Art History 301
Modern Art and Architecture
Museum Assignment
Fall 2002


A requirement of AH 301 is a visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. (In exchange, class will not meet Wednesday, November 6). The museum is located at 2400 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm; Thursday from 10 am to 9 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. It is closed on Mondays. Admission is free. For further information call (612) 870-3131. The museum website is www.artsMIA.org.
Allow 1 to 2 hours to see the galleries. Look at "Marcel Breuer in Minnesota" and, if you wish, see the Picasso prints exhibition (cost for non-members, $6). Then proceed to the 20th century rooms and choose a good example of each of the following types of art. Write artist and title, then a brief analytical description. This assignment is due Wednesday, October 30.

1. Nabi painting

 


2. Early modern sculpture (abstract)

 


3. Early modern sculpture (expressionistic)


4. Fauvism

 


5. German Expressionism


6. Austrian Expressionism

 


7. Cubism

 


8. Dada or Surrealism

 


9. Early modern architectural design


10. a work related to your paper topic