Wolfsonian FIU Response

Wolfsonian FIU Response

Second paragraph after pictures

       
      I was very interested in my visit to the Wolfsonian Museum.  It was my first time there and I was very fascinated with the historical content and art that is available to see. My favorite point in history is during the 1920's - 40's and that was the focus in the museum. Being very interested in the 40's and WW2 was the only thing that saved me on the second floor, where there are a number of song books and pioneer story books from the 20s-40s surrounding socialism and communism and it was actually disturbing, but I read all the covers and brought me to 2010 when I visited the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. It felt heavy and dark in there.  I am interested in how the war influenced the way of life in the 40's.  politically I wasn't there and was very uninterested. Seeing those song and story books make me feel like i am in a time machine and I feel like it takes me back all those years.

The 5th floor had work from many different time periods. The works are very politically influenced based on the time period they were made.  I was more interested because you are able to see how different people made art under the influences of their time.  The work was very political, some were religious, some depicted industrialization and labor, war, city plans, battle aftermath, depiction of historical events and even conceptual ideas in the art that is there.  There was a section where they had furniture like chairs, dresser tables, lamps, and pianos being displayed as art that were beautifully carved and rich in detail. The craft and talent put into the furniture was being displayed as an art of the time. Today nothing is made that way anymore. I love absorbing history.