Crocker Art Museum Visit
Crocker Art Museum
European Exhibit
I have been to the Crocker Art Museum many times in the past, but after this class it made the whole experience much different. After watching the videos on Ten Reasons to Visit a Museum and How to Visit a Museum and watching the video about The Crocker Art Museum, I feel ready to visit and get the most out of the experience. The museum has so much history and tells so many stories, that I found the trip so interesting and really fun. I followed the instructions on how to visit a museum it was really rewarding in the end. After finding the European Exhibit, It was about finding a painting that stood out to me and made me want to look into it more and research it. When my sister and I were younger, we would always ask our mom to take us to museums on the weekends. We loved looking at the art, learning new things and thats the great thing about museums is that everyone can enjoy some aspect of them. I always love to visit the Crocker Art Museum, because I find that I always discover something new, I had never really looked much at the art in the European Exhibit, until this Humanities class. It had never peaked my interest, but the art work is beautiful and tells so many stories of the past that are important to learn.
European Exhibit
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Dalmatian Peasants At The Spring, 1869- Eugen Adam (German, 1817–1880) - Crocker Art Museum
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This piece of art work is called Dalmatian Peasants At The Spring done by the artist Eugen Adam. This piece of Art is From the Crocker Art Museum European Exhibit. Eugen Adam was born into a family of skilled painters in 1817. Adam showed an interest at a young age for the people of Europe and spent many years traveling and learning about others cultures. Eugen saw many battles and actually followed the German Army into battle and documented there travels. This is how Adam got into art and painting, of course he wa introduced to it at a young age because of his artist family. He loved to capture people in a painting to illustrate a time period and make it last forever. Adam loved admiring people and wanted to capture the peaceful life of the peasants in the painting above. Eugen Adam made artwork for himself and for those he admired. He devoted himself to military subjects and also loved to paint peasants as they reminded him of his early years of life.
This piece of art really shows a new side of Eugen Adams skills and abilities. Since he normally painted war and military things this calm painting is quite unique for him. This piece of art really shows the Era of early European times and tells a story all in its own. You can tell Adam's passion through his work becasue of his attention to detail, and ability to capture movement in his paintings. The clothing of the peasants give a good scene of the time period, the horses and animals show that they have been working hard or potentially traveling a long time. The people seem calm and as if they are taking a break along there travels. This painting shows the era of Germany and early European in the 1800's. The piece of ruin that they reside on as well as the garments they wear give us a sign that this is Germany and the civilians are peasants at work. He was able to convey to us the early European world and the life that these people had lives. This makes his artwork special becasue people today are able to learn and live through artwork like this. Eugen Adams legacy of this artwork is how he was able to capture people in there most natural state and capture an entire time period in a painting. Adam painted many things from military civilians to peasant civilians and his work varied in style but remained true to him and his ability to put the viewer in his shoes and watch these times in history right in front of our eyes.
This piece of art really shows a new side of Eugen Adams skills and abilities. Since he normally painted war and military things this calm painting is quite unique for him. This piece of art really shows the Era of early European times and tells a story all in its own. You can tell Adam's passion through his work becasue of his attention to detail, and ability to capture movement in his paintings. The clothing of the peasants give a good scene of the time period, the horses and animals show that they have been working hard or potentially traveling a long time. The people seem calm and as if they are taking a break along there travels. This painting shows the era of Germany and early European in the 1800's. The piece of ruin that they reside on as well as the garments they wear give us a sign that this is Germany and the civilians are peasants at work. He was able to convey to us the early European world and the life that these people had lives. This makes his artwork special becasue people today are able to learn and live through artwork like this. Eugen Adams legacy of this artwork is how he was able to capture people in there most natural state and capture an entire time period in a painting. Adam painted many things from military civilians to peasant civilians and his work varied in style but remained true to him and his ability to put the viewer in his shoes and watch these times in history right in front of our eyes. 
I have been to the Crocker Art Museum many times in the past, but after this class it made the whole experience much different. After watching the videos on Ten Reasons to Visit a Museum and How to Visit a Museum and watching the video about The Crocker Art Museum, I feel ready to visit and get the most out of the experience. The museum has so much history and tells so many stories, that I found the trip so interesting and really fun. I followed the instructions on how to visit a museum it was really rewarding in the end. After finding the European Exhibit, It was about finding a painting that stood out to me and made me want to look into it more and research it. When my sister and I were younger, we would always ask our mom to take us to museums on the weekends. We loved looking at the art, learning new things and thats the great thing about museums is that everyone can enjoy some aspect of them. I always love to visit the Crocker Art Museum, because I find that I always discover something new, I had never really looked much at the art in the European Exhibit, until this Humanities class. It had never peaked my interest, but the art work is beautiful and tells so many stories of the past that are important to learn.  |
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Work Cited:
“Crocker Art Museum.” Crocker Art Museum, https://www.crockerart.org/.
“Eugen Adam.” Artnet, http://www.artnet.com/artists/eugen-adam/.
“Eugen Adam - Artworks.” The Athenaeum - Interactive Humanities Online, https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=tu&aid=13123.
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