Museum Website Scavenger Hunt Worksheet-
You may use the University of Phoenix Material: List of Recommended Websites for Art Museums as a resource.
Part A: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras
• Choose one of the following visual arts media:
o Painting
o Sculpture
o Architecture
• Browse the University of Phoenix Material: List of Recommended Websites for Art Museums found on your student website. Choose one example of your chosen visual arts medium from each of the time periods below:
o Middle Ages (400-1300 CE)
o Renaissance (1400-1600 CE)
o Baroque Era (1600-1750 CE)
Each example should be from a different museum website.
• Complete the following table for each of your selected artworks from each period:
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Baroque
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Name of artwork
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Name of museum
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Link to work of art
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Purpose of artwork
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Date created
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Place created
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Name of artist
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• Provide a brief description of each work of art:
• Summarize, in roughly 150-words, how aesthetic values in the visual arts changed over the course of these three concurrent eras.
Part B: Neoclassical and Romanticism Eras
• Research Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa and Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People: July 28, 1830. Review pp. 485 & 488 of your text.
o How does Théodore Géricault express the neoclassical ideal of humanitarianism through his painting, The Raft of the Medusa?
o How does Eugène Delacroix express the Romantic ideals of individual freedom and autonomy through his painting, Liberty Leading the People?
o In your analysis, how do Neoclassical ideals precipitate the aesthetics of Romanticism in these two works of art?