The Cantors Arts Center at Stanford University, The site and the Museums surrounding

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The Cantors Arts Center at Stanford University, The site and the Museum’s surrounding

The site and the surrounding museum can be described as pre-Raphaelite and naturalistic. This is because it is typical of the late 19th century style in Greece and shows things in real life. The Cantor Arts Center is located at Stanford University. The fact that it hosts artists from all over the globe indicates that it is of international scale. Before entering the museum, one finds the words “Iris B.Gerald Cantoe Center for Visual Arts Stanford University” inscribed on its walls. The message indicates that the museum contains a complete collection of visual artworks. The entrance is marked in a classical Greek appearance and the objective of this appearance is to familiarize visitors with the kind of art works in the museum (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

The Message in the Museum’s Architectural Design

The atmosphere inside the museum greets its visitors on a more human scale. The architectural design of the museum communicates a classical message that the artwork in the museum is not necessarily modern; rather, it goes back into the beginning of history. The building by virtue of its design dictates how visitors to the museum can proceed from the entrance. Upon getting into the building, a main lobby and stairs on the right leads to the standard family room. Depending with where one wants to go, immediately on the left and right of the entrance are artworks from African and the Oceania (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

The Museums Environment

The museum is spacious and well lit which ensures that it contains fresh air. Its light comes from its well-ventilated windows as well as from its electric powered rooms. In all of the museum’s rooms, there is an information desk (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

Navigating the Museum

The gallery that appears to be most important is the early European art gallery. This is so because it contains so many visitors in comparison to the other galleries. Apart from that, most of the artistic works in this gallery are postmodern in nature. This attracts many people because they want to relate history with what is happening in the present (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

Organization of the Galleries

The galleries are organized thematically in accordance with the regions from which the artworks originate. There is also a separation of western and non-western art, with the western art occupying the exit part of the gallery while the non-western occupies the entrance part of the gallery. It is easy to navigate the building because there are signs and guards in every entrance. All the galleries display specific exhibitions on view for a brief period. The temporary exhibitions are marked ‘coming soon’ because they are adverts of different exhibitions that are to come in later on a permanent basis (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

The France Manet and the Graphic Arts exhibition contain early European art. The

Exhibition is displayed aesthetically in one of the four walls of the room and its works are arranged surrealistically. The framing brings out a pictorial effect, the lighting gives an impressionist effect, and sequencing of its contents brings out a representational impact, while the gallery space gives the picture a grandiose effect (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

The curators were trying to bring out a magisterial effect by arranging the works in this manner. This is because the exhibition provided a realistic premise and was successful in its objectives. The Manet and the Graphics Art in France was my favorite work of art because it is evocative in nature (The Cantors Arts Center Web).

Works Cited

The Cantors Arts Center at Stanford University; Exhibitions (2013): Web.