Chapter 19 - Art of East Asia: India, China & Japan

Angkor Wat is a famous temple in Cambodia and is considered one of the wonders of the world. She was built by King Suryavarman II in the mid-12th century that took 30 years to complete.

This temple was built on the Hindu belief that laid the mountain Meru as the center of the world and is home to Hindu deities.

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

Belonging to Western Group of Temples it is the largest and most ornate Hindu temple at Khajuraho. The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple was built by King Vidyadhara of Chandela dynasty in 1050 A.D and was also based on Hindu beliefs and has been praised as the peak of the tradition of medieval Hindu North Indian temple building.

Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Statues on the entrance way lawn

Unfortunately it was raining, so I didn't get a chance to roam the garden

Statue in the parking lot

 A free souvenir printed copy of a painting

I have to say, I this was my second liked museum out of all of the museums that I visited on Monday because it was very exciting and touching to see the paintings that i've learned most about in art or seen so much in the books that it was such an experience to see them in real life. Every painting looked very realistic and it felt as if the lives you saw in them reached out to your soul.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Grand Ave

To my surprise, I didn't have to pay another museum entrance fee

 because I visited the Moca in Little Tokyo soon after that so it was a free admission.

I didn't manage to sneak in some photos of the artwork but I did get to take this with me

I liked this Moca better than the Little Tokyo one because half of the museum or should I say a big portion of it was dedicated to old hollywood, I found it more to my liking because I enjoy looking at classic, vintage art more than what i've seen previously throughout the museum.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Little Tokyo

The entrance way

Five dollar student ticket

One of the most interesting pieces I saw,

besides the room filled with images of a man cutting of his own penis.

That was disturbing.

As I left the museum I noticed some artwork displayed inside a building wall  for passerby's to see.

Then I proceeded to the plaza across the street for a quick visit

To sum up my museum visit, I didn't find it to my liking very much. The Moca in Little Tokyo was actually my first ever museum visit, to be honest I expected something more grand for my eyes to see.

Most of the pieces I saw were indeed contemporary art, with plenty of white walls to place them on.

Photography Project

My Monday morning before I embark on a 

L.A. museum hopping adventure

The first thing my eyes saw that morning, a foggy sky and the sound of pounding rain.

Seeing that I only had 4 hours of sleep, 

I did not want to climb out of bed so easily.

But I had to.

 

Then I proceeded to to the bathroom to take a nice, hot, steamy, shower for warmth and refreshment.

And I enjoyed it.

After my 15 minutes of being comfortable and warm in the shower was over,

I went back to my room to put some clothes on.

Off to the bathroom I went again to do what almost every girl does in the morning to their face,

put on some facial enhancements aka. makeup. 

Here the is the result of getting ready for the day,

from the time I woke up and two hours later.

(because I like to take my sweet time)

Then I hopped in my car and headed out to Pasadena to meet my boyfriend at his house

After picking him up he as always decided to be kind

 and offered to drive me  anywhere I needed to go. 

And also filled up my gas tank :)

Thirty dollars worth of gas in my mini coop aka. Black Momba

and we're ready to start of the day

Chapter 20 - Arts of the Pacific and the Americas

Moai, or mo‘ai are human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island, Chile between the years 1250 and 1500.  The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most would be cast down during later conflicts between clans.

Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island. Above is A warrior of Nuku Hiva with a spear and a hand fan by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, 1813.

Ritual Mask. Aztec, early 16th century.

Johnnie Davis, Crooked Beak, 19th Century.

Masks are used for dance by many people of the Pacific Northwest mostly to tell tales of mythical creatures. They also had a long history in Meso America. 

Damien Hirst

                                                          Away from the Flock (1994)

The Child's Dream (1992)

Mother and Child Divided (1993)

I Want You Because I Can't Have You

A Thousand Years (1990)

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991)