10/Visiting a museums. Painting

1. Which unusual museums do you know?

A museum is a “permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and enjoyments”, as defined by the International Council of Museums Association definition. Museums collect and care for object of scientific, artistic, or historical importance and make them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Museums are usually open to general public, sometimes charging an admission fee. Museums can be a great source of information about cultures and history. They can be next categories: fine art, applied arts, craft, archaeology, anthropology and ethnology, history, cultural history, military history, science, technology, natural history, numismatics, botanical and zoological gardens and philately.

I think the most unusual are an open air museums. The first open air museums were established in Scandinavia towards the end of the 19^th century, and the concept soon spread throughout Europe and North America. Open air museums are variously known as skansen, museums of buildings, living farm, living history and folk museums. Most open air museums are located in regions where wooden architecture prevail, as wooden structures may be translocated without substantial loss of authenticity. A more recept form is the Ecomuseums, which originated in France. I think, it is unusual and entertaining idea, as people can not only to visit interesting places but spend our free time in out door with your family, or friends.

2. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist. Do you agree?

I disagree with the opinion that the painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist. Just the other way around, if painter dealing his own craft during his life and known his work very well, so he can obtain a great success in his creation. So I believe artist get a mastery and professional skills, and he by no means a superficial painter. For example one of the outstanding British portraitist who had an important influence on his contemporaries. He collected Old Masters paintings and made careful studies of Rembrandt, Titian, Corregio. He believed that by analysis of Old Masters he could build a composite style of great art. His aim not to copy their individual works, but to win a similar mastery of the effect which they knew how to achieve: to rival them in their own language but not to copy them. So Reynolds was really self-taught artist and he was very successful in his time and stay nowadays.

3. What are some of the qualities a true artist must possess?

I think a true artist must possess persistence, unique nature talent and try to develop, improve and expand a scope your creation. For example many artists made careful studies of Old Masters. They believed that by analysis of Old Masters he could build a composite style of great art. Their aim not to copy their individual works, but to win a similar mastery of the effect which they knew how to achieve: to rival them in their own language but not to copy them.