Cultural Event Report

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Cultural Event Report 1

Assignment 3: Cultural Event Report
Humanities 112

Cultural Event Report 2

I was happy to find an art museum locally and was interested to see what it had to offer. The museum I visited was the Huntington Museum of Art located in Huntington, West Virginia. I attended the museum by myself on Monday December 5th. I felt studying the art on my own, quietly was the best way to complete the assignment. Upon getting to the museum I was greeted by a friendly lady at the front desk. Once I told her my purpose for being there she even waived the $5.00 fee to get into the museum. I was looking forward to seeing what was beyond the front desk. The museum was clean and bright, unfortunately it was rather small. There were 5 “collections” or rooms to browse through. Upon realizing this I was apprehensive that I would be able to find two pieces of art that intrigued me enough to write about. However, upon entering the second room I was surrounded by a collection of tapestries from all over the world. Everything from mid-eastern prayer rugs to early American quilts adorned the walls of the exhibit. The exhibit itself was called Rugs to Riches and displayed various tapestries that had been donated to the museum over the years. The one that impressed me the most was a French Tapestry done by Jean Jans in France 1668-1723. It was on wool with silk highlights. The size of the tapestry itself was impressive; rectangular in size it probably easily measured 15’x20’. I learned that this and other tapestries during this time would have been hung on the walls to retain heat. The fact that they could be rolled up and moved to another room was very convenient at that time. This specific tapestry was made at the Gobelins manufactory in Paris, which was apparently one of the best of the day. The artwork on the tapestry was beautiful.

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