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Can anyone give me an example what a museum report should look like?

Pick painting from the Baroque era and explain how it needs to be written. I have to go to my local museum and find a painting or some work of art to write a 3-4 page report about. THIS TEACHER DOESN'T HELP US SHE JUST GIVES THE ASSIGNMENTS AND DOESN'T ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS OR GIVE US A SAMPLE SHEET OR NOTHING .THEN SHE GRADES EXTREMELY HARD.EVERYONE IS DROPPING HER CLASS BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A QUITTER. PLEASE HELP I WANT TO MAKE AN "A" IN THE CLASS. HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS: First, just enjoy the museum. View the art, and perhaps some special exhibitions. While going through, notice which specific art works that you like. Second, pick one work of art from any time period, although preferably a time covered by the textbook. Third, answer the questions from the worksheet (next page) on that specific work of art: a painting, a sculpture, a watercolor, a sculptural relief, a tapestry, or even furniture! DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY FOR YOUR ANALYSIS Subject: religious, portrait, landscape, pastoral, mythological, genre, still life, abstract, non-objective. Medium: techniques for sculpture: wood, marble / stone, terra cotta, bronze, cast, carved, and fabricated. Medium & support for painting: tempera on panel, oil on panel, oil on canvas, water color on paper, drawing (graphite, ink), etching, engraving, lithography. Approximate size: also surface finish: smooth, rough. Proportions: naturalistic, exaggerated. Color elements: hues (names of colors), values (lightness & darkness), intensity (bright / vivid, dull / neutral). Composition: crowded, chaotic, simple, spacious, dominantly triangular, horizontal, and vertical. The worksheet will lead you through, asking specific information on the above areas and more. Remember that in some cases, depending on which art work that you have chosen, some questions will not apply. Please answer these questions in complete sentences, and except for questions that ask dimensions, please make the length approximately 6-10 sentences. HAVE FUN! WORKSHEET Question 1 TITLE: Question 2 ARTIST: Question 3 STYLE: Question 4 DATE: Question 5 NATIONALITY: Question 6 COLORS: Be specific, name colors. Describe lightness/darkness and cool vs. warm colors. Question 7 COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS: This does not refer to the orientation of the canvas/picture itself! Are the dominant lines/shapes in this painting either horizontal/vertical/diagonal; straight/curvilinear; geometric/organic (freeform)? Question 8 TYPE & PURPOSE: Religious, portrait (paintings of religious personages are not portraits!), landscape, genre, still-life, pastoral or mythological, non-objective (means having NO subject – design only). Question 9 PROBABLE PATRON: Church, nobility/state, guild/group, middle-class, self, or no patron intended. Question 1 MEDIUM: Tempera/panel, fresco, oil on panel/ canvas, print: woodcut, etching, engraving, aquatint, lithography, photography, etc.; water color; sculpture: additive/subtractive/cast; material: wood, marble/stone, clay/wax/bronze; mixed media. Question 11 SIZE: Give me your eyeball approximate dimensions. (Terms such as ‘small or large’ are subjective): Do you believe that size has any impact upon the way that you react to this piece? Question 12 BRUSH STROKES/MEDIUM HANDLING: Loose/tight, linear or colorist technique, smooth-flat/thick impasto. Question 13 LIGHT: Is there an even/overall, obvious source/dramatic (tenebrism? chiaroscuro?) (This does not mean ‘lighting’ in the museum, but ‘lighting’ shown within the painting!) Question 14 TIME PERIOD: How/why does each chosen example demonstrate the characteristics of the time/place. If not, why? Question 15 SPATIAL DEPTH DEPICTED: Use of linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, or no spatial depth depicted – flat or shallow. Question 16 TEXTURE: Real and/or implied; or none. (If it’s real, you could feel it; if it’s implied it looks as if you could!). Question 17 PROPORTIONS: True/realistic, exaggerated, elongated/shortened – Is each individual, figure, or element in proportion, and are all in proper scale to each other? Question 18 INFLUENCES: (Very Important!) Do you see any influences from either the past or other artists? Question 19 What single artwork in your textbook does it most closely resemble, and why? Question 20 Include the following: Title, artist, page number, style, date, nationality. Question 21 Closing remarks should cover the following: If money or space were not a factor, discuss one single work of art from the museum’s collection that you would like to own. Include your reasons why. Question 22 Closing remarks must also include comments about the art connections/ education section, the garden, and any personnel (or guards) that had any bearing upon your t

Public Comments

1. YOur teacher said to enjoy the museum so do that first. Then go back and pick one painting that moved you.There should be at least one. Then take that painting and apply it to the 22 questions which in essence means to BS your way through the assignment because there are no wrong answers. Look, your teacher seems to be interested in your ability to relate the picture you like at the museum to what is going on with the book and the class. That is the point of the assignment. So, jive your way around here by saying nice things about the painting and the class too.
2. Only if you show my some booby!! LOL