Museum Report

Museum Report Assignment Sheet – Humanities 3

The museum report should be 2 pages (this means to the bottom of the
second page not the top of the second page) in 12 point font with 1″
margins on all sides. You are to go to a museum and view art from the
Baroque, Rococo, Eighteenth Century, Romantic, Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist periods. Three Los Angeles area museums have
permanent collections including art from these periods – Los Angeles
County Museum of Art (LACMA – http://www.lacma.org/), the Getty (http://www.getty.edu/visit/),
and the Norton Simon in Pasadena (http://www.nortonsimon.org/). If you
cannot go in person, you may complete the report by looking at art on
their website.

When writing the summary of the museum exhibit, please choose one of the topics below:

1. Compare three pieces of art from the Baroque and Rococo. Include the
   title, artist media, and any pertinent information provided by the
   museum regarding this artwork. In your comparison, you should include an
   analysis of the various time periods and how the art changed over time.
   Also note whether secular (non-religious) subjects are treated
   differently than religious subjects. Note artistic skill and
   compositional elements as well.
2. Compare three pieces of art from the Neo-Classical, Romantic, and
   Realist periods. Include the title, artist, media, and any pertinent
   information provided by the museum regarding this artwork. In your
   comparison, you should include an analysis of the various time periods
   and how the art changed over time. Also note how mythological subjects
   are treated differently than real subjects. Note artistic skill and
   compositional elements as well.
3. Compare four pieces of art from the Impressionist and
   Post-Impressionist periods. – Two from each period. Include the title,
   artist, media, and any pertinent information provided by the museum
   regarding this artwork. In your comparison, you should include an
   analysis of how Impressionist art differences from the
   Post-Impressionist art. You should compare the pairs of artworks (One
   Impressionist and One Post-Impressionist) that cover similar themes, for
   example, city-scene, pastoral scene, people, etc. Also note whether
   these subjects are treated differently from one another. Note artistic
   skill and compositional elements as well in the two pairs of
   comparisons.

Rubric

Museum Report Rubric