by: Christina Bauman, Christopher Costello
Macaulay’s Night at the Museum Trip was a fascinating adventure where we explored different forms of art, ranging from ancient Egyptian works of applied art to the more aesthetical art of modern day sneaker culture. On our journey, my peers and I engaged many of the works that caught our eye and helped each other gain perspective on these works by collectively analyzing them.
When analyzing these works of art, we took artistic elements such as medium, context and composition into consideration. We spent a lot of time trying to gain a deeper understanding by deriving the context behind the works. For example, we applied our prior knowledge of Egyptian culture to develop some perspective on the meaningfulness or purpose of each work of Egyptian art that we observed.
We focused more on the style, function and background of each piece than their composition and the artistic effects. If we had more time, we’d have dedicated more effort to that.
Overall, we learned a lot about effectively and efficiently analyzing art from the Brooklyn Museum trip, and we look forward to applying these skills in the future.
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