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Title: Buddha head
Artist : Unknown but most likely from China
Date: unknown but retrieved in 2012
Culture/Geography: China
Medium: paint and clay
Source: Gotten from Ross in New Jersey


 Household items can hold a special memory or emotion to the person who places the object on its own shelf. Especially when it has its own pedestal. The object i chose was a Buddha from a department store in new jersey called Ross. The Buddha is all bronze colored. The head is full of spikes all around, I believe its made out of clay because of the weight it has when you carry it.There are parts of the sculpture that is shiny. whoever made this made it look like an old artifacts from china but in reality its from a department store. My family has had quite an obsession with these Buddhas there are at least five other Asian artifacts most likely from department stores around the house. My object shows the values that my family likes to keep in mind like peace and serenity, we try to keep things mellow and zen. In the words that we speak we hold our own wisdom in whatever stage it is. We are open minded to the unexpected and we have unity because thats what family is about. Buddhas represent peace, serenity and a clear mind. Meditation is a clear ideal lifestyle of Buddhists.

 Art can be interpreted differently depending on the individual, when they look at the glorified object or piece they either like it or cant get the right emotions from it. John Cotton Dana disagrees with modern museums, they only show glorified objects from basic wealthy people of the time or era it was acquired. Museums all seem to look around the same, they don't step out of the box that has been set by other previous established museums. And he fears that all museums will follow this regime. Museums should do their own thing to capture the audience more, art should be interpreted differently depending on the individual. The aesthetic value should stir up a serious of emotions from the audience. Not all objects put into museums represent the culture of the era but alot of these objects come from other regions. These objects can show the morals and values of the era. Just like the Buddhist walkway in my house.