VIRTUAL ART MUSEUMS
Step One: Watch both of these videos on analyzing art: Formal Analysis and Contextual Analysis. Also, view these questions.
Step Two: Visit any or all of the online museums listed here.
• Guggenheim-Bilbao
• Guggenheim Museum Online Collection
• Louvre Museum
• Getty Museum
• Musee D’Orsay
• Tate Modern Museum
• Vatican Museum
• If you would like to use a different museum, please send the link to the museum for approval to your
professor at least a week before the paper is due.
Step Three: Choose works of art that represent (4) four of the categories below, one work of art per category.
The works of art can come from different museums. Do NOT choose images that are listed in our textbook.
One image of war/violence
One image of love
One image of mythology
One sculpture or art installation
One image of nature
One image of food
One image of happiness
One image of loneliness
One image of friendship
One image of a religious nature
One image of a domestic scene
One images of commerce
One piece of environmental art
Step Four: Write a (5) five paragraph essay on the works you have chosen.
4. In the first (4) four paragraphs:
First, list the title of the work, artist’s name, year, genre, the museum’s name where the work is located, and a hyperlink to the work you are describing. Follow this with a detailed paragraph that analyzes the work of art both formally and contextually: one paragraph per work of art/category. You may have to do more research online to describe the work contextually.
5. In the fifth paragraph:
Discuss your favorite work out of the four and why it is meaningful to you.
