<I>Black Effect: Descent View Render</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2019
name: label: Designed by
content: Tobi Ashiru
label: Illustrated by
content: Tobi Ashiru
label: Subject of
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
notes: label: Description
content: A PNG digital illustration of the "descent view" from a project titled "Black Effect" by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting the exterior of the west side of the Museum.
label: Description
content: The rendering depicts a sunken walkway descending towards the west facing side of the museum. The wide, walled walkway extends the full width of the rendering’s foreground and narrows to convey perspective as it extends towards the museum, dividing a water feature in front of the museum. The walkway turns sharply to the right, and then left, at the water feature. Along the walls lining the walkway are renderings of enslaved figures in confined, horizontal spaces with barred windows and ladders resembling the hold of a slave ship. Crouched or crawling figures are depicted amongst horizontal rows of prone figures tightly packed together.
label: Description
content: On either side of the walkway, bright green lawns lead toward the blue of the water feature and the façade of the museum. The first tier of the museum building on this side of the building is rendered in gray and white with diagonal black stripes. Below is a section representing Heritage Hall and part of the second tier of the museum have been rendered with wedges of cropped photographic images of green grass and white flowers giving the appearance of a living wall. The rest of Heritage Hall is rendered with tall, light blue windows and the rest of the second tier is rendered in gray and white with black diagonal stripes. The sky beyond the museum appears bright yellow and there are two trees on the far-right edge of the image with purple and white flowers planted at the base.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Museums
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Rendering Visible
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Black Effect
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift designed by Tobi Ashiru
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.114.1
objectType: label: Type
content: architectural drawings
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Tobi Ashiru
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2698 pixels × 4800 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 52.18 MB