Description
Relevance:
Be sure the museum you select covers cultures covered in this class. Otherwise, it will be considered off-topic.
HUM 2270= Non-Western Arts and Cultures: (Asia, India, Africa, Native Americas, Oceania)
This Cultural experience assignment allows you to record your experience by following a short checklist to ensure you get all the benefits of your visit. Knowing what is expected will help you plan your visit. After your visit, you will write an essay that includes the following pieces of information:
- In your introduction, provide background information that leads into a thesis statement about your main focus (1-3 objects) Add any background research to the periods and cultures that you may encounter. Be sure to explain how the collection relates to one of the world cultures covered in our course.
- Describe how the museum or the specific exhibit visited was curated (By theme, subject, era, culture, etc.?)
- Choose 1-3 cultural artifacts (painting, sculpture, statue, piece of furniture, etc.) that you find most interesting.
- Include an image of your chosen artifact(s). Some museums will not allow photos to be taken inside the building, so you can simply find an image online and include it with your essay. Be sure to cite the website that your image came from.
- Analyze your chosen cultural artifact and offer a description of it .Who created it? Does it have a title? What year was it created? Include research about the object, its period and cultural context.
- Discuss the positioning of your chosen cultural artifact. Where did the curator choose to place it? Do the works around it affect your analysis of it? If your chosen cultural artifact is by itself—maybe in a separate room—why do you think this is?
- In your conclusion, consider the cultural and historical significance of your chosen artifacts. How do they enhance our understanding of the humanities and the human experience?
Checklist for writing the essay
Be sure to address all aspects of the checklist in your essay. Here are the minimum requirements for the essay itself:
- Between 500-750 words in length, not including original title and references
- Focus on museum and specific artifacts. Try to avoid 1st person voice.
- Essay structure (Introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion)
- Research before and after cultural experience (cultural, historical contexts)
- Add parenthetical citations within body paragraphs for supporting research
- Be sure to add commentary and interpretation to research in your own words
- Match parenthetical citations with References or Works Cited at bottom of essay
- Upload essay to the MyCourses Drop Box as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, (Not PDF)
- Examples:
- Visit the British Museumhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/
- Explore this African Art Collection from the Smithsonian.https://africa.si.edu/collections/start
- See this Native American Collection from the Smithsonian.https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/collections
- Explore these collections at the Louvre Museum.https://www.louvre.fr/en/departements
- Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Arthttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
- Visit the collections at the National Gallery of Arthttps://www.nga.gov/collection.html
Explanation & Answer
Attached. Please let me know if you have any questions or need revisions.
Outline
Title: Humanities Question
Thesis statement: The visit's main focus was to enhance the understanding of historical events
and expand general world knowledge by interacting with the artifacts.
I.
Introduction
A. History of the British museum.
1. Created in 1753 as an Act of Parliament but opened to the public in 1759.
2. The manuscripts and books were preserved in the independent British
Library, leaving the British Museum with sculptures and paintings.
B. Thesis statement.
II.
Body
A. Curation of the museum
1. Curators organized the museum exhibitions thematically.
2. The Egyptian Galleries contained artifacts from the years of ancient
Egyptian times,
B. The Rosetta Stone definition
1. The stone is a piece of a bigger stone slab that contained inscriptions for
learning how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs.
2. The top text was a hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian script.
3. Middle text was a demotic Ancient Egyptian Script
4. The bottom script was in Ancient Greek
C. The analysis and description of the Rosetta Stone
D. The historic and cultural impacts of the Rosetta Stone
III.
Conclusion
Attached. Please let me know if you have any questions or need revisions.
Running head: HUMANITIES QUESTION
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Humanities Question
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
HUMANITIES QUESTION
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Humanities Question
The visit to the British Museum in London provided insight into ancient periods and
cultures. The museum was created in 1753 as an Act of Parliament but opened to the public in
1759. It began wi...