Module 5 Detroit Institute of the Arts Museum Project Review Assignment

• Attending the Museum

  While your Art Museum Project is not due until Module 5, it is important to find a museum and put it on your calendar as soon as possible. Since this is an online course, it would be impossible to provide a list of museums that would work for all of you. However, in general, community colleges, universities, local organizations, and community centers are often excellent sources to get advice. For those of you who happen to be located near Schoolcraft College’s main campus, here are just a few recommendations for museum opportunities in Southeast Michigan:

  • Please consider the Detroit Institute of the Arts, as it is one of the top Art Museums in the country
  • The University of Michigan Art Museum
  • The Flint Institute of the Arts
  • The Toledo Art Museum
  • The Eli Broad Art Museum

  If you have any doubts about what concert to attend, consult the Event Calendar Wiki (Course Projects folder) for tips from other classmates. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to find a concert to attend, and attend the concert in sufficient time to write a quality essay.Note: You must include either a copy of your ticket stub or a picture of yourself at the museum for credit.

• Writing the Review

  Your Art Museum Project will be at least 3 full pages, follow MLA formatting (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12pt font, one-inch margins), and include all of the following:

  1. Introduction, provide the following:
     1. Date, time, place and name of the museum you visited.
     2. Which galleries did you visit, did you see any special exhibits?
     3. Describe your overall thoughts and experience at the art museum. What collections did you see, which did you like, were there any that you did not like? Explain fully.
  2. Choose one work of art and include the following:
     1. Name of Art Work.
     2. Year it was Created.
     3. Artist.
     4. What is it made out of?
     5. Picture of chosen work.
  3. Do some research about your chosen work of art and clearly identify the following:
     1. Is this a Western or non-Western work of art?
     2. What art period and/or culture does it come from?
     3. What is the subject matter/iconography?
     4. What elements of art does it use (line, color, perspective, depth, texture, form, and shape)? Explain and support the effect they have on the piece.
     5. What else can you find out about the artist who created it, the culture it comes from and/or what was going on in history at the same time?
     6. Be sure to give credit to your sources using MLA style.
  4. Compare your chosen work to another work of art from the museum. Include a picture of your second choice and consider the following in your comparison to your original work:
     1. Do they come from the same culture and/or at period? How does this relate to their similarities and/or differences?
     2. How is the subject matter in each similar or different? Do they use similar techniques? Or do they use different techniques? Explain fully.
     3. Which elements of art are similar? Which are different? Explain fully (line, color, perspective, depth, texture, form, and shape).
  5. Conclusion
     1. Summarize your main points.
     2. How has studying art this semester impacted your experience with the visual arts.

  This assignment is worth 200 points and will be evaluated using the HUM 106 Art Museum Visit Project Rubric, which is available from the Grade Center and when you open the assignment in Module 5.

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