Virtual Museum Visit and Assignment
This Assignment is : Compare and Contrast Two Works of Art by Two Different Artists –
First, download 2 short lists of the Elements of Art and Principles of Design from the GETTY MUSEUM links. Compare and contrast how each painting uses these terms (i.e., describe how they are the same or different). The 2 inks are: You may use these and your course’s Glossary of Terms on the Elements. Keep thematic evaluations to a minimum.
https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements_art.pdf
https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/principles_design.pdf
OR: See below:
Contrast and Contrast 2 color paintings from the APPROVED selections in Discussion 13 (a Formal Analysis) Using the works you selected (participate in the Virtual Museum Assignment Choices discussion to make sure no one else selected them first), write about them in Microsoft Word following the example of works in your Lessons. When done save the file as a pdf document (then cut and paste it into the comments box as we did in our other assignments). This will be graded with a rubric under “Museum Assignment”.
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AFTER YOUR WORKS ARE APPROVED in your Discussion 13 board and using the 2 works you selected (make sure no one else selected them first) write about them following the example of works in your Lessons. Only write about the Comparisons (Similarities) and Contrasts (Differences) of/in your two chosen works of art. Go to the Metropolitan Museum website with the following link. http://www.metmuseum.org.
B) How to Research:
Go to “SEARCH” in the upper right and click. Place the names of your chosen artists in this space and click “Go” to view the paintings of each artist.
Collect and place your two chosen images of your selected works of art at the top of your paper (directions are in the Virtual Museum Assignment Choices Discussion where the works were selected for approval), along with your name, date, and names of the two works of art and the artists (if known), as well as the MMA accession number.
Start with main concepts and then move to relevant details to compare and contrast the two chosen works. (Remember to state the obvious.)
C) How to Write about what you have seen in each color painting.
Research and Observation: Use information from the museum site and your own analysis. Write in your own words; if you copy and paste you receive no credit. If you do not find enough information on the museum site, do not use Wikipedia or any other blog for content and context information. An exception is a “credible” source such as The New York Times blog, or Art Museum publications, e.g., Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, etc. or University publications, e.g., Harvard, Yale, Stamford, etc, or Art publishers, such as Rizzoli, Phaidon, Taschen, Abrams, etc. Include any references you use in addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art placed at the base of your paper.
Review a Lesson to make sure you understand what to write about. Review the topic terms in your Lesson glossary. Write the minimum, use sentences, and make sure your information fits the topic. You must be original. Turnitin will be reporting on non-original or previously published written text. You can check this before saving your paper to the Virtual Art Museum location. Non-original writing cannot be graded. No quotes are permitted. Word count at least 500+ words for the submission.
Each topic becomes a short paragraph separated by a line space. Make sure you do the topics in the order below. Cover what you think is most important in each topic.
IMPORTANT – The key to Formal Analysis Words and concepts that will help with the assignment:
Remember to consult the Getty Museum links, one on ELEMENTS OF ART and one on PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN, (both below) a brief list one page for each category. ELEMENtS OF ART: PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN:
https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements_art.pdf
https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/principles_design.pdf
D) Layout Format for the Analysis
You may Compare and Contrast within each of your chosen terms for the Formal Analysis (No. 6) for the Summary or Compare and Contrast separately (No. 7). View the rubric. State your choice.
The following is worth 6 points total.
- Indicate title, culture, artist (if known) and date of each of the two works of art by two different artists.
- Subject: what is depicted (3 sentences for each of the 2 works, 1 point)
- Content: what does the work mean (3 sentences for each of the 2 works, 1 point)
- Context: write about the culture or artist’s life that relates to your work (3 sentences for each of the 2 works, 1 point)
- Style: describe the identifying appearance of your work using at least 5 style terms from your glossary (3 sentences for each of the 2 works, 1 point)
- Medium: indicate medium and technique. Discuss how the medium is used of the 2 works, (3 sentences, 1 point)
- Formal Analysis: use 5 different formal terms from your glossary to describe each of the two works (5+ sentences for each work, 1 point)
- Summarize how the two works of art are Similar (Comparison) and Different (Contrast) using the 5 terms from your Formal Analysis, 5+ sentences for each work, 1 point – extra towards the total required or 4.5/6)
The 5) FORMAT for the submission (on MSWord and saved as a pdf then submit)
Follow A through D to create the Layout for A13, a Formal Analysis:
A) Create 2 columns in MSWord side-by-side
B) Place one color painting in the first column and the other in the second column.
C) Then continue with 1-7 (above) where you will provide the information required.
D) Then go full width of the page with 8 and divide the Analysis of the Similarities in one paragraph and the Differences in a 2nd paragraph showing how you can evaluate how each painting used the ELEMENTS of ART and a PRINCIPLE of DESIGN. (See links to the Getty Museum links for info on each short list of terms). You may also use the terms from the in-course Glossary.
Layout example for your submission is below: Both color paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections (see course Directions).
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