Virtual museum

Preferred pieces of art topics listed below in regard to the "art studied in class" portion of the essay.
Museum Special Exhibition Paper
Visit a virtual gallery or museum and choose a work of art to critique. Visually analyze the work of art and critique it based on the visual elements of art (line, shape, color, etc.), principles of design (rhythm,
composition, balance, etc.), subject matter, content, and function. What is the medium? Who is the artist?
What is the title and what was the date when it was created?
Next, choose a work of art we have studied in class, or a work of art from your textbook, and conduct a
visual analysis of it. Include the visual elements (line, shape, color, texture, etc.), principles of design
(rhythm, composition, balance, etc.), function, subject matter, and content. What is the medium? Who is the artist? What is the title and what was the date when it was created?
Then, using one of the modes of analysis—iconographic, contextual (historical/religious/social/biographical),
feminist, gender studies or psychological)—compare your virtual art gallery or museum choice with the work you choose from class. Describe why the method of analysis you are using is appropriate and interesting for this comparison. The works of art you choose must have something in common, whether it is the subject matter, the content, the medium, the artist, or the function. Use at least 5 vocabulary words from lecture and/or your textbook to describe the work of art at the gallery or museum and 5 vocabulary words to describe the other work of art from lecture/textbook.
Your paper should be 6-7 pages long.
Here are some questions to help you along with your analytical comparison:

1. Who was the artist? What was happening in the time period that this artist was making artwork in?
2. Using formal analysis, explain how the artist’s handling of the formal elements of art reflects the historical context of the work.
3. Was the artist making social commentary through their work? What were they saying? Do these themes exist in our world today? Has the dialogue changed?
4. Was the artist using materials in an innovative and/or revolutionary way?
   These are just ideas to help you formulate your thesis. It is essential that you have a thesis in your introductory paragraph. The remainder of your paper must support your thesis with evidence! Think of your
   thesis as your theory or claim, the point you are trying to convince the reader is true.
   For this assignment you will be expected to:
5. Visit a virtual exhibition at an art museum (be sure to tell me where you went!)
6. Formulate a thesis which is in your introductory paragraph and support it throughout your essay with
   evidence.
7. Evidence must be from what you saw in the exhibition and outside sources.
8. You need to have at least 2 outside sources for part two of your paper in which you are discussing the context of the artworks you choose. These can be from a book or from an article or journal. The more
   sources the more evidence you have to support your thesis but please do not include more than 5.
9. Your paper requirements are as follows: 12-point Times New Roman font (or another standard font),
   double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and page numbers in the top right. Please do not include a cover page.
   Note: For this portion of the essay; (choose a work of art we have studied in class, or a work of art from
   your textbook, and conduct a visual analysis of it.)
   Preferred topics below-- please choose one topic from below.
   We have studied in class about gothic architecture in specific Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris, Basilica of
   Saint-Denis, Paris, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris.