For this writing assignment, you should act as a curator and select three different objects from three different culture areas and construct a theme for your “exhibition.” One object should be a European object, another object should be non-European, and the third object should be from our everyday, contemporary world. Your theme should be explained in 3 pages minimum while discussing the context for each work and how they are thematically linked in your “exhibition” plus include some formal analysis. And then compare and contrast them via an iconographic approach.

As before, include descriptions of the work’s formal elements: describe and compare their shape, color, and so forth. Are there designs on them; and if so, do you think it helps in the way the works may look to you overall? Formalism is concerned with the aesthetic qualities of a work of art, while iconography refers to its meaning and context. what is the artist/culture trying to say with these works, how do their style reflect their historical era?

Your selected objects/artworks should come from the American Museum of Natural History on Central Park West and 79th St, or the Museum of the American Indian, or the Rubin Museum of Art. After you select your objects, make sure you have written down the information on them such as title, culture, medium, date, and accession# at the end of the paper.

3 pages minimum, no plagiarism, all outside sources should be cited in Chicago style.