Blog Review (2/28/2014)

Rice University to Demolish Former Museum Building by Robin Pogrebin

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/rice-university-to-demolish-former-museum-building/?ref=design


by Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at Rice University in Anderson-Clarke Center

Design & Layout: As far as the design and layout goes, it was actually pretty boring. Nothing exciting going on, no colors, just a plain, short block of text. I had to go to one of the links in the story to even get a picture. There were also a lot of ads on the sides.

The reason I chose this article was because I've always been interested in museums and things dealing with history, so this article caught my eye. This article was mainly about Rice University tearing down this Martel Center. The University states that "It was never intended to be a permanent building on the campus, and the cost to restore the structure for any possible use, and maintain it, is prohibitive." I found it interesting that a University of all places would tear down something so historical. I understand it's not something extremely important and it probably doesn't pertain to anything significant in history, but nonetheless, it's still history.

Triptych

This is how symmetrical my roommate is :P

My Portraits

Portraits

This is by Cecil Beaton. I chose this picture mainly because it is black and white. I like the contours of her face against the background. 

This is by Nick Suarez. I chose this picture because I like the lines that her hair makes. 

This is by James (no last name was given). I chose this picture because I love the lines of her body and the way her neck looks.

This is by Asif Aleem. I chose this picture because it is very intriguing. He used useless junk to make a portrait of Nicholas Cage.

 This is by Bryan Adams. I chose this picture because I really like the reflection aspect of it. It seems to give the picture a deeper meaning.