Museum Website Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
You may use the University of Phoenix Material: List of Recommended Websites for Art Museums as a resource for this assignment. Also cite/reference information from your assigned text as well as other resources.
Choose one example of painting, sculpture, or architecture for each of the time periods below from a museum website. Do not mix-and-match different media!
• Middle Ages (400-1300 CE)
• Renaissance (1400-1600 CE)
• Baroque Era (1600-1750 CE)
• Neoclassical Era (1750-1820 CE)
• Romanticism Era (1790-1860 CE)
Complete the following table for each of your selected artworks from each period:
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Baroque
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Neoclassical
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Romanticism
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What is the name of this work of art or architecture?
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Where is this work of art or architecture currently? In what museum or location? (Include a URL link)
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Why was this work of art created?
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In what year was this work of art created?
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Where was this art work created?
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Who is the artist(s) or architect?
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Describe the primary characteristics of art of that period, how each of the following eras of art history reflected its time and why art changed from era to era.
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Baroque
Neoclassical
Romanticism (Include a discussion of how Neoclassicism influenced Romanticism)