Jun 12 2011 07:26 pm
Posted by Mendo under ADMIN ONLY - featured,June 13 Assignment
Mysterious Crime
The website gives the viewer some detailed historical content around 19th century, and events of the Lost Museum. The museum was something that almost everyone attended for entrainment. Similar to today’s Broadway theaters, Barnum’s Museum was something that was magnificently enjoyable in more of an art form. The first time when i was exploring the “Lost museum”, i found that the museum contains every mysterious objects that somehow unique and relates to unfound results.Each and every object in museum makes us to think on our own way no matter how the result is. Mainly, this museum gives a knowledge, facts, events, reality that used to exist during 1800-1900.
In comparison between “The Innocent Boy,” 1836 and “The Lost Museum”, both incidents seemed mysterious because the public never found out about the truth. For instance, the gesture of the boy looked as if he was leaving or just broke inside the apartment. Firstly, he is holding an ax in his hands. Secondly, the door knob seems to be broken, which might suggests the viewer that he just broke inside in order to help the burning Jewett. In addition, the boy is dressed as a hotel doorman which also convey that he was trying to save Jewett.
On the other hand, the boy may be holding axe because he just murdered Jewett and running away from the crime scene. It is mysterious because the painting itself is complicated and hard to decode. It does not give viewers, the exact details. It seems that the artist purposely left things out to gain more costumers/readers. Because the incident occurred around 1800s, this gives an impression of competition. It was written that “… the mass-circulation “penny press” had a field day covering the gruesome story for their largely working-class readers”. This appears that the newspaper company also left the story mysterious because they wanted readers to speak out, think and gain more costumers. In fact, Penny-press newspaper only costed a penny and was in competition with other average newspaper which cost six-cents each. So, this incident is still mysterious.
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