The museum of spirals



Works CitedOnline Sources"A Turbulent Mind: The Physics of Van Gogh's Starry Night." Discover Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.This source was used as a link in the media room to explain the physics of van Gogh’s “Starry Night.”"Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I.e. The Met Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.This useful primary source website is the home to about half of my images in the museum. It provided me with the information on and images of five of the ancient art pieces, all five of the medieval works, the “Horizontal Panel with Two Genii Riding on Two Chimeras” from the Renaissance art room, the Post-Impressionism painting, “Starry Night” and two ancient pieces from the Non-Western exhibit room. Graphics, Journal For Geometry And, and Volume 5 (2001), No. 1, 35–4.Volume 5 (2001), No. 1, 35–43. Analysis of the Spiral Pattern Karakusa(n.d.): n. pag. Web.I used this website article for a quote about traditional Japanese patterns which I used to illustrate the use of spirals in non-western artistic traditions. "Hand Designed Silk Embroidery Art with Over 2,500 Years of History." Art of Silk Blog ~ King's Silk Art: Embroidery from Imperial China. N.p., 2013. Web. 27 May 2015.I collected two pictures of ancient embroidered silk pieces and gathered information on them from this website."Hundertwasser." The Spiral Is the Symbol of Life and Death ·. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.I found this website useful for its images of Hundertwasser paintings, its information about prolific spirals in his work, and most importantly, several quotations by the artist himself regarding his use of the symbol of the spiral.J, Elaine. "What Is the Golden Ratio?" LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 24 June 2013. Web. 27 May 2015.From this website, I gathered extra information about the fibonacci sequence and phi and how they relate to the “Golden Spiral”. I also used this site as a link in my media room.MailOnline, Jonathan O'Callaghan for. "Is Van Gogh's Starry Night a Painting of GALAXIES? Bright Swirls Are Based on Distant Cosmic Spirals, Claims Expert." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 02 Feb. 2015. Web. 28 May 2015.This site was useful because it used it as a link in my media room to propose and explain the question, “Is Van Gogh's Starry Night a Painting of GALAXIES?”"Natural Disaster - by Leonardo Da Vinci." Natural Disaster - by Leonardo Da Vinci. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.The Renaissance painting “Natural Disaster” by Leonardo da Vinci, was collected from this site. ?"Newgrange Megalithic Tomb (c.3300-2900 BCE)History, Prehistoric Engravings." Newgrange Megalithic Passage Tomb: History, Engravings. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2015.I was provided information on and the image of the “Entrance to Newgrange Neolithic Passage Tomb” in the Ancient art room by this website."Quotes on the Golden Ratio." Quotes on the Golden Ratio. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.I used a quote from this website to illustrate the use of spirals in the art of the Renaissance."Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus" Artble. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.This site not only provided an image of “The Birth of Venus,” but provided background information regarding its composition."Selected Georgia O'Keeffe Paintings." Selected Georgia O'Keeffe Paintings. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.This website provided information on the modern artist, Georgia Okeefe, and information on her two paintings, "Red Hill and White Shell" and "Abstraction White Rose""Spiral Meaning and Symbolism." Www.whats-your-. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.I used this source to collect information of the spiral’s symbolism and I used it a link in my media room."SPIRAL "spirals Reflect the Universal Pattern of Growth and Evolution"" NISYA'S SPIRITUAL GARDEN. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.This source provided a quote about the golden ratio spiral as a mathematical term. "The Cosmic Spiral." The Cosmic Spiral. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.This website provided me with a quotation that compared the spiral to time. I used this quote in my historical context/timeline room. "The Tree of Life, 1905 by Gustav Klimt." The Tree of Life, 1905 by Gustav Klimt. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.From this website I collected my image of “The tree of Life” by Gustav Klimt"Trippy Optical Illusion Makes Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” Undulate." 22 Words Trippy Optical Illusion Makes Van Goghs Starry Night Undulate Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.This site was used as a link in my media room to entertain viewers’ eyes."View of the Whirlpools at Awa (Awa Naruto No F?kei), from an Untitled Set of Three Triptychs." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2015.This source provided my photograph of the ancient work, “View of the Whirlpools at Awa” in the Non-Western Art room."Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry Night (Saint Rémy, June 1889)." . N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.I used this website to compose my information card on Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. In addition, I used the image of the painting from this source."Work Still-life with Peeled Lemon." Still-life with Peeled Lemon. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.I collected the Baroque painting, “Still Life with Peeled Lemon” from this source. I chose to use this painting because of its spiraling lemon peel. Printed SourcesCook, Theodore Andrea. The Curves of Life: Being an Account of Spiral Formations and Their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art: With Special Reference to the Manuscripts of Leonardo Da Vinci. New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Print.This was an excellent source which I used?to find several quotes by the author, a British art critic and expert in the field, about the use of spirals throughout the history of art.Ronnberg, Ami, and Kathleen Martin. "Spiral." The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. K?ln: Taschen, 2010. 718-21. Print.This book provided information about the multiple symbolic meanings of “the spiral.” Also, I used a quote from this book in the chapter, “Spiral”.Strickland, Carol, Ph.D., and John Boswell. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-modern. Ed. Patty Brown. Second ed. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1992. Print.Although I did not use any paintings/works in the book, I did learn about the different eras in art. This information helped me write summaries for each art category. ? ................
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