museum paper assignment

ART 26: Art History Survey II (Western),

Your Museum Visit Exercise is two part, and involves both real and
virtual visits to museums of your choice. To fully appreciate works of
art, one should make a life habit of visiting the museums in your area
and using technology to virtually visit the great museums of the world.
Make a day of it, bring a friend, and have some academic fun.

Instructions:

Complete the following exercise and submit it using the
“Assignment Submission” function in your Blackboard by the stated due date.

Real Museum Visit: (55% of grade – 11 pts. ea. question)

• Choose a local museum to visit during the course. Information on local
museums can be found on the web, and will have information on current
exhibitions, directions, hours, and cost.

• Visit your chosen museum. Once at the museum, locate a particular exhibit or gallery for your exercise focus. Make sure your choice is relevant to one of the periods addressed in this course (Western: Renaissance through Modern).

MUSEUM : LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
CITY : LAGUNA BEACH

• Within that particular exhibit or gallery, select a single work of art (2-D or 3-D) that was produced between 1350 and 1940.

Artist : Frank Cuprian
Work : The Golden Hour , Laguna beach
Oil on board , 1923

You can use this link , if you need more information :

http://lagunaartmuseum.org/frank-cuprien-pacific-views-1914-1938/

• Answer the following questions in essay form: one paragraph of minimum 5-6 complex and thoughtful sentences on each question.

1. What is the intended focus or subject of the exhibition or gallery, and
how does the allotted space project that focus or subject?

2. What is the arrangement of works in the exhibition or gallery, and how
does the arrangement help the viewer to understand the works’ original
historical context (if at all)?

3. Does this arrangement create any interesting comparisons, and do the
works ?�speak to’ or compliment one another?

4. Single chosen work: How does this work exemplify the exhibition or
gallery as a whole? …Use your knowledge of formal analysis to answer
this question, and don’t forget the importance of placement and scale.

5. What did you take away with you – in the aesthetic experience – after
visiting the exhibition or gallery?

• Note: Your exercise MUST be completed and turned in by the stated due date, or you will receive a “0” for the assignment – NO EXCEPTIONS.

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Virtual Museum Visit: (45% of grade – 15 pts. ea. museum)
• On the World Wide Web, find three museums to visit: two in the United States and one overseas.

• Answer ALL of the following questions on each chosen museum:

1. Museum Name
2. Real Location (complete/full address)
3. Web Address
4. Summary of Permanent Collection (essay form: 1 paragraph/5-6 sentences)
5. Public Focus (essay form: 1 paragraph/5-6 sentences)

Note :

Some of you have asked the question “What is public focus?” as it relates to your museum visit assignment:

“Public Focus” asks you to read through the museum’s web pages and determine it’s public direction, role, and how it identifies itself in the community at large. For instance, is it a public or private institution, as that will determine certain things …

Example:

if it is public, then it depends on the surrounding community for many of its funds, and relies on things such as public bonds.Therefore, it is typical for them to present workshops for the public, summer programs, children’s classes and special galleries dedicated to teaching art. Why? Because it is critical to educate the next generation to love and support the arts.

… If the institution is private, then there are different ‘masters’. Many private museums are funded through private funds or an endowment. Therefore, the museum’s responsibility, role, and direction are different …such as professional and academic research and/or philanthropic endeavors in collecting. These types of activities are reflected in many of the management decisions that the web sites reveal.

For instance:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art is ‘public’, while the Getty Center and Villa are ‘private’. …very different institutions with very different roles in the community.

6. Summary of Current Exhibitions (essay form: 1 paragraph/5-6 sentences))
• Point total on each virtual museum section:
?� Questions 1-3 = 1 pt. ea.
?� Questions 4-6 = 4 pts. ea.

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