Class #2, 3/10/2014, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meet at 1:45pm Inside main Lobby:




From Laguardia, take the R train and transfer to 4train at 59th/Lex, the get of at 86th. The museum is at 82nd and 5th ave. A link to directions below:

https://goo.gl/maps/odM0U

If you're late, text/email zegeer@gmail.com 919-280-6617 I'll tell you where we are :

Questions from the Fieldtrip exercise: 

Intro To Art

Bearing Witness , Part 2

As we talked about in the first class, most art can be said to be an act of bearing witness to one or more of the following:

- the life of the artist or an important person

- the artist’s society or culture

- an important historical event

- something unique about the artist’s personal experience/vision

1.Wander around the museum… explore.

2. Locate three artworks (painting, sculpture, drawing,photography, etc.). Try to pick a range of object types, from different time periods, not just three paintings by the same artist, for instance.

3. Spend a few minutes just looking at each object, walking around it. Record any thoughts you have about the work in your journal.

4. Answer the questions below about each piece, also in your journal. Be as specific as possible,giving each answer a few sentences.

QUESTIONS

1. Info about work; artist, title, medium, dimensions, date.

2. What person, idea, culture, story, or unique vision is the maker of this work attempting to bear witness to?

3. How does the artist communicate this story visually?

4. How was the work made?  What are the materials,the process used? What came first,second, third…?  

5.How do the  materials or manner in which they are applied help the artist tell his/her visual story especially well?

6. What other thoughts do you have about the work?

Meet back at the information desk in the museum lobby at 3:30, where i will take attendance before you leave. There will be a followup lecture and assignment based on this worksheet posted to the class blog sometime tonight, http://zegeer-introtoart.blogspot.com/