Botticelli Exhibition at MGM Macau VS. SAS Photography Exhibition
- One similarity between the two exhibitions were that they both contained prints. Since the SAS exhibition was of photography, obviously it had prints of the photographs. And although I expected the Botticelli exhibition to display genuine works from the painter, most of the paintings being displayed there were actually only prints. However, unlike the SAS exhibition, they were prints of paintings and not photos. It was a bit disappointing.
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| Disappointing that I was only able to see a print of this piece |
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| SAS Prints |
- A major difference between the two exhibitions was that one showed works of a professional and incredibly famous artist while the other showed works of multiple student photographers. While the SAS students were taking these photos for a class and will probably never pursue a career in the subject, Sandro Botticelli worked as an artist and was commissioned by several people to create his paintings. Also Botticelli would have had years of training while the SAS students would have only taken a few classes.
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| Would have commissioned portraits of his patrons |
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| Photography of an SAS student |
- The exhibitions were also housed in very different locations. The Botticelli exhibition was placed in a hotel in a special space specifically designed for and dedicated to art exhibitions. It's very clean with it's walls that are only used to hang works of art. The SAS photography exhibition's location is very different. It was placed in a school's multi-purpose atrium with it's art being placed on cork board panels. The school exhibition is also outdoors and thus very open which invites more people to come look at it while the Botticelli exhibition was indoors and kind of hidden from public view.
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| A Botticelli piece hung on the wall of the MGM Art Space |
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| SAS Photography was hung on Cork Board |
- The medium of the artworks was also a big difference between the two exhibitions. The SAS exhibition used photography while the MGM exhibition showed paintings that used oil paint. They're very different because oil paint is a very traditional art medium, that would've been available in Boticelli's time (15th/16th centuries), while photography is a very modern digital medium that has only been available since the 19th century.
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| One of the only original works which was housed in a special small room |
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| The exhibition was placed outside |
