ART 100 Museum Paper

Objectives:

This assignment was designed to prompt you to visit an actual art museum and identify the concepts of medium, content or subject matter, style and formal elements in actual works of art.

Directions:

1. Visit an art museum in person and submit proof of attendance at the museum you choose (photo of yourself in front of the museum or a museum sign, scanned brochure or schedule of events, admission fee receipt or gift shop receipt). For a list of area museums, please see the Sources of Museum Visit folder below. If you live outside the Washington, DC Metro area, please contact me for approval or ideas for museum visits.

2. You will then write a minimum 3-page paper on THREE art works from the museum you visit.

3. Your paper must include proper identification of each of the three art works; a discussion of:

– the style/movement each work fits into and explanation
– a discussion of 2-3 formal elements related to each work you discuss

4. Your paper must also include an introduction and a conclusion, a heading and proper grammar/spelling/sentence structure. Please use the “Art 100 Museum Paper Grading Rubric” (attached above) as a checklist as you write your paper to ensure that ALL required information is included in each section of your paper.

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ART 100 Museum Paper
This paper assesses three different artworks observed during my visit to the museum. While there was a wide selection of artworks from all around the world, my analysis concentrated on pieces from the African continent, with two items from the Benin kingdom, in addition to a mural by a Mozambican artist.

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