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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY     SPRING 2012     MUSEUM REPORT #1 Due:  Monday, February 27, 2012
SAVE THE RECEIPT, STAPLE IT TO COVER OF REPORT.
STAPLE YOUR NOTES ON THE WORKSHEET YOU CREATED TO THE BACK OF REPORT.

Assignment at Metropolitan Museum: Read all directions and create an organizer or worksheet for yourself (that you will write on while you are in the museum) and staple to the back of your report.

PART 1 Essay response on one portrait and AP Essay question on cultural attitudes about women.
Masterpieces of Renaissance Portraiture
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
on view until–March 18, 2012 
Exhibition Location: Special Exhibition Galleries, second floor 

Be sure to see: Infinite Jest
Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine
September 13, 2011 – March 4, 2012

PART 2 AP Essay on works of art that combine images with text. 
Storytelling in Japanese Art
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
on view until– May 6, 2012

*  CREATE    Your own organizer or worksheet to take to the museum and keep your notes organized for the specifics of this report. 
*  VISIT          Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visit website for hours and directions www.metmuseum.org
*  WRITE       Two 1 page AP essays and a 1 page response to seeing the Renaissance Portrait Exhibition. Write a few sentences about seeing a Leonardo da Vinci drawing in the Infinite Jest exhibit.
                       

Assignment:

• 1)  Write a one page essay on any portrait in the Renaissance Portrait Exhibition. Analyze the works in terms of form, use of color, style, line, etc.  How do the choices of formal elements and proportion in the whole composition contribute to the meaning, content or expression of the artist’s intention? Discuss the medium, its use, its history in the development of art. Conclude the essay with a paragraph of your personal response.   Why did you choose this portrait?  Did your experience of seeing it and reading related sources (research) change your perception and/or your appreciation?  How else were you affected?

• 2)   Select a portrayal of one or more women from the Renaissance Portrait Exhibition that shows the cultural attitude toward women. Then find another work in the Met museum that shows a cultural attitude toward women from beyond the European tradition.

• 3)  Write a few sentences about seeing a Leonardo da Vinci drawing in the Infinite Jest exhibit. What other work did you enjoy?
  
  
• 4)   Answer AP Essay Question 1:
  Cultural attitudes about women are often revealed in art.  Select and fully identify two works of art that depict one or more women. The works must come from two different cultures, one of which must be from Africa, Oceania, China, Japan, Korea, or India. The other must be from Europe created between 1400 - 1900. Explain how each work reveals its culture’s attitudes about women. Read NY Times Review of this exhibit. | Read article on women in Renaissance Florence. Read page 611 in Gardner's Art Through the Ages 13th edition. Read pages 526-527 in volume 2 of Adams Art across Time. Cite these sources in your essay, use quotation marks for specific citation, and include them on the Works Cited page of the report.
  
  
• 5)   Answer AP Essay Question 2:
  Works of art often combine images with text.  Choose and fully identify two specific works made after 500 C.E. that combines images with the text.  The works must come from different art historical periods. Note: Do not choose works with text consisting only of names, labels, or artist’s signatures.  Discuss the relationship between text and image in the two works you have chosen.  

HELP IN WRITING ABOUT ART
"A Short Guide to Writing About Art" by Sylvan Barnet   -   Read especially Chapter 2 on "Analysis"
NB  This book is available in our school library.    It is kept on reserve with the Art History texts.  Ask!

FORMAT AND FINAL CHECK LIST FOR REPORT:
Pages of report must be typed, double spaced, plain font. 
1. Title Page with receipt from MMA . Be sure to include the museum name, date, your name, period/teacher (15pts.)
2. One page essay response to seeing Renaissance portrait exhibit (20pts.) Write a few sentences about seeing a Leonardo da Vinci drawing in the Infinite Jest exhibit.
3. Essay 1 on cultural attitudes towards women (25pts.)
4. Essay 2 on narratives in art (25pts.)
5. Works Cited (where you got your information) (15pts.)
You must identify the source of your information throughout the report.  Use footnotes or any other method of attribution you have been taught.
6. Your worksheet/notes, written while you are in the museum