<I>Black Effect: Upper 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: An Adobe Illustrator file of the “upper view render” 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 an elevated exterior view from the west side of the building, looking south.
label: Description
content: The rendering is shown from the perspective of a balcony on top of an overhang above Heritage Hall. The balcony features a narrow strip of greenspace that extends almost the full length of the building to the southwest corner. Behind the greenspace there is a brown bench that runs the full length of the greenspace and in front is line of windows. Behind the bench are windows and a square windowed enclosure. The first and second tiers of the museum building on this side of the building are rendered in white with diagonal black stripes above. Between the two tiers is a strip of green grass and white flowers giving the appearance of a living wall or garden space. On the grounds below is a sunken walkway to the west facing side of the museum. The walled walkway divides a water feature in front of the museum. The long wall along the walkway is lined with images representing the Middle Passage, with enslaved figures depicted in tightly packed horizontal rows. The sky is rendered in yellow and there are two trees on the far right edge of the image with a row of plants and yellow rose bushes planted in the front. In the background, at the center, is a flowering cherry blossom tree. Several footpaths, rendered in gray, lead to the south side of the building.
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: Local and regional
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: 2021.114.6
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: 2700 pixels × 4800 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 72.66 MB