Museum Homework (blog #4)

I want to remind you all that for this week's homework you need to visit the Museum of Fine Arts Houston or your could also visit the Contemporary arts Museum across the street. Check their websites (in the links) for hours and locations- I know that if you show your student ID and tell them you are there for a homework assignment you will get in free to the Museum of Fine Arts- the Contemporary Arts museum is always free.

LSC –North Harris

Art Appreciation Spring 2012

Museum visit and Art review assignment

Instructions: Take as much time as you can to look around the museum until you find a work of art that you are drawn to or are most interested in to write about. You can pick absolutely any work of art in the museum.  It is extremely important that you complete this writing in the museum, DO NOT rely on your memory! If you can, take a photo of the art that you choose. In most cases they will let you shoot without a flash. Then post the photo on the blog where you will also turn in the review. This post is due by Monday 2/20.

Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available):

Title:

Date:

Materials:

Size:

Part 1:

Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the piece visually and be as descriptive and detailed as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, or sounds?

Part 2 :

Finding Meaning- Use titles, text, symbols, how the subject matter represented (abstract, representational, nonrepresentational), role of the art, the cultural origin, or any other info you can to try to find the meaning of the work.