Assignment:
Museum Report
You are required to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website.
https://www.metmuseum.org/
Find six artifacts from appropriate collections (Greek & Roman art, European paintings, European sculpture & Decorative arts) which pertain to Greek and/or Roman Mythology. Select six pieces of art from appropriate collections WHICH PERTAIN TO GREEK OR ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.
You must write a 7 to 8 page paper (AT LEAST ONE OR MORE PAGES PER ARTWORK).
For each paper per artwork you must include :
First provide the following information in single-spaced list form:
1. type of artifact (sculpture, painting, vase etc.)
2. material (e.g. marble, bronze)
3. date of artifact (approximately if necessary)
4. artist's name (if known)
5. provenance of artifact (where did it come from originally?)
Example:
1. statue of Artemis
2. bronze
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. discovered in Thebes, Greece in 1964
Then, in full sentences, write several paragraphs about the artifact. What is it?
How did you know? Have some fun! Tell me about the artifact!
Tell a myth or two or three about this artifact or painting - but do not write a play-by-play retelling of the myth. Write creatively.
Example: "This statue is clearly Heracles because he is holding a lion skin and club.
Heracles is known for X and X. One myth about Heracles is that he killed the Nimean
Lion...."
OR
"I recognized this statue as Artemis because she is carrying a bow and arrow. As goddess of the hunt, Artemis often carries these weapons. She ..." this and that....
? If the artifact depicts a scene, explain how it relates to the story from which it comes. If the artifact depicts a figure, write a description of the characteristics and associations of the figure, and briefly mention some of the stories associated with the figure.
? Finally include it if you like it? Why or why not? Have fun with this part!