Aesthetic Research Essay
Follow Rubric. 2 attachments. Link to musuem is at bottom of rubric attachment.
Materials
Use
all of the resources in Course Content as well as your textbook and additional research s
ources to
guide your writing. Follow the prompts in the appropriate worksheet from the Aesthetic Experience
Materials
area in this module. Apply the skills you’ve developed throughout the course in researching
and evaluating works from the humanities.
Bac
kground
Throughout the course you have applied the practice of critical analysis to a variety of works from the
humanities. This assignment is the capstone of the lessons and activities you’ve completed in this
course.
For this assignment you will VIRTU
ALLY attend an art museum. [Note: Cinema / film is not an option for
this assignment].
If, for some reason, you choose to attend a museum or event “in person”, you are assuming all risks and
responsibilities associated with attending. You are in no way “r
equired” to go anywhere “in person” for
this course for the Aesthetic Experience Research Essay or for any other reason.
Instructions
Before the Experience (Do These Steps EARLY in the Semester)
1. View the Aesthetic Experience and Perception video and re
ad the associated transcript in the
Aesthetic Experience Materials area of this module.
2. Look through the pre
–
approved list of VIRTUAL art museums in the Aesthetic Experience Materials
area of this module and choose your experience.
3. Plan for and sc
hedule the time and date to do your VIRTUAL chosen experience.
4. After Virtually Viewing the museum, compose a research essay pertaining to this aesthetic experience
based on the detailed instructions in the Aesthetic Experience worksheet. Incorporate te
rms from the
list at the end of your worksheet.
5. Conduct the appropriate research to support your responses to the worksheet prompts. Be sure to cite all sources carefully. For this assignment, you are required to use and cite a minimum of five quality sources (including the precise link to your work of art). Those five sources should include:
(1) the textbook;
(2) the website of the museum that houses your piece;
(3) the precise link to the work of art itself;
(4 and 5) TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or historical/cultural contexts. To find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college library.
Be sure to cite all your sources in proper MLA or APA format, including the event or work of art itself. Your complete “Works Cited” should be placed at the end of your third essay prompt; in other words at the bottom of the page on which you write your responses to the third essay prompt (before the Glossary section).”
6. Finally, submit your completed Aesthetic Experience Research Essay Worksheet to this dropbox folder. (Note: Be sure that the completed worksheet REMAINS in a WORD FORMAT and that your responses reflect in-depth critical evaluation and analysis based on research with careful editing/proofreading and research citations before submitting.)
Aesthetic Experience Lecture Transcript (with additional insights)
Perception
Now that we are getting towards the end of the course, you might be wondering how philosophy connects with Introduction to Humanities. As we have seen, we have been discussing this somewhat mystical thing “the aesthetic experience”. We have established that the aesthetic experience is a special “inner’ experience. By this “inner” experience I mean a “mind internal” experience which is evoked as a result of some “mind external” thing happening to us (like viewing art). Thus, examining “perception” is one way that philosophy connects to humanities.
For example, we view a piece of art, and the art evokes a mental image to us. That mental image can affect us both rationally and emotionally. The artists intend to create an emotional response in some cases. In other cases, they are trying to do so (i.e. create an image) through rational means. An example would be through a rational presentation of geometry or even mathematics via art. Of course that is not the case with every type of visual art.
Common Threads
One important question is: What do viewing and experiencing different types of art have in common?
We have looked at literature, visual art (including sculptures and paintings), listened to music, and studied theater (including different types of theatrical productions). We have also looked at opera that combines music, stage, and theater to tell a story. We have seen the musical stage and/or Broadway Musicals. We have seen dance as performance art and realized that even things like poetry reading can be a performance art.
Now we start to see some common threads starting to emerge. All of these things (i.e. viewing the varying art forms) are giving us what we call in philosophy: “Veridical Perceptions.” These are perceptions of something outside of our minds that are causing a personal perception in our own minds–just like you are hearing my voice, seeing my image, etc. that is causing a mental image in your personal mind.
The Experience
However, in these “humanities” experiences (in the “aesthetic experience”), we see that these outside veridical perceptions (like viewing art) are forcing us into some sort of rational or emotional analysis (since we are human beings who respond this way). These are the types of commonalities that we have seen by taking an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities. The commonality is: All art, by giving us veridical perceptions, causes us to have a personal, inner mental perception (called a phenomenological perception) that we experience, contemplate, and react to.
Key Terms
· Aesthetic Experience: having an experience in the arts (broadly) such as viewing art, stage productions (like theater, dance, etc.), or viewing and listening to music (like concerts, opera, singing, etc.), or reading literature and philosophy, that we value intrinsically. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 1, page 15
· Phenomenological Perception: A perception that exists in your mind as a result of (1) mind internally produced, mind internal causation (like hearing your favorite song while no music is playing), or (2) the mental image (in your mind) that is produced as a result of a veridical perception as it is happening (like seeing color while viewing a painting).
· Veridical Perception: A perception caused by something outside of your mind (e.g. light waves striking your eyes causing an image in your brain). This is a perception caused by a sensory experience (like viewing a painting).
How Are the Arts Similar?
Now we start to ask NOT how the arts are different, but rather: How are the arts similar?
Even though we have actually tried quite consciously to make a dichotomy between Western and Non-Western humanities (indeed that is one of the learning objectives for the course), I submit to you now that we’ve nearly completed the course, that the artistic approaches are really quite similar. Whether one is trying to evoke theater though Hollywood or Bollywood, ultimately the same thing is trying to be achieved. One is trying to engage the viewer and trying to share some sort of aesthetic experience, whether it is reading a novel East or West, studying a philosophical analysis (East or West), or studying a religion which shows us a way of viewing the universe (which is a particular worldview). A world view shapes our perceptions and this shapes our very notions of reality. This world view affects how you perceive the world and what sort of things you think are valuable, important, and real (or unreal). This ends up shaping your interaction with each other–and really (at some level) with yourself.
Thus, the arts contribute to your notions of reality and this affects your world view.
We have learned that “the arts”, in the broad sense of word, are actually teaching us different ways to experience a vast array of creations by us and our fellow humans. So, I hope as you start to think about going to your second (or perhaps first) cultural experience (and by that I mean getting ready to do an evaluative report on either a musical performance, theatrical performance, dance concert performance, or museum visit) that you think about kicking it up a notch and approaching this project at a deeper level than you would have at the very beginning of the course. So, what I want you to think about is:
How are these perceptions (what is happening while you are watching the performance or viewing the art) affecting you?
You know you are getting some kind of visual and auditory aesthetic experience (i.e. veridical perceptions). But try to think about these questions:
· What exactly is happening during the aesthetic experience?
· How are these images and veridical perceptions (i.e. mind external perceptions) affecting you?
· What type of “inner” aesthetic experiences are they causing?
· Are they causing something similar to the other audience members?
· Is this what the artist or composer intended?
· And, as we learned earlier: Is this aesthetic experience creating some sort of “catharsis” within you? Recall that a catharsis is a healthy release of pent up emotion.
· Are you emotionally engaging with the material? It is, ironically, through emotional engagement with the material that we can have some sort of rational and “critical analysis” response to the aesthetic experience.
Lastly, Have Fun!
With that said, I hope you enjoy your cultural experience (i.e. aesthetic experience) and that you really “get into it”. Remember, this is supposed to be fun at some level and I hope that you do have fun. I look forward to reading about your experience.
References
Janaro, R., & Altshuler, T. (2012). Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson.
LINK FOR MUSUEM
Visit the collections at the National Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/collection.html
Materials
Use all of the resources in Course Content as well as your textbook and additional research s
ources to
guide your writing. Follow the prompts in the appropriate worksheet from the Aesthetic Experience
Materials area in this module. Apply the skills you’ve developed throughout the course in researching
and evaluating works from the humanities.
Bac
kground
Throughout the course you have applied the practice of critical analysis to a variety of works from the
humanities. This assignment is the capstone of the lessons and activities you’ve completed in this
course.
For this assignment you will VIRTU
ALLY attend an art museum. [Note: Cinema / film is not an option for
this assignment].
If, for some reason, you choose to attend a museum or event “in person”, you are assuming all risks and
responsibilities associated with attending. You are in no way “r
equired” to go anywhere “in person” for
this course for the Aesthetic Experience Research Essay or for any other reason.
Instructions
Before the Experience (Do These Steps EARLY in the Semester)
1. View the Aesthetic Experience and Perception video and re
ad the associated transcript in the
Aesthetic Experience Materials area of this module.
2. Look through the pre
–
approved list of VIRTUAL art museums in the Aesthetic Experience Materials
area of this module and choose your experience.
3. Plan for and sc
hedule the time and date to do your VIRTUAL chosen experience.
4. After Virtually Viewing the museum, compose a research essay pertaining to this aesthetic experience
based on the detailed instructions in the Aesthetic Experience worksheet. Incorporate te
rms from the
list at the end of your worksheet.
Materials
Use all of the resources in Course Content as well as your textbook and additional research sources to
guide your writing. Follow the prompts in the appropriate worksheet from the Aesthetic Experience
Materials area in this module. Apply the skills you’ve developed throughout the course in researching
and evaluating works from the humanities.
Background
Throughout the course you have applied the practice of critical analysis to a variety of works from the
humanities. This assignment is the capstone of the lessons and activities you’ve completed in this
course.
For this assignment you will VIRTUALLY attend an art museum. [Note: Cinema / film is not an option for
this assignment].
If, for some reason, you choose to attend a museum or event “in person”, you are assuming all risks and
responsibilities associated with attending. You are in no way “required” to go anywhere “in person” for
this course for the Aesthetic Experience Research Essay or for any other reason.
Instructions
Before the Experience (Do These Steps EARLY in the Semester)
1. View the Aesthetic Experience and Perception video and read the associated transcript in the
Aesthetic Experience Materials area of this module.
2. Look through the pre-approved list of VIRTUAL art museums in the Aesthetic Experience Materials
area of this module and choose your experience.
3. Plan for and schedule the time and date to do your VIRTUAL chosen experience.
4. After Virtually Viewing the museum, compose a research essay pertaining to this aesthetic experience
based on the detailed instructions in the Aesthetic Experience worksheet. Incorporate terms from the
list at the end of your worksheet.
VIRTUAL Museum Visit Aesthetic Experience
Research Essay Worksheet
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. The student will be able to identify elements of style in various forms of western and/or non-western human creative expression.
2. The student will be able to apply a basic vocabulary essential for communicating concepts in the humanities disciplines.
3. The student will be able to identify how forms of Western and Non-Western human creative expressions reflect the human condition.
4. The student will be able to compare and contrast enduring contributions of individual artists, thinkers, and writers.
5. The student will be able to develop critical analysis skills in reference to works of human creative expression.
GRADING
See the assessment rubric attached to the Aesthetic Experience and Research Essay dropbox folder.
MATERIALS
Use all of the online module resources, your textbook, additional research sources, and the Visual Art Vocabulary and Principles at the end of this document to guide your writing.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment you VIRTUALLY attend an art museum ONLINE and select a piece of art to do research on and write about. Then you will compare it to an artwork from our textbook and complete this worksheet.
1. Choose an art museum LINK from the approved list in My Courses. Be sure your selected Art meets the following criteria:
· The museum you attend/view must be an art museum, not a science museum or a children’s museum.
· Try to upload a digital photograph of the Art. In any case, provide the url for the Art.
· If you experience difficulty finding an art museum near your location, contact your instructor (not applicable during CV-19 Crisis)
2. Virtually visit your chosen art museum, and select a work of art. Suggestions:
· The work can be a painting, sculpture, photograph, mixed media, or any other medium exhibited in the museum.
· You may wish to take a copy of this worksheet with you (or keep the document open for the Virtual Visit) to the museum (website) in order to more carefully select a work of art.
3. Complete the “Essay Header” section in the designated space provided below.
4. Complete the “Art Work Information” section in the designated space provided below.
5. Complete the 3 Essay Prompts in the “Aesthetic Experience Research Essay” section in the designated space provided below. Respond to the prompts using the following guidelines:
· Use full sentences and paragraphs in your responses.
· Use and incorporate relevant and genre-specific vocabulary for each prompt. Definitions of relevant vocabulary are provided at the end of this document, in the online module resources, and in your textbook.
· Your completed essay responses should be a total of at least 600 words (at least 200 words per response).
· Conduct the appropriate research to support your responses to the worksheet prompts. Be sure to cite all sources carefully. For this assignment, you are required to use and cite a minimum of five quality sources (including the precise link to your work of art). Those five sources should include:
· (1) the textbook;
· (2) the website of the museum that houses your piece;
· (3) the precise link to the work of art itself;
· (4 and 5) TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or historical/cultural contexts. To find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college library.
· Be sure to cite all your sources in proper MLA or APA format, including the event or work of art itself. Your complete “Works Cited” should be placed at the end of your third essay prompt; in other words, at the bottom of the page on which you write your responses to the third essay prompt (before the Glossary section).”
6. Submit your completed Museum Visit Aesthetic Experience Worksheet to the Aesthetic Experience Research Essay dropbox folder.
ESSAY HEADER
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Name of Museum |
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Location/URL of Museum |
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Date of Virtual Museum Visit |
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Digital Photograph of the Art and/or URL |
ART WORK INFORMATION
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Title |
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Artist |
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Creation Date |
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Discipline Classification How is the selection classified in the Humanities? Is it Literature, Visual Art, Music, Theater, Musical Stage, or other? |
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Genre, Time Period, Style What type of art is it? Is it a painting, sculpture, photograph, mixed media, or other? Is it classical, impressionism, abstract, cubism, modernism, etc.? |
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Medium What is this work constructed from? What type of materials are used? |
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Size & Effect of Size What is the size of the work? Do you believe that the size has any impact upon the way that you react to this piece? How? |
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Social, Historical, and/or Cultural Origin Briefly describe the Cultural Origins and/or the Social and Historical relevance of your selected artwork |
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Western or Non-western Humanities Classification Based on the social, historical, and cultural contexts: Would you classify this work as Western or Non-Western? Based on your research and observations, provide reasons and evidence supporting your classification claim. |
AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE RESEARCH ESSAY
Prompt 1
Using the space provided below, analyze the work of art in at least two fully developed paragraphs with at least 200 words using the following guidelines:
· Identify the most significant art principles that were used in the work of art, using at least three relevant and genre-specific vocabulary words, clearly describing how the artist used them. Provide a minimum of three specific, descriptive details to support the use of each selected art principle.
· Select two adjectives describing the overall mood of the piece (stay away from vague terms such as amazing, awesome, excellent, etc.). Give a minimum of two specific/descriptive details to support your claims.
· Use, cite, and incorporate at least one quality research source pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or historical/cultural contexts. To find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college library.
Prompt 2
Using the space provided below, further analyze the work of art in at least two fully developed paragraphs with at least 200 words using the following guidelines:
· Describe the main social, historical, and cultural contexts of the work? Refer to your responses in the “Art Work Information” section above.
· Describe the primary purpose of the art work.
· Describe the main artistic statement.
· Describe how the work reflects the human condition, or how it communicates as a “human, creative expression.”
· Use, cite, and incorporate at least one quality research source beyond the textbook in this section also.
Prompt 3
Using the space provided below, compare the work of art with another work of art from your textbook in at least two fully developed paragraphs with at least 200 words using the following guidelines:
· Select and identify another work of art from your textbook that is similar to the work of art that you selected from the museum. In most cases, the works of art in your textbook are considered masterpieces.
· Explain three qualities that the work from the museum shares with the work from the textbook, with specific examples to support your argument.
· Based on your comparison, explain whether or not the work of art from the museum is a masterpiece or might become a masterpiece, using specific examples to support your decision.
· Use and cite at least one quality research source beyond the textbook in this section also. Be sure that TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or historical/cultural context has been used. Again, to find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college library.
· You should list ALL of the research sources (including our text book) at the end of this final essay prompt.
Visual Art Vocabulary and Principles
TERM
DEFINITION
Abstract
To simplify, rearrange or distort an image; a non- representational (non-realist) form of art.
Abstract Art
Art that takes from reality only what the artist wants or that renders a visual depiction of concepts in the artist’s mind (phenomenal). Such art typically does not resemble the familiar world of regular (veridical) perception.
Adjective
Words used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. For example, red, quick, happy, and obnoxious are adjectives because they can describe things—a red hat, the quick rabbit, a happy duck, an obnoxious person.
Aesthetics
The study of the nature of beauty and art (including the study of human “response” to the “aesthetic experience”). It is a significant branch of philosophy. The word “Aesthetics” is derived from the Greek word meaning “sense perception”.
Aesthetic Experience
Having an experience in the arts (broadly) such as viewing art, stage productions (like theater, dance, etc.), or viewing and listening to music (like concerts, opera, singing, etc.), or reading literature and philosophy, that we value intrinsically. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 1, page 15
Background
The part of a pictorial representation that appears to be in the distance. The general scene or surface against which designs, patterns or figures are viewed.
Balance
A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of stability of the visual elements. There are three types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial.
Catharsis
A healthy release of pent up emotion. This can occur as a result of an aesthetic experience.
Chiaroscuro
Italian term in painting utilizing light and dark contrast to create the effect of modeling a figure or object. It enhances the effect of depth.
Classicism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Collage
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Content
The message or subject the work communicates. The content can relate to the subject matter or be an idea or emotion. Theme is another word used for content in humanities.
Context
In humanities, the environment, background, or special circumstances in terms of which a given work is best understood. Social, historical, and cultural context is the identification of political/social arrangements, philosophical ideas, values, styles, and cultural identity of a particular time period in which a selected work is influenced by or may be attempting to express. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Contrast
A principle of art that uses the differences between the visual elements to create variety, emphasis or interest. Contrast in value is the difference between light and dark.
Cool Colors
Colors such as purples, blues and greens that produce the impression of coolness.
Cubism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Discipline
(1) in the humanities, a given art form (such as literature, visual art, music, theater, musical stage, and others) that attempts to create and express the human condition; (2) in academia, a given department or area of study (like science, history, philosophy, and others).
Eastern Humanities
Creative expressions in one of the disciplines of humanities exhibited in the social, historical, and cultural contexts of one of (broadly) Asia, Africa, Middle East, Indigenous Peoples of all continents (except Europe), and Oceania. Narrowly: China, India, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Pacific Islands, Native America, Aborigines, and Mesoamerica. See also Non-Western Humanities.
Focal area
A principle of art that stresses one element of art; defines a center of interest or draws attention to certain areas with a work of art.
Foreground
The part of a scene or picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer.
Form
The visual element that is three-dimensional; having height, width and depth.
Fresco
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Genre (broadly in the humanities)
a distinct category within a discipline (e.g. categories in film, literature, art, music, musical stage, etc.). EXAMPLE: Poetry is a genre of Literature. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 4, page 99
Genre subject
In art, a scene or a person from everyday life, depicted realistically and without religious or symbolic significance.
Golden Section
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Gothic
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Human Condition
Encompasses the uniqueness and totality of the inner experience of “being human”. It is often focused on the ultimate concerns of human existence. Various disciplines in the humanities attempt to express this experience.
Imitation
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Impressionism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Intensity
The degree of purity of a color. Deep colors have a high intensity.
Installation art
An art that creates an architectural tableau using objects drawn from and making reference to artistic sources and everyday life.
Likeness
the reproduction in several humanities disciplines that is a conscious attempt to imitate reality in its expression. See “Realism” and key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Line
A visual element that is the path of moving points through space; it has the properties of direction, width and length.
Masterpiece
A work that in style, form, and execution far exceeds other works of its time. It is a human creation (e.g. painting, novel, film, musical score) that continues to be relevant and/or admired by multiple generations. It is a work that has a profound effect on humanity.
Media or Medium
the particular materials in which a given artist works. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Modernism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Movement
A principle of art used to guide a viewer’s eye throughout the work; a trend.
Negative space
Spaces surrounding shapes or forms in two- and three-dimensional art.
Non-Western Humanities
Creative expressions in one of the disciplines of humanities exhibited in the social, historical, and cultural contexts of one of (broadly) Asia, Africa, Middle East, Indigenous Peoples of all continents (except Europe), and Oceania. Narrowly: China, India, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Pacific Islands, Native America, Aborigines, and Mesoamerica. See also Eastern Humanities.
Pattern
Repetition of elements or motif.
Perspective
A formula for projecting the illusion of three- dimensional space onto a two-dimensional surface.
Phenomenological Perception
A perception that exists in your mind as a result of (1) mind internally produced, mind internal causation (like hearing your favorite song while no music is playing), or (2) the mental image (in your mind) that is produced as a result of a veridical perception as it is happening (like seeing color while viewing a painting).
Pop Art
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Positive space
Shapes or forms in two-dimensional and three- dimensional art.
Post Impressionism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Post Modernism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Proportion
A principle of art concerned with the relationships in size, one part to another or to the whole.
Psychological Realism
Artist’s attempt to convey the inner life of the figure, subject, or protagonist. Also see key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Realism
(1) A style that focuses on the everyday lives of the middle and lower classes, portraying their world in a serious, accurate, and unsentimental way; (2) a genre in several humanities disciplines that is a conscious attempt to imitate reality in its expression (see “Likeness” also).
Renaissance
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Repetition
An art element repeated over and over that can produce visual rhythm.
Saturation
The strength of a hue – a vivid hue is of high saturation.
Scale
When proportional relationships are created relative to a specific unit of measurement.
Shape
The visual element that has two-dimensions: height and width; a space with a defined or implied boundary. Two basic groups: geometric and organic.
Super-Realism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Surrealism
See key terms at the end of Chapter 5 (Art), page 150
Symbol
A visual image that represents something other than itself.
Symmetry
The balance of like forms and colors on opposite sides of the vertical axis of a composition.
Theme
The message or subject the work communicates. The theme can relate to the subject matter or be an idea or emotion. Content is another word used for theme in humanities.
Texture
The visual element that refers to the way something feels or looks like it feels and can be actual or implied.
Unity
A principle of art that is concerned with the sense of wholeness or completeness.
Vanishing point
in linear perspective – the point on the horizon at which the receding parallel lines appear to converge and then vanish.
Veridical Perception
A perception caused by something outside of your mind (e.g. light waves striking your eyes causing an image in your brain). This is a perception caused by a sensory experience (like viewing a painting).
Warm colors
Colors such as reds, oranges, yellows and browns that produce the impression of warmth.
Western Humanities
Creative expressions in one of the disciplines of humanities exhibited in the social, historical, and cultural contexts of European civilization or by civilizations heavily influenced by European immigration and colonization. In most cases these Western cultures trace significant belief systems and history to Ancient Greece. Broadly: Europe, and Non-Indigenous United States, Canada, and Australia.
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VIRTUAL
Museum Visit
Aesthetic Experience
Research Essay
Worksheet
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.
The student will be able to identify elements of style in various forms of western and
/or
non
–
western human creative expression.
2.
The student will be able to apply a basic vocabulary essential for communicating concepts in the humanities disciplines.
3.
The student will be able to identify how forms of Western and Non
–
Western human creative
expressions reflect the human condition.
4.
The student will be able to compare and contrast enduring contributions of individual artists, thinkers, and writers.
5.
The student will be able to develop critical analysis skills in reference to works of human
creative expression.
GRADING
See the assessment rubric attached to the Aesthetic Ex
perience and Research
Essay dropbox folder.
MATERIALS
Use all
of the online module resources,
your textbook
,
additional
research sources,
and the
Visual Art Vocabulary and Principles
at the
end of this document
to guide your writing.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment you
VIRTUALLY
attend an
art museum
ONLINE
and select a piece of art to
do research on and
write
about.
Then you will compare
it to an artwork from our text
book and complete this worksheet.
1.
Choose an art museum
LINK from the approved list in My Courses. Be sure your selected Art
meets the
following
criteria
:
·
The museum you attend
/view
must be an art museum, not a science museum or a children’s museum.
·
Try to upload a
digital photograph of
the Art. In any case, provide the url for the Art.
·
If you experience difficulty finding an art museum near your
lo
cation, contact your instructor (not applicable
during CV
–
19 Crisis)
2.
V
irtually v
isit your chosen art museum, and select a work of art
.
Suggestions:
·
The work can be a painting, sculpture, photograph, mixed media, or any other medium exhibited in the
museum.
·
You may wish to take a copy of this worksheet with you
(or keep the document open for the Virtual Visit)
to
the museum
(website)
in order to more carefully select a work of art.
3.
Complete the “Essay Header”
section
in the designated space provided b
elow.
4.
Complete the “
Art Work Information
” section
in the designated space provided below.
5.
Complete the
3
Essay
Prompts in the
“Aesthetic
Experience
Research
Essay” section
in the designated
space provided below.
Respond to the
prompts
using the following g
uidelines:
·
Use
full sentences and paragraphs
in your responses
.
·
Use and incorporate relevant and genre
–
specific vocabulary for each prompt. D
efinitions of
relevant
vocabulary are provided
at the end of this document, in the online module resources, and in
your text
book
.
·
Your
completed essay
responses
should be
a total of at least 600 words
(
at least
200 words
per response
)
.
·
Conduct the appropriate research
to support your responses to the worksheet prompts. Be sure to
cite all sources carefully.
For this assignment, you are required to use and cite
a minimum of five
quality sources
(including the precise link to your work of art).
Those five sources shoul
d include:
·
(1) the textbook;
·
(2) the website of the museum that houses your piece;
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(3) the precise link to the work of art itself;
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(4 and 5) TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or
historical/cultural contexts. To f
ind these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college
library.
·
Be sure to cite all your sources in proper MLA or APA format, including the event or work of art
itself. Your complete “Works Cited” should be placed at the end of your third es
say prompt; in other
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VIRTUAL Museum Visit Aesthetic Experience
Research Essay Worksheet
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. The student will be able to identify elements of style in various forms of western and/or non-western human creative expression.
2. The student will be able to apply a basic vocabulary essential for communicating concepts in the humanities disciplines.
3. The student will be able to identify how forms of Western and Non-Western human creative expressions reflect the human condition.
4. The student will be able to compare and contrast enduring contributions of individual artists, thinkers, and writers.
5. The student will be able to develop critical analysis skills in reference to works of human creative expression.
GRADING
See the assessment rubric attached to the Aesthetic Experience and Research Essay dropbox folder.
MATERIALS
Use all of the online module resources, your textbook, additional research sources, and the Visual Art Vocabulary and Principles at the
end of this document to guide your writing.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment you VIRTUALLY attend an art museum ONLINE and select a piece of art to do research on and write
about. Then you will compare it to an artwork from our textbook and complete this worksheet.
1. Choose an art museum LINK from the approved list in My Courses. Be sure your selected Art meets the
following criteria:
The museum you attend/view must be an art museum, not a science museum or a children’s museum.
Try to upload a digital photograph of the Art. In any case, provide the url for the Art.
If you experience difficulty finding an art museum near your location, contact your instructor (not applicable
during CV-19 Crisis)
2. Virtually visit your chosen art museum, and select a work of art. Suggestions:
The work can be a painting, sculpture, photograph, mixed media, or any other medium exhibited in the
museum.
You may wish to take a copy of this worksheet with you (or keep the document open for the Virtual Visit) to
the museum (website) in order to more carefully select a work of art.
3. Complete the “Essay Header” section in the designated space provided below.
4. Complete the “Art Work Information” section in the designated space provided below.
5. Complete the 3 Essay Prompts in the “Aesthetic Experience Research Essay” section in the designated
space provided below. Respond to the prompts using the following guidelines:
Use full sentences and paragraphs in your responses.
Use and incorporate relevant and genre-specific vocabulary for each prompt. Definitions of relevant
vocabulary are provided at the end of this document, in the online module resources, and in your textbook.
Your completed essay responses should be a total of at least 600 words (at least 200 words per response).
Conduct the appropriate research to support your responses to the worksheet prompts. Be sure to
cite all sources carefully. For this assignment, you are required to use and cite a minimum of five
quality sources (including the precise link to your work of art). Those five sources should include:
(1) the textbook;
(2) the website of the museum that houses your piece;
(3) the precise link to the work of art itself;
(4 and 5) TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or
historical/cultural contexts. To find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college
library.
Be sure to cite all your sources in proper MLA or APA format, including the event or work of art
itself. Your complete “Works Cited” should be placed at the end of your third essay prompt; in other