Art museum scavenger hunt worksheet

Museum Website Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

Museum Website Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

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University of Phoenix Material

Museum Website Scavenger Hunt Worksheet

You may use the University of Phoenix Material: List of Recommended Websites for Art Museums as a resource.

Part A: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras

· Choose one of the following visual arts media:

· Painting

· Sculpture

· Architecture

· Browse the University of Phoenix Material: List of Recommended Websites for Art Museums found on your student website. Choose one example of your chosen visual arts medium from each of the time periods below:

· Middle Ages (400–1300 CE)

· Renaissance (1400–1600 CE)

· Baroque Era (1600–1750 CE)

Each example should be from a different museum website.

· Complete the following table for each of your selected artworks from each period:

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Baroque

Name of artwork

Name of museum

Link to work of art

Purpose of artwork

Date created

Place created

Name of artist

· Provide a brief description of each work of art:

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Baroque

· Summarize, in roughly 150-words, how aesthetic values in the visual arts changed over the course of these three concurrent eras.

Aesthetic Values in Visual Arts

Part B: Neoclassical and Romanticism Eras

· Research Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa and Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People: July 28, 1830. Review pp. 485 & 488 of your text.

· How does Théodore Géricault express the neoclassical ideal of humanitarianism through his painting, The Raft of the Medusa?

· How does Eugène Delacroix express the Romantic ideals of individual freedom and autonomy through his painting, Liberty Leading the People?

· In your analysis, how do Neoclassical ideals precipitate the aesthetics of Romanticism in these two works of art?