Cultural Site
Write a paper of a minimum of 200 words describing your visit to one of the real or virtual museums from the list below that you visit this week or that you have visited within the last 30 days. Name the site, describe its purpose, and tell me what you saw and heard. Be sure to state if you visited a real, physical site or if you visited an online version of a real museum. Describe one aspect of the site that you found most surprising, or that interested you the most. If you visit an art museum, find two pieces and tell me about them. Tell me the titles of the two pieces, the names of the artists, what you see in each piece, what the pieces were made of, the approximate dimensions of each piece, and what you think the artists were trying to communicate to you as the viewer. If you visit a historical museum, find one exhibit and tell me the title of the exhibit, and how the exhibit and its artifacts and text helped you to understand the story that the exhibit was trying to tell you. If you decide to visit a physical site, take a digital picture or scan the entry ticket or the program, or take a picture of yourself at the site. Take one or two of the virtual tours from one or two of these web pages, and write your review of the site or sites just as if you were visiting a real, physical museum. How effective is the site at showing the art, helping you to understand the art and helping you to wander around and see nearby works of art, and how clear are the images that the site gives you? Find two pieces that you name and that you find intriguing, and describe those works, just as if you were seeing them in a real museum. Why did these two pieces get your attention? This paper and all your papers must be submitted double-spaced, and must be submitted in Microsoft Word, in rich text format or as a pdf file. You must put your name on the top. You must check your grammar and spelling, or ask for someone in Valencia’s online Tutoring Center to help you do so, since grammar and spelling errors will be counted against your grade. All your papers this semester require a minimum of 200 words. You are free to write more than that if you wish, but writing more than 200 words per paper is not necessary. (Prefer that you you use one of the virtual sites) Virtual sites: The Louvre Museum, Paris https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne?nrppage=15 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. https://www.nga.gov/ National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. There are several virtual exhibits on this page, but they are all very small. If you choose this museum, discuss at least three of these small virtual tours. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/exhibitions British Museum, London https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-british-museum Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features Vatican Museums , The Vatican http://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html National Womens History Museum, Alexandria, Virginia https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits Salvador Dalí Theater-Museum, Figueres, Spain https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/ Google Arts and Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/
