Monday, October 10, 2016
The Best Museums of the World In a Blink of an Eye
The Creators Project: Not many things are as beautiful on the outside as they are on the inside, but a few institutions that can claim both are the Tate, Guggenheim, and Pompidou. Yes, these are, admittedly, museums, but these institutions are innately stunning creations that harbor dozens of galleries, which themselves harbor more stunning creations. The all-star list of museums, dubbed “super,” in this video, are a global trip around the world from Brazil to Great Britain. In the short, a rapid-fire account of each museum’s iconic shape and date of completion offers the briefest of art-venue histories, like moving through a “best-of” round-up during a commercial break from your documentary on Picasso.
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This low poly clip by the artist(s) Briktop was fun, colorful, interesting, and informative. It shows some of the world's best museums springing up from the ground, surrounded by visitors, and the year they were completed. The writing before the video clip brought up a really interesting point which, however, was not reflected at all in the video. The author of the article mentions how these buildings with amazing exteriors house even more amazing pieces of artwork and historical artifacts. It's incredible to think about how the architecture of a building works with the content inside, especially with theatre. Back to the video; there was no mention of what was in these museums. I knew most of the museums but not all. Anyway, it would have been a much better clip if there was a suggestion of what each museum featured, adding to the significance of the architecture.
I will not be in this comment by saying I disagree with the author of this article. All of these museums have a beautiful interior architecture and do hell is amazing works of art on the inside but the cheesy qualityof this video does little to actually mirror with these museums represent. There was no information given about The design behind the architecture of these buildings what was on the inside or how the two were together. In fact I had to Google most of these museums after watching the video to even know what they housed inside of them. I would've loved this video and article so much more if they went into a little more detail about what these museums held and why they were important and how the architecture really does reflect the inside. On a positive note I do love how the author of this article compares the architecture museums. So often while visiting aren't galleries and museums and we are so focused on what we'll see on the inside that we completely miss the exterior, when in all actuality the outside of these buildings are works of art themselves. This article was an amazing idea not brought to fruition and I would have loved to see it actually completed on a level so that I can grow to appreciate it
When I first noticed this article, I immediately pressed play on the video expecting to get a glimpse inside the collections of the best museums in the world. What I got, though beautiful and impressive, was still a bit disappointing. Despite the innovative designs of these buildings, I am rarely one to think of a museum as being represented by its outward appearance. This applies even - if not especially to - museums I have never actually visited.In my mind, the MoMA is to "Starry Night" as The Louvre is to the "Mona Lisa." And in my memory, luckily enough, The Art Institute of Chicago will always be represented by Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon." I consider these museums to be great for what they contain rather than their outward appearance; and, while a museum's exterior should be appealing to its patrons, I find several of these designs to be more intimidating than inviting. Intimidation, I believe, is what's keeping would-be gallery hoppers from discovering a love of art - so why not cut back on the wow factor? Art is incredible - wow enough. The museum I grew up frequenting is a mixed up hodge-podge of several different buildings latched onto one another, each with a different style of architecture and separate attributes, yet the Met still asks them to house their archival collections when they renovate. Visitors shouldn't be able to get their fill of beauty just by standing outside. Let's help them get past the door.
At first, I thought this article was a little silly and pointless, because, yes, some buildings can be pretty, but why is there an article about this. I especially didn’t get the point of the paparazzi flashes, but as I watched the movie, I got excited for the museums. Museums are usually pushed off in the corner as simply interesting places to go with your family, not as spotlight institutions worthy of the constant attention of the media. So with my ingrained notion that camera flashes equals really important and exciting I got more invested in the museums. I do however, wish the creator spent a little longer on each building because as soon as it assembled there were like five flashes and then it’s gone. And since the flashes happened I got distracted and didn’t have the time to really process what I was looking at, which is a shame because in museums you are encouraged to stick around and stare at one thing for a really long time and appreciate it. I also wish the video got into at least the interior architecture of the museum if not also some of the best exhibits within. Overall though, it was an interesting watch.
I was pretty excited going into this article, because I love museums. And I think when the architecture of a museum reflects the contents of the inside, in beauty or style, it can elevate the experience and the city its located in. For me, I am a personal fan of Renzo Piano's work on art galleries and museums, making them open and airy, still, but alive. But, the video was sort of disappointing. It included only a short handful of the most famous museums in the world, and for a few seconds each, with a click-bait sounding song over it. I wish it would have, like other people have said, focused more energy on showing the intricacies of how the museum fits together and is created. Because, this, though I'm sure it was very time consuming and difficult to render and make, doesn't convey anything to me now. They are simply flashes of buildings that pop up so quickly, one doesn't even have time to admire the structure, or how it was designed and made, which is what the article alludes to. And the rendering style isn't beautiful, either, with it being crude, and as they said, "low-poly." but, I suppose I applaud the effort, since I do love museums and wish many people did as well.
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