Assignments:

MUSEUM ASSIGNMENT Research paper #1: Students are required to write a 4-6pp comparison and contrast paper on two artworks they have viewed and analyzed at one of the Houston art museums (1 Menil Collection www.menil.org) Museum of Fine Arts Houston www.mfah.org

Choose horn among the following topics

Menil Collection 1) compare and contrast a Byzantine icon with an African tribal sculpture

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2) compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance panting with a Greek vase painting

Menil Collection. or MFAH 3) Modern and Contemporary an compare and contrast a contemporary nonrepresentational artwork(i.e Barnet Newman. Mark Rothko. Jackson Pollock. David Smith (sculpture or painting) with an earty 20th century modern abstract artwork (i.e Picasso. Matisse)

Research each artist and stylistic movement or civilization Apply the visual elements in a comparison and contrast pattern of development

Provide at least two research references for each arhvork addition to the textbook.

Papers must be typed double-spaced with one inch margins and black 12pt Times Roman font. Use formal English compostion format and organization.

Use MLA source citation method (Author, page) in body text to document your research and attach a separate Works Cried page. Use a minimum of two research sources other than your textbook. Use the MLA Handbook as a reference guide to style formatting and documentation, and the writing center for assistance [Fully document web sources according to the MLA style]

A World of Art by Henry M.Sayre - Eighth Edition