No Plagiarism or google copy and paste will be accepted. This paper gives you the opportunity to practice the basic methods of description and analysis in art history while exploring the art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka The Met). There are multiple approaches to analyzing a work of art but all require careful looking. The paper has 3 components: a scavenger hunt, an analysis of one painting, and a sketch of the painting and reflection of your copy. Although this paper is fun to do on an actual visit to the museum, the Met’s extensive website allows you to explore the collection from home. Part I: Scavenger Hunt Choose 3 of these following things to hunt for in the Met’s collection (DO NOT choose the first result from your search!): 1. An Egyptian statue of a person in a formal, frontal pose 2. A Greek or Roman sculpture of a person in a contrapposto pose 3. A wearable artwork (mask, headdress, armor, clothing)

No Plagiarism or google copy and paste will be accepted. This paper gives you the opportunity to practice the basic methods of description and analysis in art history while exploring the art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka The Met). There are multiple approaches to analyzing a work of art but all require careful looking. The paper has 3 components: a scavenger hunt, an analysis of one painting, and a sketch of the painting and reflection of your copy. Although this paper is fun to do on an actual visit to the museum, the Met’s extensive website ( https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?showOnly=highlights%7CwithImage&offset=0&pageSize=0&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&sortOrder=asc&searchField=All ) allows you to explore the collection from home. Part I: Scavenger Hunt Choose 3 of these following things to hunt for in the Met’s collection (DO NOT choose the first result from your search!): 1. An Egyptian statue of a person in a formal, frontal pose 2. A Greek or Roman sculpture of a person in a contrapposto pose 3. A wearable artwork (mask, headdress, armor, clothing) 4. A work of art that uses pattern in some way 5. A mask from an African culture 6. An abstract work of art (no clear subject matter) 7. An image of a family (could be a portrait or a religious subject) 8. An image of a big city (real or imaginary) 9. Any container or vessel (could be a teapot, vase, bottle) • For each object page, include the image and the basic info such as: a. The scavenger hunt prompt listed above b. The artist’s name (if there is one) c. Title of work/object d. The date of the work e. Medium f. Image of your object g. In a short paragraph each, answer the prompt for each work: I chose this work (I like this work) because. . . • Write at least 4 descriptive sentences in answer to this prompt (approximately 100 words). Part II: Write About a Work by an Artist: Choose a painting in the Met by one of the following artists Sandro Botticelli Edward Hopper Mary Cassatt Romare Bearden Jan Vermeer Edouard Manet Claude Monet Pieter Bruegel the Elder Caravaggio Diego Velazquez Jan van Eyck Artemisia Gentileschi Piet Mondrian Hokusai Jacques-Louis David Pablo Picasso Henri Matisse Paul Cezanne Rembrandt van Rijn Vincent Van Gogh Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun Edward Degas Camille Pissarro Jacob Lawrence • For your painting, include the image and the basic info such as: a. The name of the artist you choose to write about: b. Title of work/object c. The date of the work d. Medium e. Image of your painting • Look closely at the image first! And Respond to the following 3 prompts: a. I see (I notice) … b. I think ... c. I wonder (how or why)… d. This paragraph should be at least 300 words Be precise: go beyond just describing the basic subject matter. Instead of simply writing “I see a girl”, add details to your descriptive analysis, i.e., “I see a girl about 5 years old, in a dark blue dress, seated with her hands folded on her lap; she is looking off to the left; her face is lit up brightly, etc.” The color, lighting, brushwork, pose, facial expression, gestures, background, all convey information to the viewer. Remember: “I think” should be your ideas and interpretation about the work based on your observations, not what you read. • The next step is to so some research from the Met website on this painting. After doing so, respond to the following prompt: a. After reading about this work, I still wonder . . . • The “I still wonder…” response should be at least 100 words Part III: Sketch the Artwork! • In Part II, you wrote about an artwork, now produce a quick sketch of the work. • Don’t worry! You will not be critiqued on the quality of your drawing. Sketching is an important learning tool. For example, Charles Darwin’s sketches helped him formulate theories for his groundbreaking The Origin of Species (1859). • Include an image of your sketch • Write a reflection about your sketch a. Reflect on what you have learned from copying compared to looking and reading about the same painting - This reflection should be approx. 100 words Paper Format: The format is up to you. Try to create a visually appealing work and think about fonts, text color, images, page layout, page color, etc. Google Slides, PowerPoint or PDF files are all fine. • You need a cover page with a title, your name, course plus section number. • All images need to be labeled with basic information • All text must be typed and in a readable font