I visited the San Antonio Museum of Art for my museum needs. One of my favorite activities is going to museums. I had never been to the San Antonio Museum of Art before, so I was excited to go. At the time of my visit they were hosting the "Lethal Beauty" samurai collection, which is actually why I went there. I chose a handful of paintings and objects that I found interesting and hope to explain them. The museum was organized by a mixture of time periods and type of art. A very friendly environment where all kinds of people can go and enjoy history. Upon arriving at the museum, the first exhibit I visited was the Egyptian section. Within this exhibit there were many broken relief sculptures known as "relief fragments". These fragments were written in hieroglyphics which created an immediate connection to what we had reviewed during the course. I really liked these reliefs due to the age on them, the specific relief I am referring to is of the Greek pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus and was made around the years 285-246 BC Made from limestone, a chisel and a hammer , this piece features beautiful engravings. On the left there appeared to be a hawk or bird of some kind and on the right was a pharaoh. These two images are connected by hieroglyphs in the center of the fragment. After reading the description, the placement of everything made a lot more sense to me. This fragment states Ptolemy's name and has some spiritual overtones. The next section that caught my attention was the Roman exhibition. The statues were pretty amazing and probably my favorite section besides the main exhibit, Lethal Beauty. This exhibition contained a large variety of sculpted works. They had busts of philosophers... middle of paper... The story ends with Johnny Quid returning home to Archie from rehab. He ironically states that he now wants to become like Archie, a “Real RocknRolla”. I love this money and the ending. As serious as the plot may seem, it's really a comedy and the actors all seem to be having fun. The overly dramatic scenes and constant use of foul language give it that "London gangster" vibe. It took me a couple of viewings to fully understand the plot as there are a lot of scenes that tie all the characters or groups of characters together. RocknRolla by Guy Ritchie is a very funny film. A little confusing at first, but it has great actors who seemed to have a lot of fun creating this film. I find the value behind this film in the humor brought to light by the actors. This added bonus offers a whole new contrast and dimension to the main story.
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