My Neighborhood Cultural Experience

foot race Heading NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURE My likeness Cultural Experience carol Salinas Kaplan University HU300-09 Abstract I check had a great opportunity to savour at some of my townsfolks most incredible computer architecture, impressions, murals, and sculptures. Our family has lived here(predicate) for over six years now and I h sexagenarian up had the entertainment to visiting our three local inborn American Museums. I absorb al styles enjoyed going to them on occasion when I feel exchangeable dependable getting out by myself and having some quite time.My experiences in this class have opened my midpoints to a new way of viewing the structures and art virtually me. I have chosen to debate a edifice that I drive by on a daily basis, never really putting much stock into how it came to be or its significance to our town. I will discuss in full stop the structure and the design of the facade. I have also chosen a piece of art that has been in my family since the early 1970s. It is a sentimental painting that I am sure holds more heartfelt value than financial worth. I see it e rattling day as I toss in my home.It is truly a work of art. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder and most definitely in the eye of the visionary who created much(prenominal) beauty. My Neighborhood Cultural Experience Architecture During my field trip around my little town, I was amazed at all of the wonderful architecture that I had never taken notice of in the past. It was quite good-natured to see the amount of historical structures that are here in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Our town was established back in 1901 and holds quite a bit of Native American Indian Influence.This is relevant by the structures around town. I have chosen to discuss a building that was constructed in 1906 and is referred to as the Whitley moth miller Building in the Anadarko downtown historical district (United States, 1990) (Exhibit A). The buildings address as listed in the historical regi stry is 125-129 W. Broadway, Anadarko, Oklahoma. This particular building is quite flowery in its structuring and was built in the Romanesque Revival style (Waymarking, 2011). It is divided up into three separate and distinct units or bays as they used to be called.The spaces between each unit are pilaster with round arch lintels of buffer colored and red colored brick and a rock-and-roll sill. It is a two-story building that has a stairwell up to the second floor. The stairwell is decorated with spandrels and pilasters. Two of the units display the call of their original occupants back in the day. The names read Max Goldman & angstrom unit Co. and Whitley Miller, which are inset in st one panels. The second floor has quatern double hung windows above each unit. These windows are accented by a fanlight transom. at that place is a wall-like barrier at the edge of the stone coping and a corbelled brick cornice on the roofline along with set panels. Each unit has its own personalit y and charm. They are accented with idiosyncratic awnings, one is red cloth, another is metal, and then made of wood. Although the architects are mystical to me they seemed to have approached the design of this building as a painter or a sculptor would (Janaro & Altshuler, 2009). It is just amazing that something so old can still be in such magnificent condition. My Neighborhood Cultural Experience trickThe art piece that I have chosen to discuss today is a painting that was painted in Manila, Philippines in 1962. The signature on this particular painting is not very clear and I cannot distinguish the mechanics name. I have included a picture of the painting (Exhibit B) as well as a dummy up up of the signature (Exhibit C) in case you recognize it. This painting was a gift from my grandparents. They had become friends with many of the locals and befriended the artist. My grandfather saw the painting one day and asked if he could purchase it for his stepson. The artist gracio usly agreed.My grandfather and grandma retired from the Air Force in 1972 and returned to the states bringing the painting home to my parents. subsequently the passing of my parents, I have inherited the painting. It has become quite a conversation piece in our living room. The medium for this piece is vegetable oil on canvas. This is a representational painting of the Manila Bay at dusk. The use of chiaroscuro throughout this painting adds a sultry, almost lonely printing to it (Janaro & Altshuler, 2009). You can see a shanty or chanty sitting by the water and the boats are in from the days catch. There appears to be no one in sight.Everyone has gone home from a long and grueling day at sea. The water is composure and attractively lit by the falling sun. The sky is an intense yellow and orangish as the rays of the sun are hidden by the clouds. The perspective of this artist as it relates to his painting is amazing. When I look into the painting, I seem to be pulled into the landscape, as if I am sitting on a hummock looking across at the beautiful sunset. A sense of calm comes over me. I can put myself right there just as a fisherman or his wife might be sitting outside after a good home cooked repast and relaxing after a tiering day on the water.References R. P. Janaro & T. C. Altshuler (2009). The Art of Being Human TheHumanities as a Technique for Living, ninth Edition. (pp. 105-130). New York Longman. United States Department of the Interior National Register of diachronic places (1990). Retrieved December 17, 2011 from, http//pdfhost. focus. nps. gov/docs/NRHP/Text/82005385. pdf Waymarking. com (2011). Retrieved December 17, 2011, from http//www. waymarking. com/waymarks/WMCY7W_1906_Whitley_Miller_Building_Anadarko_OK