You are required to visit a Museum or Gallery of Fine Art and write an 800-1000 word essay on your experience. In the essay describe your visit to the museum. Select at least 1 work of art from the collection that you respond to and/or like (it might be a good idea to choose a more popular work that has Internet or book references). Spend time looking at the artwork (if the museum allows it, take an image with NO FLASH for a reference). You must provide the following information on the work selected:
Artist, nationality, life dates
Title, date
Media
Credit line
Location in Museum (e.g. American gallery, sculpture garden)
Describe the work of art physically (as if you are describing it to a friend who hasn’t seen it). Include information on the composition, the formal elements and subject matter. Use terms that you learned in class when appropriate. Also consider questions such as:
The paper is to be based on your own experience viewing the work of art and the application of information you have learned in class and from the textbook, do not copy from the Internet. If it is plagiarized you will lose an entire letter grade’s worth of points.
Due no later than Dec 17th. BOLD YOUR MAIN POINTS AND VOCABULARY