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 The event I decided to attend was a trip to the Getty Museum. For me, this was an easy choice because I love art and was excited to see what all the hype was about in this iconic museum. When venturing to this museum, the artwork I saw was incredible. 

Behind each painting, sculpture and image, their was so much raw emotion. For example in this painting of a man with his mouth open and arms stretched I had so many different thoughts going through my mind. Was he yawning? Was he yelling? Was he screaming out in pain? The image was almost comical. 

Additionally, something I found truly extraordinary was the history behind all of the artwork. For example, In this image, was see what looks like ruins in an art piece called, "Modern Rome". Which brings me to the lessons I have learned in Desma about Math and Art. The image has your eyes wondering all over the page, but has features more defined in the foreground and they wash out as one looks further back. This brings me to the idea of a vanishing point. Although, there are not defined parallel lines pointing towards a specific location, there are structures that guide your eye to the back of the painting creating this allusion that the place this image takes you goes on forever. 




As you can see, in this image I am standing next to a sculpture, recreating the pose of the person. I find this sculpture very fascinating because I can't imagine the effort that went into making each feature of a human proportionate to the statue. 

The Getty was an amazing experience, and I loved seeing L.A. from such a high, beautiful perspective, and the architecture of the building was artistic and clean. Overall, this museum allowed me see some really beautiful pieces and ponder the unique, new things I had learned in class. 


Citations 

Frantz, Marc. Lesson 3: Vanishing Points and Looking at Art, www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cap6938-
    02/refs/VanishingPoints.pdf. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

Selikoff, Nathan. “Playing at the Intersection of Interactivity, Math, and Code.” Nathan Selikoff,                     www.nathanselikoff.com/. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

“History of the J. Paul Getty Trust.” Getty, 28 Nov. 2023, www.getty.edu/about/history/.


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