It is last Thursday that we were asked to visit the gallery and buildings in wellcome collection ,which really surprised me because of its art work and photos .
To be honest it is the frist time I visit the exhibition about building and ancient medical device. Fortunately it was much more comprehensive and amazing than I thought ,not only does it had detailed graphic introduction for each exhibits but also had related models and audio of interviews to let us have a better understanding of the meaning behind each building or medical device. Thanks to these exhibits I started to know people’s life in the past .
What impressed me most was Paris Montparness that design by Jean Dubuission in the middle of the room .When I was walking at the exhibition area ,thinking about which one of so many excellent works to chose as the main research object I was attended by the huge picture that toke up a whole wall. It is the largest single residential block , the type of building remained me the flat I lived when I was a child , at that time every one crowded in a room like tofu, in that honeycomb-like building, where everyone is just a tiny bee inside, the sun rises and the sun goes down.The huge yellowing picture on display on the wall gives a deep sense of age, as if it were a few decades ago.
As for the design of Paris Montparness ,”the linear com position of Cursky’s monumental photograph draws attention to the building’s geometric design.”(From the text introduction of the work)Both its appearance and the room’s design are very simple, and the building is more practical than ornate decoration.The simple combination of square geometry makes this huge building seem more organized, I think this is the meaning of “Less is more”Sometimes the simple design can better reflect the profound connotation of artworks. It is simple and clear without too many tedious decorations, but it can shock people at the first sight. The geometric design of building reminds me the building designed by Le corbusier especaily for the Chandigrah .
Besides, there are many surprises in this exhibition. For example, the giant model of the old hospital makes people more intuitively understand the structure of the hospital and the arrangement of the room, and the vivid figures in it perfectly reproduce the scene of the hospital at that time. The first floor also exhibits the progress of medical equipment during the operation in ancient Europe. Whether it is the change of surgical knife and needle or the evolution of prostheses in different times, people are deeply impressed by the progress of ancient medical technology. The wall of the medical exhibition hall is covered with paintings of women giving birth at that time. I don’t know why I want to draw the picture of the most sacred and joyful moment of a woman’s life.
In short, this exhibition is of great improtant to me , not only can it let me get better understanding of people’s life in the past ,but also I have seen the progress of medical technology since ancient times.