3 Pages Minimum Curatorial Writing Assignment (Compare and contrast three objects from History museums)
For this writing assignment, you should act as a curator and select three different objects from three different culture areas and construct a theme for your “exhibition.” One object should be a European object, another object should be non-European, and the third object should be from our everyday, contemporary world. Your theme should be explained in 3 pages minimum while discussing the context for each work and how they are thematically linked in your “exhibition” plus include some formal analysis. And then compare and contrast them via an iconographic approach.
As before, include descriptions of the work’s formal elements: describe and compare their shape, color, and so forth. Are there designs on them; and if so, do you think it helps in the way the works may look to you overall? Formalism is concerned with the aesthetic qualities of a work of art, while iconography refers to its meaning and context. what is the artist/culture trying to say with these works, how do their style reflect their historical era?
3 pages minimum, no plagiarism, all outside sources should be cited in Chicago style.
The Art of Mask
Object 1: BHAIRAVA
Date:
CA. 16TH CENTURY
Geographic Origin:
Nepal
Medium:
Gilt copper alloy
Dimensions:
H 28 x W 27 1/4 x D 19 in.
Object 2: Helmet Mask
Date:
before 1880
Geography:
Cameroon, Grassfields region
Culture:
Bamum kingdom
Medium:
Wood, copper, glass beads, raffia, cowrie shells
Dimensions:
H. 26 x W. 14 x D. 10 3/4 in. (66 x 35.6 x 27.3 cm)
Accession Number:
1978.412.560
Object 3: Alexander McQueen’s Mask
Date:
Autumn/Winter 1996
Medium:
Synthetic and enamelled metal
