Finding beauty in all art forms-dallas museum of art

The first thing that I saw when I walked into the museum was Semiramis by William Westmore Story in 1872-1873. This particular work of art is a beautiful sculpture of the queen of Assyria made of marble. The short caption that I read near the sculpture stated that Semiramis was a historical Assyrian queen of Babylonian birth who lived and reigned around 800 B.C. Story made many sculptures of other females. This pa

The trip that I took to the Dallas Museum of Art was truly a rewarding experience. Since it was my first visit there, I was overwhelmed by the amount of artwork and range of different collections on display. I tried and tried to keep my eyes open for the single most exotic, most beautiful, or most valuable piece that I could find, but I was not able to. All the works of art were interesting in their own way, even though my taste might be different from the next persons’ taste. I learned that it is more important to find the meaning of the artwork; to look beyond the paint strokes and carvings, to the true meaning and even the inspiration in each piece.

rticular female had a commanding presence, but looking at the expression of her face, and especially in her eyes, there seems to be deep thought.

Buddhist art is also an art form that concentrates mostly around gods and goddesses. Besides the ever-familiar sculpture of Buddha, I observed a very interesting sculpture made of 5 separate blocks. Each block was connected to each other to make a 3D picture of a Buddhist goddess, Tara and her two attendants. This was a very unusual art form to me as I have never seen this creative design to make a 3D sculpture. I guess that this specific design was popular during this era because I saw two other sculptures made in a very similar way. It was amazing how the detailing of the sculptures was so intricate. I can honestly say that this particular type of sculpture was genius. I could close my eyes and imagine it in the middle of a Zen garden of a Buddhist convent, with a decorative fountain nearby.

There was a specific piece of art that grabbed my attention while walking through the Ancient Mediterranean collection which includes works from 3000 BC to the fall of the Roman Empire. This specific piece was Roman in origin; a beautiful and wall-size mosaic of Achilles at the court of King Lycomedes. I was amazed at the great detail the artist achieved by using the many different pieces of marble and stones. I could definitely appreciate this piece of art, especially when I thought of how long it had lasted and been preserved so well.

Walking down yet another hallway of the Dallas Museum of Art, I was able to observe many different types of European art. Particularly French art interested me. I am not a fan

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