Museum Paper

The Museum Paper

Choosing a Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts (Downtown St. Petersburg): (727) 896-2667
  - Museum of Fine Arts
    255 Beach Dr NE
    St Petersburg, FL 33701
- Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (on the Tarpon Campus): (727) 712-5762
  - Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art
    600 Klosterman Rd
    Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
- Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota): (941) 359-5700
  - Ringling Museum of Art
    5401 Bay Shore Rd
    Sarasota, FL 34243
Choose one work of art that appeals to you
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Print
Analyze based on terminology learned in Foundations in Painting
The Paper
- Five paragraph essay of 600-1000 words
  - Paragraph 1 - The Basics (Title, medium, size, general background)
  - Paragraph 2 - Analysis (Hue, value, paint application, perspective, structure and design)
  - Paragraph 3 & 4 - Comparison (Similarities and differences, reason for choosing the work for comparison)
  - Paragraph 5 - Conclusion (Your personal response and opinion)

Example - The Project in Action

Cezanne - Mont Sainte Victoire (1904)

Cezanne - Mont Sainte Victoire (1880)