Hu103-Gardner Museum Assignment
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HU103: Gardner Museum Reflection
Purpose
Our engagement with art and architecture so far has been mostly through digital and print images. While digitization and print reproduction have made art accessible to so many, these mediums cannot capture all the power, nuance, and texture of the original artworks. For this assignment, you will go to a major Boston museum and encounter original art objects, ranging from a Christian-themed stained glass window to 16
th
-century oil paintings. You will choose one object; describe it; analyze it in relation to another object in the same room; and reflect on the value of physical encounters with original artworks in museums like Isabella Stewart Gardner. Assignment
Take a trip to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (BU students get in for free!). Compose a 2-
page reflection on your experience that follows the guidelines below. The assignment should be submitted through Blackboard by 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 26.
Directions
1.
Select a Renaissance artwork from the following list (use the hyperlinks to view the object on the Isabella Stewart Gardner website):
The Fulfillment of the Curse on Ahab – Rogier van der Weyden, c.
1460-1470
Retable with Scenes of the Passion – Joinville-Vignory, c. 1425
Adam and Eve – Lucas Cranach the Elder, 16
th
century
Christ Disputing in the Temple – Paris Bordone, 1543-1547
The Virgin and Child of the Rose Bower – Martin Schongauer, mid-16
th
century
Altar of the Holy Kinship – German, Saxony 1510-1520
By Irene de la Torre, via Flickr
Soisson Window with Scenes from the Lives of Saints Nicasius and Eutropia – French, Soissons, c. 1205
Christ Carrying the Cross – Circle of Giovanni Bellini, 1505-1510
The Story of Lucretia – Sandro Botticelli, c. 1500
Portrait of a Lady in Black - Domenico Tintoretto, c. 1590-1599
The Story of David and Bathsheba – Herri met de Bles, c. 1535-
40
A Girl with a Lute - Bartolomeo Veneto, 1520
Musicians – Giorgio Vasari, c. 1545
The Annunciation - Piermatteo d'Amelia, c. 1487
Self Portrait - Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1545
The Story of Antiochus and Stratonica - Studio of Bonifazio de' Pitati, 1545-1555
Portrait of a Lady in Black and White - Alessandro Allori, c. 1590-
1595
Portrait of a Bearded Man in Black - Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1576
2.
Identify the room in which the artwork is found (by clicking on the hyperlink for any of the artworks above, you will find a description of the object and its location in the museum). During your visit, go to that room. Study the art object, and study the space it is in.
3.
Write a paragraph describing the artwork in your own words
. Be sure to briefly mention artist, title, date of composition, and display medium. In your description, you might address some or all the five elements of art discussed in the intro to Strickland’s The Annotated Mona Lisa
: composition, movement, unity and balance, color and light / dark contrast, and mood. 4.
Write a paragraph that puts your selected art object into conversation with one other object in the room. The other object can be a piece of furniture, a carpet, a candelabra, a tapestry, or a painting. How do these objects interact with one another? Are there notable similarities or differences in tone, form, or subject? Do they evoke different moods? 5.
Write a paragraph that answers the following question: how does being in the physical space of the museum room and seeing the original artwork (instead of a digital or print image) impact your experience as a viewer of art? Be as specific as possible. 6.
Take a selfie of yourself with the artwork and insert the photograph into your document. Note: the selfie does not count toward the 2-page requirement.
Resources
Short bio on ISG: https://www.gardnermuseum.org/about/isabella-stewart-gardner
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