Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
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The Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is located in Gushan District
(鼓山區), the northwestern district of Kaohsiung City (高雄) in Taiwan
. It was founded by the Kaohsiung City Government
and has been administrated by the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs since 2003. It occupies about 8.15 acres (32,981.9 m²) and started in 1994. It is the third public arts museum in Taiwan after the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
were founded.
In addition, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is a part of the Neiweipi Cultural Park (內惟埤文化園區), which occupies about 40 hectares. The first stage of Neiweipi Cultural Park’s construction started in 1989 and was completed in 1994. During this phase, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts was completed. Afterwards, the developments of the entire area such as entrance plaza
, sculpture
park, and ecology
park are kept carrying on and let the art museum itself become more attractive by the surroundings.
Lobby
is an independent open space which contains a stationer, a service counter and computer information system.
Sculpture Hall
is a core of the Museum of Fine Art and the beginning of visits for tourists. It plays an important role as a central link of many exhibition rooms
. The height of Sculpture Hall is about four floors. Sunlight come in from a large skylight to make sculptures look more natural instead of being completely exanimate.
The galleries
101, 102, and 103 locate on the right side of the sculpture hall. They can be used for some general exhibitions and especially for special international exhibitions. The galleries 104 and 105 locate on the other side of the sculpture hall and the ceiling are designed with two stories high. This feature provides visitors with different angles such as looking down at works. These two rooms are usually used for displaying sculptures.
Galleries on the second floor are mainly for exhibiting works which with large size.
The main feature of galleries is that they can be used for displaying precious works such as calligraphy
. This kind of works is supposed to be preserve in rooms which have special climate control. That is, the control system must keep moisture
and temperature
stable no matter how climate changes.
The galleries here are mobile because they can be divided into different sizes and space.
Perimeter is the first impression that the visitors here will have. Since the Museum of Fine Arts itself has function of both leisure
and art
, the designers of perimeter decided to put emphasis on presenting sculptural atmosphere. This atmosphere makes people feel relaxed and connect the ease feeling with the art itself.
After entering the park through the entrance, visitors can easily see signs which point out the way to the Museum and leisure facilities. Moreover, rest areas, public restrooms, and seats locate in proper sites aside the Park Walkways.
The design of this round plaza
is for relevant activities. The covered walkway provides a direct path to the educational spaces inside the museum such as studio classrooms and auditorium
. In this way, the inside and outside activities are connected.
The sculpture park is composed of the lawn which behind the administrative area and the southwestern park. It was chiefly constructed and developed during the first phrase. With various types of scenery such as lawn
s and grove
s, the sculpture park can display different types of sculptures according to different settings. Though most of the sculptures locate in the sculpture park, some are arranged in the ecology park.
The ecology park is composed of a marsh
, a lake
, a small island
, a forest
area, an observation
platform, and footpaths. With the concept of ecological restoration
, the designers of scenery have established the scenery which does not prevent creatures from inhabitation or breeding.
The Museum opens from Tuesday to Sunday during 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and closes on Mondays. Visitors can take bus 205 (once per ten minutes), 73 (once per hour), and 57 (from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., once per hour on holidays)
It concludes record tours, scheduled tours, tours by appointment, tours of computers and on the air
. First, the records tours are made for some specific exhibitions. Visitor can borrow tapes, players, and earphones with ID identification. The advantage of it is that this kind of tour is for “individual”. Second, the scheduled tours are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Visitors do not need to make reservation and the number is not limited. Third, tours-by-appointment are provided to groups and there are English
, Japanese
, Mandarin, and Taiwanese versions. This kind of tour should be scheduled before at least two weeks. Fourth, visitors can take advantage of computers inside the museum to check information of exhibitions. The last method of tour is the program "You and the Arts" which is presented in Kaohsiung Broadcasting
Station on Saturdays morning at 11:00.
There are about 3,000 videotapes of arts and near 20,000 books of diverse art-related materials in this library and all these recourses can be used by the public for leisure or researches. Moreover, there are some copy machines inside for people to use. If visitors want to photocopy any material, they are supposed to apply for allowance to the administrative personnel. The Museum's art opens from 9:30 am to 4:50 pm except for Mondays and national holidays.
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Gushan District
Gushan District is an administrative district of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China in southern Taiwan.-Transportation:Gushan is serviced by the Siziwan Station of Orange Line and the Aozihdi Station of Red Line of the rapid transit....
(鼓山區), the northwestern district of Kaohsiung City (高雄) in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It was founded by the Kaohsiung City Government
Kaohsiung City Government
The Kaohsiung City Government is the top-tier local government administrative body of R.O.C. from December 2010. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Kaohsiung .It replaced the earlier Kaohsiung County Government and Kaohsiung City Government which had covered a much bigger area...
and has been administrated by the Kaohsiung Bureau of Cultural Affairs since 2003. It occupies about 8.15 acres (32,981.9 m²) and started in 1994. It is the third public arts museum in Taiwan after the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum is a museum in Taipei, Taiwan. The museum first opened on December 24, 1983 at the former site of the United States Taiwan Defense Command . It was the first purpose built museum in Taiwan to host modern and contemporary art exhibitions...
were founded.
In addition, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts is a part of the Neiweipi Cultural Park (內惟埤文化園區), which occupies about 40 hectares. The first stage of Neiweipi Cultural Park’s construction started in 1989 and was completed in 1994. During this phase, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts was completed. Afterwards, the developments of the entire area such as entrance plaza
Plaza
Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
park, and ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
park are kept carrying on and let the art museum itself become more attractive by the surroundings.
The inner surroundings
- The first floor :
Lobby
Lobby (room)
A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall.Many office buildings, hotels and skyscrapers go to great lengths to decorate their lobbies to create the right impression....
is an independent open space which contains a stationer, a service counter and computer information system.
Sculpture Hall
Hall
In architecture, a hall is fundamentally a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers...
is a core of the Museum of Fine Art and the beginning of visits for tourists. It plays an important role as a central link of many exhibition rooms
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
. The height of Sculpture Hall is about four floors. Sunlight come in from a large skylight to make sculptures look more natural instead of being completely exanimate.
The galleries
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
101, 102, and 103 locate on the right side of the sculpture hall. They can be used for some general exhibitions and especially for special international exhibitions. The galleries 104 and 105 locate on the other side of the sculpture hall and the ceiling are designed with two stories high. This feature provides visitors with different angles such as looking down at works. These two rooms are usually used for displaying sculptures.
- The second floor :
Galleries on the second floor are mainly for exhibiting works which with large size.
- The third floor :
The main feature of galleries is that they can be used for displaying precious works such as calligraphy
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering . A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner"...
. This kind of works is supposed to be preserve in rooms which have special climate control. That is, the control system must keep moisture
Moisture
Humidity is the amount of moisture the air can hold before it rains. Moisture refers to the presence of a liquid, especially water, often in trace amounts...
and temperature
Temperature
Temperature is a physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold. Objects of low temperature are cold, while various degrees of higher temperatures are referred to as warm or hot...
stable no matter how climate changes.
- The fourth floor :
The galleries here are mobile because they can be divided into different sizes and space.
Outdoors space of the museum
- PerimeterPerimeterA perimeter is a path that surrounds an area. The word comes from the Greek peri and meter . The term may be used either for the path or its length - it can be thought of as the length of the outline of a shape. The perimeter of a circular area is called circumference.- Practical uses :Calculating...
:
Perimeter is the first impression that the visitors here will have. Since the Museum of Fine Arts itself has function of both leisure
Leisure
Leisure, or free time, is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating, sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education....
and art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, the designers of perimeter decided to put emphasis on presenting sculptural atmosphere. This atmosphere makes people feel relaxed and connect the ease feeling with the art itself.
- Park Walkways and Facilities :
After entering the park through the entrance, visitors can easily see signs which point out the way to the Museum and leisure facilities. Moreover, rest areas, public restrooms, and seats locate in proper sites aside the Park Walkways.
- Semi-Circular Outdoor Plaza and Covered Walkway :
The design of this round plaza
Plaza
Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be...
is for relevant activities. The covered walkway provides a direct path to the educational spaces inside the museum such as studio classrooms and auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
. In this way, the inside and outside activities are connected.
- Sculpture Park
The sculpture park is composed of the lawn which behind the administrative area and the southwestern park. It was chiefly constructed and developed during the first phrase. With various types of scenery such as lawn
Lawn
A lawn is an area of aesthetic and recreational land planted with grasses or other durable plants, which usually are maintained at a low and consistent height. Low ornamental meadows in natural landscaping styles are a contemporary option of a lawn...
s and grove
Grove (nature)
A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts...
s, the sculpture park can display different types of sculptures according to different settings. Though most of the sculptures locate in the sculpture park, some are arranged in the ecology park.
- EcologyEcologyEcology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
park
The ecology park is composed of a marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
, a lake
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
, a small island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
, a forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
area, an observation
Observation
Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the outside world through the senses, or the recording of data using scientific instruments. The term may also refer to any data collected during this activity...
platform, and footpaths. With the concept of ecological restoration
Restoration ecology
-Definition:Restoration ecology is the scientific study and practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action, within a short time frame...
, the designers of scenery have established the scenery which does not prevent creatures from inhabitation or breeding.
Service information
- Open time and Transportation
The Museum opens from Tuesday to Sunday during 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and closes on Mondays. Visitors can take bus 205 (once per ten minutes), 73 (once per hour), and 57 (from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., once per hour on holidays)
- TourTour guideA tour guide provides assistance, information and cultural, historical and contemporary heritage interpretation to people on organized tours, individual clients, educational establishments, at religious and historical sites, museums, and at venues of other significant interest...
services
It concludes record tours, scheduled tours, tours by appointment, tours of computers and on the air
On the Air
On the Air is an American sitcom created by David Lynch and Mark Frost and broadcast by ABC. In the United States, only three episodes were aired although seven were filmed...
. First, the records tours are made for some specific exhibitions. Visitor can borrow tapes, players, and earphones with ID identification. The advantage of it is that this kind of tour is for “individual”. Second, the scheduled tours are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Visitors do not need to make reservation and the number is not limited. Third, tours-by-appointment are provided to groups and there are English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Mandarin, and Taiwanese versions. This kind of tour should be scheduled before at least two weeks. Fourth, visitors can take advantage of computers inside the museum to check information of exhibitions. The last method of tour is the program "You and the Arts" which is presented in Kaohsiung Broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
Station on Saturdays morning at 11:00.
- Art library
There are about 3,000 videotapes of arts and near 20,000 books of diverse art-related materials in this library and all these recourses can be used by the public for leisure or researches. Moreover, there are some copy machines inside for people to use. If visitors want to photocopy any material, they are supposed to apply for allowance to the administrative personnel. The Museum's art opens from 9:30 am to 4:50 pm except for Mondays and national holidays.
See also
- Taipei Fine Arts MuseumTaipei Fine Arts MuseumThe Taipei Fine Arts Museum is a museum in Taipei, Taiwan. The museum first opened on December 24, 1983 at the former site of the United States Taiwan Defense Command . It was the first purpose built museum in Taiwan to host modern and contemporary art exhibitions...
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