APAH2 Museum report#1

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART HISTORY SPRING 2012 MUSEUM REPORT #2 Due: Monday, March 19, 2012
SAVE THE RECEIPT, STAPLE IT TO COVER OF REPORT.
STAPLE YOUR NOTES ON THE WORKSHEET YOU CREATED TO THE BACK OF REPORT.

PART 1
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 include it in your report.
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution
Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)
January 21 – April 15, 2012

Rembrandt and Degas
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
February 23 – May 20, 2012

PART 2
Assignment at the Frick Collection Click here for worksheet, no need to type, just complete worksheet neatly while in the museum.
http://www.frick.org/ for hours, location, and directions. Please visit on a Sunday morning, pay what you wish from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The price of admission includes Acoustiguide audio tour. The admission for students is normally $10.

Assignment:

1) Write a one page essay on any piece from the Fu Baoshi 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 Chinese art. Conclude the essay with a paragraph of your personal response. Why did you choose this piece? Did your experience of seeing it and reading related sources (research) change your perception and/or your appreciation? How else were you affected?

2) Answer 2 AP Essay Questions: (Use paintings from either museum.)
1. Select two portrait paintings (NOT SELF PORTRAITS) from either the Frick or the Met, each of a single individual by different artists, and from different periods. Identify each work by title, artist, date, medium, and museum. How does each work reflect the stylistic tendency of the artist's own time? Compare and contrast how each artist portrays the person's individuality.

2. Select two paintings, one before 1800 and one after 1800, in which the artist has depicted the daily life of his or her own time as the subject. Identify each work by title, artist, date, medium, and museum. Compare the ways in which the artists depict the subject matter.
3) Complete worksheet while viewing the Frick Collection, no need to re-type if your writing is ledgible.

For additional research consult reference books in the libraries (42 St. Main Library Art Reading Room is best), including our own school library, and the Uris Library at the Metropolitan Museum.
* Hauser: SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART, VOL. II, Section V – Chapters 1, 2,3,4
* MMA Bulletins & Texts - Ask in Uris Library at MMA (Ground floor) where a librarian
will be glad to help you find information on artist/work you have selected
Some information may be on the internet, be sure to include a proper citation.

HELP IN WRITING ABOUT ART
"A Short Guide to Writing About Art" by Sylvan Barnet - Read Chapter 2 on "Analysis"
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 receipts from both museums. Be sure to include the museum names, date, your name, period/teacher (15 pts.)
2. Brief essay response to seeing the two exhibits at the Met (10 pts.)
3. Essay 1 (20 pts.) Full ID required for each work
4. Essay 2 (20 pts.) Full ID required for each work
5. Your worksheet/notes, written while you view the Frick Collection (20 pts.)
6. Your worksheet/notes written in the Met Museum (10 pts.)
6. Works Cited (where you got your information) (5 pts.)
You must identify the source of your information throughout the report. Use footnotes or any other method of attribution you have been taught.