Take a virtual trip to Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York City!  For this assignment, your job is to navigate their site and search for an appropriate artifact from their collections (Gothic).  Choose an item (or items if you want to explore more than one!), and write an essay about it.  Observe its traits, identify the origin, and interpret its execution in regards to the time’s artistic tendencies.  Illustrate your knowledge of the art by evaluating an artifact of your liking:

Analyze your object formally, speculate on how you think it was made, and explain how it meets the aesthetic criteria of its respective era.

Please include a picture and citation of the piece you chose to write about. All papers should be 1 ½ – 2 pages (of text).

CRITERIA

Deficient

(0-5points)

Proficient to Development Needed

(6-8 points)

Exemplary to Proficient (9-10 points)

Points Earned

(100 points)

Overview of the topic.

20 points

Does not provide an adequate overview or is missing

Overview is presented, though may not be clear or complete

Overview is clearly presented including all criteria outlined above

Interpretation

25 points

Missing major content areas, unable to recognize cultural motifs

Recognizes basic content of cultural motifs

Critiques content of cultural motifs with insight

Evaluation

25 points

Fails to draw conclusions between online content and Met collection item(s)

Identifies some conclusions between online content and Met collection item(s)

Examines conclusions between online content and Met collection item(s)

Presentation

5 points

Misrepresents issues or draws faulty conclusions

Identifies or generalizes issues

Discusses issues thoroughly and shows intellectual honesty

Evidence of learning outcomes

15 points

Unclear or contradictory evidence of learning this unit’s style of  art

Some evidence of learning this unit’s style of art.

Complete evidence of learning all about this unit’s style of art.