. Choose an art museum LINK from the approved list in My Courses. Be sure your selected Art meets

. Choose an art museum LINK from the approved list in My Courses. Be sure your selected Art meets the
following criteria:
 The museum you attend/view must be an art museum, not a science museum or a children’s museum.
 Try to upload a digital photograph of the Art. In any case, provide the url for the Art.
 If you experience difficulty finding an art museum near your location, contact your instructor (not applicable
during CV-19 Crisis)
2. Virtually visit your chosen art museum, and select a work of art. Suggestions:
 The work can be a painting, sculpture, photograph, mixed media, or any other medium exhibited in the
museum.
 You may wish to take a copy of this worksheet with you (or keep the document open for the Virtual Visit) to
the museum (website) in order to more carefully select a work of art.
3. Complete the “Essay Header” section in the designated space provided below.
4. Complete the “Art Work Information” section in the designated space provided below.
5. Complete the 3 Essay Prompts in the “Aesthetic Experience Research Essay” section in the designated
space provided below. Respond to the prompts using the following guidelines:
 Use full sentences and paragraphs in your responses.
 Use and incorporate relevant and genre-specific vocabulary for each prompt. Definitions of relevant
vocabulary are provided at the end of this document, in the online module resources, and in your textbook.
 Your completed essay responses should be a total of at least 600 words (at least 200 words per response).
 Conduct the appropriate research to support your responses to the worksheet prompts. Be sure to
cite all sources carefully. For this assignment, you are required to use and cite a minimum of five
quality sources (including the precise link to your work of art). Those five sources should include:
 (1) the textbook;
 (2) the website of the museum that houses your piece;
 (3) the precise link to the work of art itself;
 (4 and 5) TWO quality research sources pertaining to your piece, its artist, style, and/or
historical/cultural contexts. To find these sources, please try using Google Scholar and/or our college
library.
 Be sure to cite all your sources in proper MLA or APA format, including the event or work of art
itself. Your complete “Works Cited” should be placed at the end of your third essay prompt; in other
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