weekly schedule of discussions, assignments and activities
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Designing a unit: A virtual visit to the Metropolitan Museum of ArtTRANSCRIPT
Introduction: “Hello, thank you for participating in this course. The course will be led by two instructors, Ms. Adrienne D’Angelo and Ms. Tiffany Wang. Tiffany is going to begin by giving an introduction about the set up of the course and also give a brief tutorial on how to navigate the various software and web tools we be using. I am Adrienne D’Angelo. For many years, I worked in education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Now, I am a doctoral student in art education. The primary focus of the course is to think about how we look at works of art . Where do we draw meaning? What is an experience?
After Tiffany’s introduction, the course will be set over four weeks. Each week we will view a different work of art and have a conversation about the work for 20-30 minutes. After each online course, you are encouraged to think more about the work and the discussion. If you are interested, you may do research on your own. The conversations will be fun and engaging. Your participation, ideas and thoughts are the most important part of the course. We want to hear what you think! “
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Week 1
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, c. 1st c. B.C., Medium: Fresco, Dimensions: 62 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 20.192.16
Let’s just look for a minute. (wait 60 secs)
Discussion questions:
- What’s going on here?- Who are those figures? - What characteristics would you use to describe them?- How are they interacting with each other?- What is the setting within the painting?- Can you describe how the figures are interacting with the environment? (next slide)
Week 1
Week 1
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, c. 1st c. B.C., Medium: Fresco, Dimensions: 62 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 20.192.16
Discussion questions:
- How does the closer viewpoint change what you are seeing?- What is the mood? And how does the painting make you feel?- How does color affect the mood?- Where would you put this painting? - Who do you think had this painting? - How big is this painting and do you like the paint technique? - How can you tell?
Week 1
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, c. 1st c. B.C., Medium: Fresco, Dimensions: 62 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 20.192.16
Assignment:
For next week, you can research one of two things or think of of your own for a brief discussion. Either familiarize yourself with the story of Perseus and Andromeda or look up Boscotreacase and how it was affected by the volcanic explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Week 1
Week 2
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, c. 1st c. B.C., Medium: Fresco, Dimensions: 62 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 20.192.16
Let’s just look for a minute. (wait 60 secs)
Discussion questions: (5 min)
1.Did you look up this painting? 2.Or do any research on your own? 3.If so, what did you find? 4.What tools do you use for research?
Week 2
Wall painting: Perseus and Andromeda in landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, c. 1st c. B.C., Medium: Fresco, Dimensions: 62 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 20.192.16
Assignment:
For next week, you can research one of two things or think of of your own for a brief discussion. Either familiarize yourself with the story of Perseus and Andromeda or look up Boscotreacase and how it was affected by the volcanic explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Week 2
Week 2
Stephen Hannock, The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light, 2000, Medium: Acrylic, alkyd and oil glazes with collage elements on canvas, Dimensions: 96 x 144 inches, Accession Number: 2001.153
Let’s just look for a minute. (wait 60 secs)
Discussion questions:
- What’s going on here?- What is the setting of the painting?- Where is this? - Why do you say that? What characteristics lead you to believe that? (next slide)
Week 2
Week 2
Stephen Hannock, detail.
Discussion questions:
- How does the closer viewpoint change what you are seeing?- What is the mood? And how does the painting make you feel?- How does color affect the mood?- Where would you put this painting? - Who do you think had this painting? - How big is this painting and do you like the paint technique?- How can you tell?
Week 2
Stephen Hannock, detail.
Assignment:
For next week, start a private historical journal about yourself. The journal can be in words or images, or a combination of both on any material you choose. Be ready to tell us one or two sentences that you wrote about your past and describe the environment that you would use to write on, what is the landscape of your past or present?
Week 2
Week 3
Stephen Hannock, The Oxbow: After Church, After Cole, Flooded (Flooded River for the Matriarchs E. & A. Mongan), Green Light, 2000, Medium: Acrylic, alkyd and oil glazes with collage elements on canvas, Dimensions: 96 x 144 inches, Accession Number: 2001.153
Activity: (5 min)
For this week, you were asked to start a private historical journal about yourself. Can you share with us what you did?
Week 3
Week 3
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), View of Toledo, Medium: Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 47 ¾ x 42 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 29.100.6
Let’s just look for a minute. (wait 60 secs)
Discussion questions:
- What’s going on here?- What is the setting of the painting?- Where is this? - Why do you say that? What characteristics lead you to believe that? - Where are we the viewer in the painting?- What is the mood? And how does the painting make you feel?- How does color affect the mood?- Where would you put this painting? - Who do you think had this painting? - How big is this painting and do you like the paint technique?- How can you tell?
Week 3
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), View of Toledo, Medium: Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 47 ¾ x 42 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 29.100.6
Assignment:
For next week, think more about yourself and place. If you were to commission and artist to paint for you a landscape or environment, describe the landscape (again using words or images or examples from other artists) what colors should he/she use and where would this place be? What would be its mood?
Week 3
Week 4
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), View of Toledo, Medium: Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 47 ¾ x 42 ¾ inches, Accession Number: 29.100.6
Activity: (5 mins)
For this week, you were asked to think more about yourself and place. If you were to commission and artist to paint for you a landscape or environment, describe the landscape (again using words or images or examples from other artists) what colors should he/she use and where would this place be? What would be its mood? What did you come up with?
Week 4
Week 4
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Harvesters, 1565, Medium: Oil on wood, Dimensions: 46 7/8 x 63 7/8 inches, Accession Number: 19.164
Let’s just look for a minute. (wait 60 secs)
Discussion questions:
- What’s going on here?- Who are those figures? - What characteristics would you use to describe them?- How are they interacting with each other?- What is the setting within the painting?- Can you describe how the figures are interacting with the environment? - What is the mood? And how does the painting make you feel?- How does color affect the mood?- Where would you put this painting? - Who do you think had this painting? - How big is this painting and do you like the paint technique? - How can you tell?
Week 4
In conclusion, you were asked to look at and discuss four landscape paintings. Two had figures, one had writing over the paint surface, and all were from very different time periods in history. How you see yourself in the world is part of your identity.
After the course, we will be sending a quick survey email about the course. Again, we want your thoughts and opinions.
Thank you for an enjoyable and lively discussion!
Week 4