A Plus Student attracted to it because the scheme was very dark and I curious on why the house looked so abandoned and out in the middle of nowhere.
The Hampton University Museum was full of remarkable pieces that were and still are an important part of history. Although some pieces stood out more than others they all have an important significance, about them. Multiple pieces personally caught my sight and stood out to me. Not only because of how they looked but the color scheme that was used for them.
The first piece that caught my attention was called Seascape. Seascape is a 1886 piece created by Edward Mitchell Bannister that details and illustrates the less important parts of the ocean. This piece caught my attention because it shows my favorite place to be, the ocean. It also stood out to me because from a distance I could the texture, which was a rough surface capturing the waves hitting land.
The second piece that caught my attention was the Mosque Tangier. Henry Ossawa Tanner created the Mosque Tangier in 1912. The Mosque Tangier is a illustration of a home that held over twenty people. This piece caught my attention because the home was not that large and I was surprised over how many people fit in it. I was also
A Plus Student attracted to it because the scheme was very dark and I curious on why the house looked so abandoned and out in the middle of nowhere.
Black Belt created in 1934 by Archibald J. Motley Jr. also caught my attention. This piece illustrates a series of different people and ways of transportation in a city. Black Belt caught my attention because the colors used in the piece were warm colors and they automatically catch any human beings eyes. This piece is also significant because it looks like normal paint but it is actually an oil painting.
The last piece that caught my attention was an untitled piece of a Kneeling Woman. Sargent Johnson created the piece in 1929. This piece is a small sculpture of an African American woman kneeling on one knee who seems to look pure and innocent. One of the reasons I was attracted to this piece was because it did feature the naturalness of African American women, which is often not seen by many people in present time.