Summer2011Art HistoryAssignment

Art Seniors' Summer 2011 Art History Assignment, revised 9/25/11 to reflect change of exhibition at MoMA. Worksheet, receipts and sketches due as soon as possible.
This assignment is required and will count as 10% of your grade for first marking period.

Name __________________________________________________________O.P. __________

Visit MoMA. Admission is free every Friday evening from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Visit the Metropolitan Museum. Pay what you wish. Free with LaGuardia student ID.
Visit public artwork in NYC. Click here for some ideas.
Print this worksheet after reading through the instructions and following any links you may need. Take it with you on assignment. Bring extra sheets of paper for drawings. Save all museum receipts and attach them to front of worksheet.

MoMA assignment:
Go outside to the MoMA garden. Choose a sculpture to sketch on the back of this sheet. Label the sketch with:
Artist:
Title:
Date:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

Also, while at MoMA, see:
de Kooning: A Retrospective
September 18, 2011–January 9, 2012
Sixth floor
Write a few sentences about your impression of this exhibit:

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List a few questions that come to your mind as you view the works in this exhibit:

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Find Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night. If this is your first time seeing it, write a few sentences about your experience of seeing this work up close. If this is not your first time seeing this work at MoMA, has your appreciation changed since last seeing it? Why or why not?

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Metropolitan Museum Assignment:
Visit the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum. (If it is a rainy day, the roof may be closed and you will have to return another day.) Sit down and sketch one of the works. You may use the back of this sheet. Label the sketch with:
Artist:
Title:
Date:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

List a few questions that come to your mind as you draw:

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Visit the Greek and Roman Art Collection on the first floor and locate the Ancient Aegean art and the Early Cycladic Art section. Sketch and label one of the Cycladic figure.
Label this first figure sculpture sketch with:
Region / Culture / Info from museum label:
Date as specified on museum label:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

List a few questions that come to your mind as you draw this pre-historic work:

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Choose an African figure sculpture in the Met. Sketch it and label this second figure sculpture sketch with:
Artist / Region:
Title / Info from museum label:
Date:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

List a few questions that come to your mind as you draw:

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Visit the Met's Modern art collection in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing.
Choose any work that reminds you of either the Cyclodic Figure or the African figure sculpture. Sketch it and label the sketch with:
Artist:
Title:
Country:
Date:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

List a few questions that come to your mind as you draw:

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NYC Public art assignment:
Find public artwork in a subway station, park, or any public space in NYC.
Who is the artist? __________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the exact location of the art? ____________________________________________________________________________

Sketch the work. Label the sketch with:
Artist:
Title:
Date:
Medium:
Size (approximate):

Write a few sentences about your experience of seeing this public display of artwork. Why did you choose this particular piece? What stands out visually to you? What do you find personally interesting in this piece?

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