Museum Analysis Work sheet

Art Museum Analysis Worksheet
“Virtual Art Museum Analysis

“Directions”
“Visit your approved virtual art museum and select two works of art that evoke a response in you. Plan to spend a minimum of 2 hours touring and interacting with your museum. Make sure that you fully answer all questions utilizing college-level writing skills, including complete sentences.

DO NOT use any analysis information provided in museum virtual tours, audio guides, or printed/ website materials. Additionally, DO NOT conduct any outside research for this assignment.”
“Complete the worksheet and upload into the Canvas assignment dropbox by the due date listed in the course syllabus. Include the required selfie/screenshots. One screenshot of each of your two selected artworks, and a selfie of you with the museum virtual tour on your computer.
Remember because this is a virtual visit, you must utilize a museum that has a full virtual interactive tour, NOT just still images or video from the collection online.”

“Part 1: Museum Visit- Use the Museum’s actual website to aid you in completion of this section. ”

1. “Name of museum:”
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2. “The web address of the fully interactive virtual museum tour and the web address of the actual museum:”
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3. “Discuss the current featured exhibitions. A featured exhibit is temporary, often on-loan to the museum and therefore featured.:”
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4. “Discuss the permanent collections held by the museum. In what period or periods of art is the museum strong? Who are the major artists represented?”
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5. “ Justify the need to learn from museum collections, beyond a simple historical context. Also, discuss what makes museum collections important.”
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“Part 2: Visit your approved art museum and explore a particular collection.”
1. “ Within your chosen collection, pay attention to the objects, their purpose, and how they were constructed or created. Using your observations, what information do the objects provide to you about the people or culture that created them? What can we learn about people from this particular age and from this specific collection?”
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2. “ Select one particular object that reveals information or serves as a window into that historical period. Name and describe that specific object and discuss in detail what it reveals about its creator and time period.”
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3. “ Discuss why it is important to preserve and study the creative endeavors of a given period or place. Be sure to give at least three reasons in full and complete sentences.”
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“Part 3: Select two works of art that evoke a strong personal reaction. The first must be two-dimensional, the second must be a work of sculpture. Insert a screenshot from the virtual tour of each of your selected works of art that shows the artworks in the museum setting.”
Example 1- 2D Art:

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1. “What is the most important part of the work, the Focal Point?”
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2. “ What elements or principles of design did the artist use to draw your attention to the focal point? Identify and describe how each element or principle is being used to draw your attention to the focal point. (You must describe
three different
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3. “Describe what you think is happening in your selected work.”
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4. “Clarity: Does the work have coherence? (Remember coherence, is how all of the elements and principles of design work together to create or transmit meaning.) Explain?”
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5. “Interest: Does the work hold your interest? If so, how? If not, then why not?”
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“Thesis Statement: Create a thesis statement around your argument about what the artist is trying to communicate about this work using the elements and principles in the work. ”
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Example 2- Sculpture:

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1. “What is the most important part of the work, the Focal Point?”
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2. “What elements or principles of design did the artist use to draw your attention to the focal point? Identify and describe how each element or principle is being used to draw your attention to the focal point. (You must describe
three different
elements or principles of design).”
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3. “Describe what you think is happening in your selected work.”
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4. “Clarity: Does the work have coherence? (Remember coherence, is how all of the elements and principles of design work together to create or transmit meaning.) Explain?”
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5. “Interest: Does the work hold your interest? If so, how? If not, then why not?”
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6. “Thesis Statement: Create a thesis statement around your argument about what the artist is trying to communicate about this work using the elements and principles in the work. ”
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“Part 4: Evaluation of the Virtual Museum Experience”
1. “Describe three things that you like most about your virtual visit to the museum. Please be as specific as possible.”
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2. “What did you least like about your virtual visit to the museum? Please be as specific as possible.”
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“Upload the selfie of you with the museum virtual tour on your computer and you in the photo. *Yes you must be in the photo.”