| Museum Web Activities
Chapter 1
The
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
You don't have to travel to Minnesota to sample the multimedia
offerings of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Click on the
link above to explore the elements that artists use to create
their works of art. You will first learn more about line.
After you finish learning about this element, click on Shape,
Color, Space, and Texture. After you've explored
all the elements, look at the artwork depicted throughout
Chapter 1.
Study the different types of elements shown. How
many art elements can you identify in each piece? Write a
list of these elements and describe how the artist applied
them to express a feeling or communicate an idea.
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Chapter 2
Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
What do geometry and art have to do with each other? From
prehistoric art to modern-day sculptures, artists have used
geometry to communicate their ideas. Visit the Indianapolis
Museum of Art by clicking on the link above. Begin by reading
the introduction in What's the Problem to discover
how artists have used geometry as a creative tool in their
work. Then click on Lines, Polygons, or Volume
to explore the different aspects of geometry and how they
are used in art. After you read the introduction, click on
Let's Start. Then read about the artwork presented
and answer the questions provided. Don't forget to check your
answers before moving on.
After you study the different types
of artworks, write a description of the ways in which geometry
is applied to the works of art. Look back at the artwork represented
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Chapter 3
The
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
You might think that engravings, etchings, and woodcuts are
purely images of black ink on white paper. In the mid-fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, however, these images were often
painted. Until recently, not much was known about the coloring
that appears on those early prints. Learn about the techniques
that were applied to these images by clicking on the link
above to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Go to the online exhibition
and click on Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in
Northern Renaissance and Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts
to discover the coloring process of these images.
Describe
the different types of techniques and the reasons for coloring
the images. Compare the woodcut and etching in this chapter
with the artworks on the museum's site. How does color enhance
the artworks?
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Chapter 4
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Take a closer look at the history and techniques behind various
artworks. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art by clicking
on the link above. This will take you to A Closer Look.
Click on each of the images presented to discover the story
behind some of the works at this museum.
Write a brief summary
of what you learned about two of the artworks. What were the
most interesting facts? Knowing this information, do you look
at those two artworks differently? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 5
The
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
As
you learned in Chapter 5, the history and culture of a people
significantly influence their art. Understanding the meaning
and purpose of a certain artwork teaches you about that culture.
To enrich your understanding of various artworks' historical
and cultural background, click on the link above for the Art
Institute of Chicago.
By clicking on the link, you will arrive at Art Access,
which features artworks from diverse cultures. Select two
artworks from different cultures. What did you learn about
these cultures? Write a descriptive report explaining the
meaning and history behind the artworks.
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Chapter 6
National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
In Chapter 6, you explored the different ways artists have
depicted nature. Visit the National Gallery of Art by clicking
on the link above. This link will take you to Henri Rousseau's
painting Tropical Forest with Monkeys. Be sure the
volume on your computer is turned on so you can listen to
the monkeys.
Describe what is illustrated in the painting.
How is nature depicted? How has the artist used colors to
show that the forest is tropical? Is it an imaginary or realistic
scene? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 7
National
Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Create a wildlife and landscape composition using the principles
of art. Experience the artistic process online by clicking
the link above to the National Museum of Wildlife Art. You
will learn about how the principles of art are used to create
wildlife and landscape paintings.
Create your own composition by clicking on Composition
Studio. This tool allows you to select a landscape photograph,
crop it, and then drag an assortment of animals into the frame
to create your wildlife artwork.
Evaluate your composition.
What principles of art did you use? What is the overall theme?
Describe the animals in your painting.
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Chapter 8
Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
In
Chapter 8, you learned about portraits and the way people,
heroes, and legends from different cultures are depicted in
art.
Click on the link above and take a historic tour of the Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery. Begin by clicking on Explore
the Portrait to learn about America's first president,
George Washington. You will explore the symbolic, biographical,
and artistic details in Gilbert Stuart's original portrait
of Washington. Be sure you listen to the audio introduction
in the interactive portrait.
Describe the symbolic, biographical,
and artistic elements. How did the artist depict these in
the painting? What techniques did he use?
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Chapter 9
Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
In Chapter 9, you learned how places inspire artists and how
artists represent these special places. Artists illustrate
their personal view of the world in their artworks. You can
visit places across the world through an artist's eyes. Explore
the various destinations by clicking on the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art link above. After you arrive at this site, click
on the explore link. Read the introduction on this
page and click on the various images to learn how they provide
a view of the world shaped by the artist.
Through a variety
of artworks, you will discover new places and revisit others
in a new way. What did you learn from your exploration? What
did it reveal about the artists? After reading this chapter,
why do you think artists represent places?
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Chapter 10
Kimbell
Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
In Chapter 10,
you learned about the ways artists perceive objects and about
art objects from various cultures and times.
Take a closer
look at some art objects by clicking on the Kimbell Art Museum
link above. Here, you will discover the meaning and history
behind the African and Oceanic objects from the museum's collection.
Click on the links to three different objects, read about
them, and describe their symbolism. What type of medium was
used? Compare and contrast the objects you selected with those
you learned about in this chapter.
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Chapter 11
The
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
In Chapter
11, you learned how artists of different times and cultures
have recorded events. You discovered how photography developed
as an art form. To explore further the use of photography
in recording events, click on The Getty Museum link above.
Here, you can view different images that record historical
events. Click on the images to learn more about them.
What
do these images reveal? What are the significant moments captured
on film? Explain the "four W's" for each photograph.
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Chapter 12
DeCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Chapter 12 demonstrated the many ways artists tell stories
through their art. Illustrations in children's books are a
good example of telling stories through pictures. Click on
the DeCordova Museum link above to take a look at the art
of children's book illustrations. After you read the introduction,
click on Begin Exhibition Tour. Proceed through the
tour by clicking Next at the bottom of each page.
The diverse subjects and themes of these illustrations include
alphabet books, myths, folk and fairy tales, fantasy, adventure,
mystery, and drama.
After you have completed the tour, select
three different illustrations and explain how they reveal
the story's theme. Describe the style of the different illustrations.
What techniques did the artists use to create the illustrations?
Were you able to identify the book's subject or theme by looking
at the illustration?
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Chapter 13
The
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
In Chapter 13, you learned about the different ways artists
have recorded celebrations through the ages. Click on the
link above to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts to explore different
types of celebrations from various cultures. Enter the word
festival in the Keywords box and click on Search.
You will then see artworks that depict festivals.
As you look
through the various images, you will be able to discover different
forms of celebrations and understand the meaning of these
special events. What is being celebrated in each of these
artworks? How do the artworks depict the particular celebration?
Describe the meaning behind the festival or celebration.
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Chapter 14
The
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
In Chapter 14, you learned how artists use their imagination
to create fantasy art. Many artists have imagined and expressed
their idea of life in outer space. Click on the Getty Museum
link above to explore different ways that space has been depicted
in art. After you read the introduction, click on Image
Galleries and the links under Space Stories
to view the fantasy art images.
As you look at the images,
you will discover how different cultures have understood the
universe around them. Through a variety of artworks, you will
explore various visions of the universe. What did you learn
about the universe when looking at and reading about these
images? Describe your vision of outer space. Do any of the
images reveal a similar vision?
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