Your project will be basedon your analysis of an original work of art. You can choose any painting,sculpture, decorative artwork, piece of furniture or stained glass window exhibitedin any of the museums listed in the item below. You can also choose the museum buildings themselves or any of themonuments listed below. Feel freeto ask me if you are unsure of your selection. Be sure to get the following information from yourartwork: the artist, title, date,medium and accession number of the object. If you cannot visit the work of art in person, you mayselect a work of art from a virtual museum visit. The only requirement is that the artwork belong to a movement covered in the class.
The following are suggested museums and their websites:
National Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn Museum
Phillips Collection
Renwick Gallery
Monuments:
Washington Monument; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; World War II Memorial; Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
The following are places to visit in Virginia:
George Washington Masonic Memorial
Alexandria Torpedo Factory
Greater Reston Art Center
Manassas Battlefield: Statue of Stonewall Jackson.