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ART HISTORY 1 Museum Visit Assignment: Oakland Museum of California
Total Possible Points: 200
For this assignment, you will need to make a visit the Oakland Museum of California, located
in downtown Oakland at 1000 Oak Street, near the Lake Merritt Bart stop. The Oakland Museum
contains three separate museums (History, Natural History, and Art), so make sure you are in the
Art museum, at the top level of the Museum grounds. There’s a big orange sign over the
doorway saying “ART” in different languages, so it’s hard to miss.
Instructions:
1. Bring this worksheet, a pencil, and your terms list for Visual Elements and Design
Principles.
2. Once at the museum, purchase your entry ticket, then put it in a very safe place. Your
ticket must be turned in with your assignment. Your ticket is worth fifty percent of your
points.
3. Once inside the galleries, look carefully at the artwork listed in the worksheet. Spend
adequate time in the museum to be certain of your answers. Each correct answer is worth
eight points.
4. Once you are home, carefully transfer your answers to questions 1 through 20 to Scantron
form 2020 (the little brown one).
5. Write your name and section number on your completed Scantron form. Also write your
name and section number on your entry ticket. Do not staple or clip your scantron to
your ticket, do not put them in any kind of envelope, just bring them both to class on the
due date.
Important Note Number One: it is your responsibility to:
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Obtain directions to the museum
Obtain information about the days and hours when the museum is open
Determine how much an entry ticket costs (tip: bring your Student I.D.; the museum
gives a student discount)
Determine how to arrive by public transportation (if you choose to travel that way)
Determine if there is a cost for parking (if you choose to drive yourself)
Important Note Number Two: When trying to determine if a work of art is representational,
abstract or non-representational, use the definitions you learned in class for these categories.
For complex reasons (which we will discuss in class), museums generally use the term “abstract”
for both abstract and non-representational artwork. Look carefully and use the definitions you
learned in class when filling out the attached worksheet.
Important Note Number Three: Your work must be your own, even if you travel to the museum
with other students.
Important Note Number Four: Late assignments will have a full grade deducted for every day
they are late, including weekends and holidays.
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1. In the first large gallery, find this metal “robot” sculpture. Wave your arms to see what he does:
Artist: Clayton Bailey
Title: Ape Guardian
Medium: Mixed media, metal, plastic
Date: 1983
Because this sculpture actually moves, it fits into the category of:
a.
b.
representational art
non-representational art
c. kinetic art
d. none of the above
2. Also in the first large gallery, find the following painting:
Artist: William Keith
Title: Kings River Canyon
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1878
Kings River Canyon:
a.
b.
c.
d.
is representational and demonstrates linear perspective
is representational and demonstrates atmospheric perspective
is abstract and demonstrates atmospheric perspective
none of the above
3. Find the following painting:
Artist: William Alexander Coulter
Title: Return of the Whaling Fleet
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: circa 1900-1936
The large three-masted ship in the foreground of this painting is shown in:
a.
b.
foreshortened perspective
linear perspective
c. radial perspective
d. none of the above
4. Find the following painting:
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud
Title: Urban Square
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1980
Urban Square is:
a.
b.
representational
abstract
c. non-representational
d. none of the above
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5. Walk through the holey, ratty old screen door marked above by a sign saying “Elsewhere”. Inside, find
a mysterious diorama:
Artist: Michael C. McMillen
Title: Aristotle’s Cage
Medium: Mixed media installation
Date: 1983-92
McMillen’s diorama Artistotle’s Cage plays mostly with the design principle of:
a.
b.
balance
scale
c. pattern
d. none of the above
6. Find the following photograph:
Artist: Geoffrey Fricker
Title: Highway 162 Looking West from Butte City
Medium: Gelatin Silver Print
Date: 1997
This photograph demonstrates both:
a.
b.
linear perspective and complimentary color
radial perspective and grey values
c. linear perspective and grey values
d. all of the above
7. Find the following photograph:
Artist: David Maisel
Title: The Lake Project 3
Medium: Pigment print
Date: 2013
The color harmony of The Lake Project 3 is:
a.
b.
monochromatic
complementary
c. analogous
d. all of the above
8. Find the following image:
Artist: Hank Willis Thomas
Title: White Imitates Black
Medium: Lenticular Print
Date: 2009
White Imitates Black would be best analyzed through the art historical methodology of:
a.
b.
iconography
formalism
c. multiculturalism
d. all of the above
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9. Find the following painting:
Artist: Joan Brown
Title: Portrait of Lupe
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: c. 1964
Looking at Portrait of Lupe from the far left edge, you can clearly see Brown’s use of:
a.
b.
pattern
symmetry
c. texture
d. all of the above
10. Find the following painting:
Artist: Sonia Gechtoff
Title: Etya
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1958
Etya is:
a.
b.
representational
abstract
c. non-representational
d. none of the above
11. Still working with the same painting as in question #10, the relationship of Etya’s central red area to its
black and white perimeter shows the design principle of:
a.
b.
pattern
emphasis and subordination
c. rhythm
d. none of the above
12. Find the following painting leaning against the gallery wall:
Artist: John McCracken
Title: Love in Italian
Medium: Plywood and fiberglass
Date: 1967
Love in Italian emphasizes:
a.
b.
unity and symmetry
variety and pattern
c. modeling and implied mass
d. all of the above
13. Working with the same painting as in #12, Love in Italian is also a good example of:
a. monochromatic color harmony
b. complementary color harmony
c. analogous color harmony
d. all of the above
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14. Find the following painting:
Artist: David Simpson
Title: Free State
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1994
Although Free State emphasizes unity, what gives it its variety? It may help if you look at if from
different angles:
a. rhythm and pattern
b. texture and value
c. color and mass
d. none of the above
15. Find and walk all the way around this box-like sculpture:
Artist: Larry Bell
Title: Untitled
Medium: Coated glass, Plexiglas, and metal stripping
Date: 1967
In Untitled, Larry Bell seems to be playing most with our perception of:
a. space
b. pattern
c. shape
d. none of the above
16. Find this large, colorful installation in a corner:
Artist: Barry McGee
Title: Untitled
Medium: Acrylic, Mixed Media, Assemblage, Luan
Date: 2010
In Untitled, Barry McGee emphasizes which visual elements:
a.
b.
modeling
pattern
c. focal point
d. all of the above
17. Find the following painting:
Artist: Xiaoze Xie
Title: March 2003 OT
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 2003
March 2003 OT is:
a.
b.
representational
abstract
c. non-representational
d. none of the above
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18. Find the following painting:
Artist: Fletcher Martin
Title: The Gamblers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1943
Compared with the rest of the colors used in The Gamblers, Martin’s use of red for the playing
cards serves as a point of:
a.
b.
subordination
vanishing point
c. emphasis
d. none of the above
19. Working with the same painting as #18, the subject matter of Martin’s The Gamblers is seven men
gambling for money, while the content of The Gamblers equates gambling with:
a.
b.
c.
d.
male bonding
going to war
the need for money
none of the above
20. Find the following painting:
Artist: Maynard Dixon
Title: Scab
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1934
The deep, dark mood of this painting is enhanced by its:
a.
b.
c.
d.
emphasis
complementary color harmony
low value
none of the above
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