Gallery Assignment Instructions
Choose an in-person or online exhibition of Western or World Art from c. 1500 CE to the present on which to focus.
Spend at least two (2) hours closely studying works in the exhibition.
Read any accompanying materials associated with the exhibition (artists’ or curators’ statements, other wall or website texts, additional information linked to an exhibition’s online materials, etc.).
Submit the following two written works as a single document via the Gallery Assignment TurnItIn.com link on our Canvas Modules page: a one-page, double-spaced object description of the artwork or object in the exhibition that was most interesting to you (see Assignment #1 on the Homework Assignment Instructions page for how to write an object description); and a two-page, double-spaced summary or review of the overall exhibition which sums up your thinking or opinions about it.
A minimum of two hours will be spent by students in close study of an in-person or online exhibition of art that dates from between the 16th century CE and the present day (c. 1500 to 2024 CE).
This includes digital exhibitions that were never brought together in real life, as well as online records regarding face-to-face exhibitions that have already closed, or that cannot be seen due to location or the physical closing of the show to support public health recommendations.
Some California museums and galleries with 16th-century CE to Contemporary art collections are listed on the “Museum and Gallery Visits” page (also from the Syllabus), but you’re welcome to explore online Western and World Art collections connected to this time period from any venue around the globe. So if you’ve always wanted to visit the National GalleryLinks to an external site. in London, the Musée du LouvreLinks to an external site. in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of ArtLinks to an external site. in New York, or the Uffizi GalleryLinks to an external site. in Florence, now’s your chance!
If you’d like to do a closer study of one of the works in your textbook (including an architectural site), look at the identifying information given for that work to find the museum (or city) that has it on display.
