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SPSU ARTS 2001-Colebeck - Guide for visit to the High Museum of Art, GENERIC FORM & Information

*********Adapt as needed for the current Special and Permanent Collection Exhibitions**********

(High Museum, 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta, 30309, 404-733-4400; )

********************READ THIS SHEET BEFORE YOU GO TO THE MUSEUM*********************************

******************************PRINT OUT THE FORMS (take with you)******************************************

TAKE: FORMS, A #2 PENCIL- NOT MECHANICAL; CAMERA/CELL PHONE CAMERA

STUDENT ID AND $ FOR ADMISSION AND PARKING

Assignment: Visit the High Museum of Art, view art, answer questions/activities and type a report.

Objective: visit The High Museum- permanent collection, special exhibitions; view, reflect and comment on the art and experience. Expand your observational and critical thinking skills and overall awareness of the visual arts.

There are 3 buildings.

1. The Cox Wing (special exhibitions; 3 levels -sometimes can use skywalk to enter top floor of Wayland)

2. Weiland Pavilion – 4 levels; Lobby where enter; 2nd floor usually special exhibitions– area one floor above main lobby, use stairs or elevator); top floor of Weiland Pavilion-Skyway Level with 20th &21st Century Contemporary Art.; and Lower Level of Weiland Pavilion African Art collection and Works on Paper, sometimes special exhibitions.

3. Stent Family Wing with Skyway level (4th), 3rd , and 2nd floors primarily high Museum of Art Permanent Collection with many historical periods. (sometimes very small special exhibitions).

Use the suggested tour guide outline-there are some questions for specific art works -try to answer if time and you can find them, do not get “hung up” on finding every artwork—(sometimes art works are removed), find another artwork to comment on; do your best to walk around the museum and see as much as you can.

** Visit verification is essential:** You must attach to your typed report that you turn in, verification that you visited: attach the ticket/sticker and a photo of yourself at the Museum.**

Time: 2 ½ +hours, allow a minimum of 2 1/2 hours to visit the High. (A 2 hr. visit is just a highlight, quick survey of the collection and special exhibitions. In-depth viewing will require additional time and is recommended.) “Wear comfortable walking shoes”, Eat before you go. Check extended hours and closing times.

Suggested visit schedule: (30-45 min at Chambers Wing; 15 min in Wieland Pavilion Contemporary Art; 45 min. in Stent Family Wing (15 minutes per floor); 30 minutes 2nd floor of Wieland: Special Exhibition (changes). 10 minutes Lower Level. )

Suggested Routes: from Main Lobby *will depend on access to special exhibitions and skyway level bridge.

1. (Cox Wing; Wieland top floor, Stent floors 4,3,2, lobby; back to Wieland 2nd floor; Wieland lower)

2. ( Special Exhibition 2nd Floor Weiland; top skyway level Wieland then to Stent Wing from top floor down ramps to other floors; go to lower level; go to Cox Wing Special Exhibition)

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What to do at the museum: (Note: These are basic guidelines that could be followed for any museum.)

Gather information to answer the specific writing assignment questions. (other sheets)

Look at all the artworks. You will be drawn to artworks based on your interests and preferences. You will need to pay special attention to the wall texts and a few specific artworks, which will be identified.

Read the Introductory Wall Texts (IWT): Provides broad overview of an exhibition. This is at the entrance of an exhibition, also at the beginning of a collection or special section of a gallery.

Read the Secondary Wall Texts; Provides general information for artworks in a gallery or section. The Secondary Texts are usually at the entrance to a gallery or are between galleries/rooms. (Read through them (quickly is ok) to find out why the artworks have been arranged or hung together, and what the art works are about, such as themes, subject matter, technique, time period, time created etc).

Look at labels for individual artworks. Provides information on the specific artwork. They will include; artist, title, date, medium, and sometimes more background or detailed information regarding that specific artwork and/or the artist. An individual artwork label is next to an artwork usually to right just below eye level.

Read labels that are specifically identified in assignment. Read others per your interest and available time.

Look carefully at the artworks. Notice things about them that you can only see in real life looking at the original artwork. Move closer to (but not closer than 3 feet) and back away from individual artworks. Look at artworks from across the gallery/room; scan a gallery to notice relationships between the images, notice size and scale and what “Pops” out from a distance, etc.

****Notice such things as: photographs: clarity, details, contrast, values, gloss; Paintings: brush strokes- the way the paint has been applied, thick or thin, wide or narrow, texture or none; light source, highlights, shadows, reflection on the canvas; colors-palette selection, darks, lights, dull, bright, primary, pastel etc; Subject matter-image itself; image-clarity, close-up and from farther away how does the artwork change to the viewer; picture plane- 2-D vs. 3-D quality, depth, perspective; size-scale of artwork. Sculpture and 3-D: height, depth, width, type material(s), surface texture(s), proportions, scale, etc.)

Notice similarities with art works & time periods in the SPSU Arts 2001 curriculum, textbooks, classroom presentations etc.

Walk through the galleries to view the High’s Permanent Collection primarily American Art form 19th cent to 20th C. Many of the artists featured are in the texts and will be discussed during the class. Seeing original artwork created by them will help you. Some galleries have different types of artworks from the same time period displayed together, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts- (furniture, ceramics, silver, glass etc.

Remember to save your sticker/ticket

and

take a photo of yourself at the museum

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Written Report: use the form that follows. Bring to Museum with you- fill in as much as you can- identify artworks and some notes, then after your visit fill in form online and type your responses and paragraphs.

Goals:

Observation: to look at real original works of art

Reflection: to record your reactions-responses to observation of artworks- write about artworks and your experiences viewing artworks; critical thinking

Identification & Comparison: to look at a wide variety of artworks; to identify some specific artworks that are good examples of a time period, style, technique, medium, etc.; to compare and contrast works of art .

***Try to find the artworks and answer questions, do not get frustrated----

***If you cannot find a specific artwork write a few sentences about the art you are seeing, find interesting or even perplexes you and explain why.****

**If you visit with another person, or group please identify who they are and share comments, conversation, discussion you had with them on the visit: Example; I went with my mother; she really liked the special exhibit because…., I disagreed because I thought ..xyz….; We both liked …..; We talked about the quote “ … “ and tried to figure out what the artist meant, and how it related to the art we saw. Etc. Information page 2, see form next page

High Museum Visit Form: Student _______________________Class time: 10. 11. 1

Date visited:________; Date turned in:_____; on time___; Late____; points off___; Grade____

Who did you go with?

alone___: with someone___-relationship: family__________, friend(s), classmate(s), Name(s)____________________________________________________________________

Take notes/write on this paper at museum in pencil only; After visit- Type Report 12 pt.,

Attach museum admission sticker to typed report, top right corner.

Attach photograph of yourself at the museum.

Self guided Tour for ARTS 2001: suggested sequence- may change depending on the route you take and availability of special exhibitions.

*Part I Exterior Sifly Piazza: (5 minutes) (Sculpture & Architecture) (Quest 1 and 2.)

# 1 Sculptures. Bronze Shade by Rodin- (near Peachtree Street), House III by Lichtenstein What is your impression of, what do you think about House III?_(colors, scale, relationship to buildings,) ___________________________________________________________________________

#2 The architect for the 1983 High, now the Stent Wing was Richard Meier. The Architect Renzo Piano designed a master plan for the Woodruff Arts Center that included the new Chambers Wing and Wieland Pavilion. Compare them- do they seem unified? Where do you see repetition and/or pattern on the outside of these buildings?____________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

*Part II: Entrance: Lobby Level of Wieland Pavilion

Enter; $ admission & sticker; *Audio guide- (Highly recommended that you use the Audio Guide, additional cost - but note that the assignment may be done without audio guide –just read the wall text and labels on the wall near the artworks.

Get a permit for using a pencil and taking photographs from the security desk.

Look around the lobby area notice on the wall near the gift shop a long horizontal painting by minimalist artist Ellsworth Kelley. (others on top floor) (donated to the High- value one million $)

Look at the outside terrace opposite the entrance doors at a large sculpture Balzac/Pentanque by Oldenburg & van Bruggen, nicknamed (Peaches & Pears). Notice the size/scale relationships.

*Part III: Special Exhibition Cox Wing(s)(30-45 min (Quest 3 &4) You may visit now or later. (exit main High lobby and go to the building to the right.) View all 3 floors. Lobby, Second (Galleries 214-216 ) and Skyway- (Galleries 422-424). Strongly recommend that you read the main-large Title Wall and Introductory Wall Text to each section/floor.

#3 .a *Identify an artwork in Special Exhibition that you liked or found interesting and explain why.

Special Exhibition Title Artist

Artwork Title Date created_____ Medium___

Subject Location: (floor 1,2,3 etc)

Description Why selected

3 b. What are your reactions to the Special exhibition in general? (One paragraph)

*If you go to the special exhibition in Weiland Pavillion first, record here & see Part VII #13.

4 a Special Exhibition Title Artist

Artwork title Date created_____ Medium___

subject Location: floor 1,2,3

Description Why selected

4 b. What are your reactions to this Special exhibition in general? (One paragraph

*Part IV: Skyway Level (15 minutes) Cross bridge to Skyway Level Weiland Pavilion, (Quest 5,6,7 ) Galleries 411-420, 20th Century Art- (notice artworks colors, size, scale and how you respond to them) A few artworks have information cards called A Closer Look, that explain the artworks, read them.

#5 Identify an artwork you find interesting and explain why…

Title Date created_____ Medium___

Artist Location: floor 1,2,3

Subject Special Exhibition Title: ___________

Description Why selected

#6 a. Look Draco by Anslem Kiefer, look at the surface & describe it._____________________ (If you cannot find these artworks identify another artwork you find interesting and explain why.___

Part V Stent Family Wing Skyway Level - Fourth Floor: Go to Stent Family Wing: Cross the bridge from Gallery 412 to enter SFW. (45 minutes - 15 minutes per floor) in original Meiers Building. The Galleries include works from the High’s Permanent collection, fine and decorative arts including furniture are displayed by time periods and/or styles and chronological time line.* Start in Gallery 401, walk through Galleries 401 to 410. Notice folk art in 406-409.

#7. Gallery 408, Horse by Deborah Butterfield . “The artist intends her sculptures to feel like horses rather than simply look like them. She uses found objects, recognizable objects used in different ways, including car parts, to transform them into art. Constructed sculpture such as this is called assembledge. “We see materials used in new ways and that requires metaphorical visual thinking by both the artist and viewer.” (Peoples) How would you describe this sculpture?

*Part VI Stent Family Wing 3rd Floor: - American Art, Mid to Late –19th Century. Go to and Walk through Galleries 301 to 305. The collection is arranged primarily chronological with 2/D, 3/D, art- paintings and sculptures as well as Decorative Arts. On this floor notice the subject matter for the artworks: Portrait, Religion/Mythology, and Scenes from everyday life-Genre, Historical Events, Landscape, Still life. Try to identify the time period, and /or styles. Go to Gallery 307. Enter to the right; on the long the outer walls are portraits. Look at the artworks, compare and contrast; notice composition ( arrangement) of- overall artwork- where are thing placed, what are the body & head positions; notice painterly style- notice the brushstrokes, wide and bold or not noticeable, and the individual styles of the artists.

#8 Identify a portrait you found interesting and why? Title:________________, Artist:__________________, Medium:_________, Date:_______, Why:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

*Part VII Stent Family Wing 2nd Floor: Permanent Collection Galleries - European Art, 14th –16th Centuries. Walk through Galleries 201 – 210. Look to the left of the entranceway to Gallery 201, there are examples of Byzantine style (Characteristics include the use of gold leaf, almond eyes, and appearing flat with no depth).

#9 , Look to the right of the entranceway, Italian Renaissance, the artworks have form and perspective. Look for an artwork with green drapery by Bellini, Madonna and Child, it is similar in composition to the Mona Lisa by da Vinci What is the same and what is different?................. 9a. figure___________________9b. background________________________________.

#10, Look at an artwork with characteristics similar to the Baroque artist Caravaggio who was known for Tenebrism (“in a dark manner characterized by having a small concentrated light source”), this innovative use of light as “spotlights” is an exaggeration of chiaroscuro (gradations of value, the use of lights and darks, to create the illusion of 3-dimensional forms in space). 10a. What is the title and artist of the artwork you found?___________________________- 10b. Where does the light come from? _____________________ 10c.What does the light spotlight?_____________________

Between Gallery 202 and 203 are sculptures. Notice the material/medium made of/from.Gallery 204 Neo-Classicism to Impressionism. In the center area Corot has two paintings on the same wall that represent nature as it appears so it is called Realism. Find an artwork in the Impressionist style. Stand about 3 feet in front of the painting then slowly back up, watch the painting ‘come into focus’. Try this with other Impressionistic artworks.

#11 Identify an artwork you find interesting and explain why. Title:______________________

#12 Gallery 205 American Art, 18th to Mid 19th Centuries. On the wall straight ahead and just to the left find a portrait of a woman by John Singleton Copley. He is considered one of America’s finest portrait painters. Compare this to other portrait of a woman in the room, how are they the same, _____________________________________how are they different?

(Return to Wieland Pavilion Lobby. Walk down the ramp to the atrium, stop in the Greene Family Education Center Gallery if you have time, optional but fun.)

*Part VIII: Special Exhibition in Weiland Pavillion:

#13, Go to the 2nd floor of Wieland Pavillion to view the Special Exhibition. (you may have visited this area first and answered question 4.).. Write one paragraph for the special exhibition- (artwork you found interesting, something, you learned from reading wall text or audio guide, artwork you liked or did not care for and why etc., subject matter, composition, etc.

#13 a or #4a Special Exhibition Title Artist

Artwork title Date created_____ Medium___

Subject Location: (floor/gallery 1,2,3)

Description Why selected

13 or 4 b. What are your reactions to this Special exhibition in general? (One paragraph)

*Part IX:Lower Level of Wieland. After the 2nd floor take elevator down to Lower Level of Wieland. Visit Galleries 100-102, recent gifts, photography, Works on Paper, African Collection, Special exhibitions: Observations/Comments:___________________

*Part X: Personal Observations and Reflections;

Identify during visit, write up immediately after.(Type explanation in a few sentences.)

#14 What artwork anyplace caught your eye? Made you stop/look/question/think.

Artist: Title

Subject Date/year made_____Medium__

Description: Where was it located? Floor and section

a.Why did you select it?

b.What did you find interesting?

c. What was your immediate reaction when you first saw it? How did it make you feel? Be specific:

#15 What was the artwork you liked the best? (must be different than above)

Artist Title

Subject Date/year made___ Medium____

Description Location in Museum

Why did you select this artwork?

#16 One word or phrase to describe the Museum experience? ___________________

#17 Would you recommend the museum? Yes-Why? No-Why-not? ______________

#18 What are the pros and cons of your visit? __________________

#20 Which area of the museum did you like better, why? _______________________

#21 Was it your 1st visit to the High? Was this visit a worthwhile experience, worth your time and effort? Yes or no, Why? ____________________________________________________

#22 Explain in one paragraph- what would you like the museum to know about your visit? (What made it good or bad, what helped you to learn about the artworks, what you would have like the museum to add or change, etc.). __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

#23 Explain in a minimum of one paragraph how the museum visit relates to, supports and/or reinforces the Arts 2001 course you are currently taking. ( What did you learn? What new questions did you have? Etc.) _______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

#24 Explain in one paragraph your impression, reflection of viewing original artworks at a museum. Explain how viewing original works of art was different than seeing the art as reproductions in class. What surprised you? What did you notice? How did having artworks together in galleries influence the way you looked at them? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

#25 Other comments you would like to share: _____________________________________

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