High Museum Visit Answers Only Form: Student _______________________Class time:
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)____________________________________________________________________
After visit- Type Report 12 pt., (some paragraph answers)
Attach museum admission sticker to typed report, top corner.
Attach photograph of yourself at the museum.
___________________________________________________________________________
*Part I Exterior Sifly Piazza: (Sculpture & Architecture) (Quest 1 and 2.)
# 1 Sculptures. Bronze What is your impression of, what do you think about House III ?_(colors,
scale, relationship to buildings,)_____________________________________________________
#2 Compare Meier and Piano buildings, 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. Look at the outside patio at
Balzac/Pentanque by Oldenburg & van Bruggen, nicknamed (Peaches & Pears). Notice the
size/scale relationships. Look at Ellsworth Kelley rectangular 3 color painting near gift shop.
*Part III: Special Exhibition Cox Wing (Quest 3 &4)
#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/gallery)
Description
Why selected
3 b. What are your reactions to the Special exhibition in general? (One paragraph)
*If you go to the special exhibition on 2nd floor 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 20th Century Art- (if Cox wing first cross bridge to other build)
#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 What is the surface of Draco by Anslem Kiefer like?_______________________________...
(If you cannot find this artwork identify another artwork you find interesting and explain why.)
Part V Stent Family Wing Skyway Level - Fourth Floor: #7. Gallery 408, Horse by Deborah
Butterfield. How would you describe this sculpture?____________________________________
*Part VI Stent Family Wing 3rd Floor: - American Art, Mid to Late –19th Century……….. ……
#8 Identify a portrait you found interesting and why? Title:________________,
Artist:__________________, Medium:_________, Date:_______, Why:_________________
Part VII Stent Family Wing 2nd Floor: Permanent Collection European Art, 14th –16th Cent…
#9 , Look to the right of the entranceway 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, Several paintings in this area have characteristics of Baroque Art. Find one and identify the
“light, action and drama” ________________________________________________________
2nd floor Galleries 202 and 203 sculptures. Gallery 204 Neo-Classicism to Impressionism……
#11 Identify an artwork you find interesting and explain why. Title:______________________.
Artist_________________date______Medium________Subject______. Why?____
#12 Gallery 205 American Art, 18th to Mid 19th Centuries. Portrait of a woman by John Singleton
Copley. Compare this to other portraits in the room, how are they the same?__ different?__ ___
**go to the main floor and then to the Wieland bld. to 2nd floor to the special exhibition.
*Part VIII: Special Exhibition Weiland Pavillion: (you may have visited first & answered this question 4.)
#13,.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,
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. recent gifts, photography, Works on Paper, African Collection,
Special exhibitions: Observations/Comments:___________________
*Part X: Personal Observations and Reflections; (Type explanation in a few sentences.)
#14 What artwork anyplace caught your eye? Made you stop/look/question/think/compare.
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? What are
your thoughts after the visit? 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 Describe the Museum experience in one word or a phrase? __________________
#17 Would you recommend the museum? Why or Why not?_____
#18 What are the pros and cons of your visit?________
#19 What area of the museum did you like better _____& Why?_______
#20 Was it your 1st visit to the High?
#21 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: _____________________________________