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 .