Close Looking – Night at the Museum

This is the group activity for Night at the Museum. If you’re looking for the individual activity, you can find that here.

Your responses to this activity will be immediately visible here.

Who's in your group?(Required)

Tell us about the artwork you chose

Title(Required)

Artist(s)(Required)

Year(Required)

Photo(Required)

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Take some time to talk to your group and come up with answers to one or more of these questons. You only need to submit one set of answers per group.

Try *not* to look up extra information about your chosen artwork. This is a time to practice looking, talking, and developing your own response.

What do you see going on in this work of art? Is there a story depicted?

What different visual elements (ie: line, color, light, proportions, scale, composition, media type etc.) do you notice, and how do they help you make sense of the artwork?

How does this object compare to other objects, stories, or ideas you already know about?

What choices do you think the museum made about the object’s display?