation of oneself determines what the opposite sex will think. In this case, if a man presents himself in a weird manner, ladies tend to think that all men are the same. This also applies to men where if ladies do not present themselves well, they are all stereotyped as having the same behavior. The writer in this case is trying to show that the presentation of oneself from the start matters a lot.
The second case focuses on Yank’s death and how readers can understand it. Yank in Eugene’s writing is a character who is known to be unthinking (O’Neill, 2004). He is a brutish laborer who tries to find a sense of belonging where the world that surrounds him is controlled by individuals who are rich. In his quest to find that sense of belonging, he comes across an ocean liner where he is ordered to fuel the engines. This is something which makes him feel secure and appreciated because he has been involved with a rich person (O’Neill, 2004).
It comes a time when a rich daughter of an individual who is an industrialist refers to him as a “filthy beast”. At this point, the confidence he had when he was asked to fuel the engines of an ocean liner was withdrawn. He experiences a crisis of individuality because he does not understand where he belongs anymore (O’Neill, 2004). This creates a dilemma within him since at first he thought he would rhyme with the rich people and the second incident tells him otherwise. He then leaves the ship and wanders around only to realize that he does not belong anywhere. Finally he decides to leave for the zoo where he spends his time with the Gorilla and ends up dying in the animal’s clinch. Eugene in this case expects the audience to understand Yank’s death as being a result of discrimination.
The writer tries to show that discrimination against other individuals in real life can result in death. This is majorly because discrimination makes people feel insecure and depressed. When an individual is depressed he or she can opt to commit suicide or die of depression because they feel that they are insignificant in the society.
Reference
O’Neill, E. (2004). The Hairy Ape. United States: Digireads.com.