Since its founding in 1941, The Norton Museum of Art has grown and evolved to become one of Florida's major cultural institutions. The Museum is internationally known for its distinguished permanent collection featuring American Art, Chinese Art, Contemporary Art, European Art and Photography.
As a Mexican-American, I feel very proud to say that I am indigenous the dark skin and the dark hair and I think we all should really look into our roots in our Mexican culture is actually more indigenous than it is Spanish, and I am proud to be indigenous
I really appreciate this video - it makes me with I could visit the show and write a review. There's so much to say about it! Congrats both to the artist and the museum.
The book looks beautiful. It's so good to be able to see some of the illustrations and learn more about the content. It's an expensive book, although well worth the price I'm sure, but I'm pleased to see some of the content before buying. Amazon have not supplied a peek inside the book which I'm sure would increase it's sales.
Are claws usually present on the culturally carved Hetian dragon sculptures in a certain time period, but claws are not included in others? Is that the question?
@@slwtgf openwork white jade superbly carved I doubt it was made during Ming as this design was common during Ming dynasty but superbly carved with three dimensional carvings I think it was carved during Qianlong period instead but how come no five claws or any claws
@@florencetan615 very good point, thanks for pointing it out! I’m finding jade (the history, but also lapidary skills, in general) so beautiful and fascinating! I found chrysoprase recently, a stone I haven’t come across yet, and omg the hues of that, from majestic dark shades to the happy apple green + lighter hues has me marveling on that, now, too.
We need people like Randy Griffey in public presentations. His intellectual grasp is beautifully articulated in a very personable style. He knows his stuff and he shows great dedication to promoting a greater understanding of art. One day I will visit the Smithsonian and I will shake his hand to thank him.
@@FatEnjoi The ancient Chinese have been doing it since the Neolithic age. Same for the bronze and iron age. There's plenty of videos talking about it. Not to mention all the jade artifacts in mesoamerica...
good luck with that. Been trying to flatten a piece of jasper using sand for weeks and only taken off a hairs width of material, you would need diamond edged tools to do any damage. Not been able to find information on anyone using man powered hand tools to sculpt these hard stones, almost find it hard to believe it can be done, especially in the Neolithic when people were supposed to be primitive.
@@FatEnjoi You don't need a diamond to carve hard stone lol. That's a debunked talking point as shown by people like *SGD Sacred geometry decoded* and *Scientists against myths* The sand you're allegedly using probably is insufficient. The ancient Egyptians for example used Emery in their abrasives. I reckon magnetite rich sand would also work pretty well. I find it curious on why you think the Neolithic age is primitive. That's an outdated take at best. The Neolithic people literally created agriculture, domestication and metallurgy lol...
