Choose a work of art that you find interesting !ny work of art in the textbook, or a work of art from a reputable fine art museum. You can visit Google Arts and Culture Links to an external site.for an online tour of a major museum worldwide! Just make sure it’s a fine art museum (not a natural history or science museum). You can also explore the collection of a local museum such as MCASD the San Diego Museum of Art Works of fine art can include painting, sculpture, drawing, print, photograph, weaving, mixed media, installation, etc, as long as they are related to what we will study in this course. Please make sure your chosen work is by a reputable artist and not a novice )f it’s in a major museum, it’s by a well-known artist.

1. Give the name of the artist, the title of the artwork, and where you viewed it. 

Write a response to your selected work of art, noting how it relates to the definitions and meanings of art that we have explored this week. You may consider the following prompts in your post: 

Why did you select this work of art? What drew you to it?

What was your initial reaction to this work of art?

Why is this considered art? Do you think that it should be considered a true work of art?

What kinds of questions and issues does this work of art raise?

What does the title of the work imply?

What does the use of the materials (medium) suggest?

1. What could the function or purpose of this work of art be, and what meaning could it express?

How does this work of art relate to the definitions of art and its purposes, as discussed in this week’s lecture and textbook reading?

What do you think is the value of this work of art, or art in general?