Art Visit #2

Questions about the Place:
1. What is the name of Gallery/Museum you visited? British Museum, London
2. What is the URL of the Gallery/Museum you visited? https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/british-museum/AwEp68JO4NECkQ?sv_lng=-0.1270314987903021&sv_lat=51.51873005020354&sv_h=283.14141248903723&sv_p=-1.941104142031861&sv_pid=0W8UbFM12HMO8heyTJWqkg&sv_z=1

3. Why did you select this Gallery/Musuem? I selected this gallery because I wanted to tour an art museum from another country to explore the structure and space of it. I was curious to explore the differences in museums I have visited in different states compared to in another country. 

Questions about the physical space. (You must use Google Street View to "walk" through the gallery to observe the gallery space.)

1. What type of lighting is used? The museum has natural lighting in some rooms and spot LED lightning in glass cases.

2. What colors are used on the walls? There are neutral colors on walls like brown, white, cool blue, and 1 red room.

3. What materials are used in the interior architecture of the space? The way
4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space? The movement is positioned directly in front of the artwork or aligned left.

Questions about the artwork:
1. How are the artworks organized? It is honestly hard to tell how the artwork is organized when touring virtually so I am unsure. Certain art museums have a specific structure that it set up purposely for the order of the art works, but others have multiple directions you can chose to go towards.
2. How are the artrworks similar? religious work, older models, modern work, sculptures, religious or important figures, and economic and political symbolism
3. How are the artworks different? different forms of art by colors and elements, settings
4. How are the artworks framed? frames or inside of glass for protection maybe, within the wall sculptures
5. How are the artworks identified and labeled? their labeled by where they are from, who the painting is, or labels basically describes what the artwork is about
6. What is the proximity of the artwork to each other? within 2 feet apart by rooms

Purse lid from ship burial at Sutton Hoo, date: c.600/650

unknown artist, medium: gold, garnet, glass, 19cm x 8cm x 4cm

I see a valuable piece of goal, detailed designs, and symbolic figures in this work of art. Line was used throughout this piece along the outline and on the figures, the texture of the white background of the piece appears to be smooth, and patterns exist on cubic boxes in the piece. The piece itself reminds me of several things like the artitech of a door inside of a sacred building or church. The piece is known as being the lid of a pouch that was for gold coins, which the piece seems to be very valuable and the artist was trying to say that it was worthy.

An Asian Elephant, date: c.1637
unknown artist, 179x256cm, medium: black chalk and charcoal
I see a baby elephant surrounded by a family or children, that seem to be a distance from the elephant. Emphasis and texture are both evident in this piece by the details on the elephant's body, trunk, and tail. The symbolism that I thought of when I seen this artwork is wisdom and power. The artist could have been just simply portraying what appeared visually to them or depict a past experience.

Granite statue of Amun protecting King Taharqa, date: c.690/644
unknown artist, medium: gneiss, size: 106cm
I see a metaphoric comparison of an animal protecting their owner or a mother protecting their child. Texture and pattern is shown throughout the sculpture and on the animal. Emphasis is visible on the human body and visual images. It appears that the artist could have been trying to make a statement that an authoritative person had protecting and security around them.