Virtual Gallery Visits Guideline (Modified to include a virtual tour of a museum

Virtual Gallery Visits Guideline(Modified to include a virtual tour of a museum for the second part of this assignment.Please read this guideline carefully before you start your project)The paper should be clearly written (reduce grammatical and spelling errors) and organizedaccording to the following guideline. Four pages (minimum) to six pages and double spaced witha 12 font are required. Margin should be set at default. Word document is preferred.PART ONE:Explore an official website of an existing museum, such as the official site (ending with .eduor .org) of the National Gallery of Art in D.C. (www.nga.org), the Louvre in Paris or VaticanMuseum in Rome, etc. You are at liberty to choose which official site you would like to explore,however not duplicating with your fellow classmates. The museum of your choice must house intheir permanent collection at least one art work (painting or sculpture) discussed or included inyour textbook. You can refer the image label (below or next the image) to locate the name of themuseum which holds this particular art work in their collection. Let’s see, you can start with yourfavorite painting for which you always want to find out which museum or gallery owes it (just asuggestion for a start).*A sign-up thread is posted in our discussion board where you can post your choice of themuseum and its site link. Your choice is determined based on “first-chosen and first-taken” rule.For example, if your classmate first chooses the official site of a museum, you coming after himor her cannot choose the same site, in this way, we will avoid the situation many students decideto choose the same museum. Please make sure you sign up early. When you post yourchoice, indicate the name of the museum and the official website address (e.g. The MetropolitanMuseum of Art in New York City; www.metmuseum.org).** Your choice has to be the official website of a physically existing public or private museum;it cannot be a web gallery (those that compile art images from different sources without aphysical location of a gallery or museum, such as “web-gallery of art”https://www.wga.hu/index1.html – which is unacceptable)On our home page, I have a module of Museum Links, clink there, you will find sites ofmuseums worldwide that contain works cited in our textbook. Or more extensively, you cansearch Google Arts and Culture site, there are 2500 museums worldwide listedhttps://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en&tab=pop***You can also choose the same museum for Part II of this paper, a virtual “real-time” tour ofthe museum only if the museum of your choice offers a “real-time” virtual. Please check themuseum site first. “Real-time” means you can follow a cursor or an arrow (provided by themuseum) to move within the museum from one gallery to another.2Museums in nearby cities (For your reference)WASHINGTON D.C.:National Gallery Art: http://www.nga.gov/Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian Art: http://www.asia.si.edu/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/Smithsonian American Art Museum: http://americanart.si.eduThe National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.si.edu/THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: http://www.phillipscollection.org/National Museum of African Art / Smithsonian Institution: http://www.nmafa.si.eduNEW YORK CITY:The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/home.aspGuggenheim Museum: http://www.guggenheim.org/MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art: http://www.moma.org/The Frick Collection: http://www.frick.org/Whitney Museum of American Art: http://whitney.org/BALTIMOREBaltimore Museum of Art: http://artbma.org/home.htmlThe Walters Art Museum in Baltimore: http://www.thewalters.org/PHILADELPHIAPhiladelphia Museum of Art: http://www.philamuseum.org/The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia: http://www.rodinmuseum.org/Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: http://www.pafa.org/splashHtml.jspThe Barnes Foundation: http://www.barnesfoundation.org/3The Brandywine Museum: http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/PART ONE QUESTIONS after exploring the site of your choice, please address the followingpoints in your written paper):1. Include the website address and access date and briefly explain and describe theorganization and the content of the site. (e.g. organized by collection or historicalperiods) with specific examples related to the organization.2. Comment on whether it is easy to explore the museum’s official website, why or why not(provide specific evidence). Can you easily locate or search the particular art workincluded in our textbook, under which category is the art work listed and explain how youhave done to locate the art work?3. Has the site or what are included in the site raised your interest to learn more about theircollection and eventually to visit there in person? Why yes or why not? Give two reasonswhy you are or are not interested in visiting this museum.4. What have you viewed in addition to the art works discussed in our study guidelines andtextbook? What are some other works the gallery/museum held in their permanentcollection? List the title, period (century), and artist of the FIVE paintings or sculpturesor any genres of art works (e.g., textile, ceramics… ) related to the historical period wehave discussed in our class (e.g. 15th. Century Early Renaissance, 16th. Century HighRenaissance, the 16th. Century Northern Renaissance, the 17th. century Dutch, orClassical Greek, 18th. century Rococo, 18th. century Neoclassical, 19th. centuryRomanticism, or 19th. century Impressionism, Post Impressionism or 20th. centuryCubism, Surrealism, Dada, Pop etc..)5. Comment on the strength or the concentration of its permanent collection of thisparticular museum, (e.g. European art or European decorative art or Asian art…), givesome supporting evidences (e.g. numbers of works or concentration).6. What have you learned about this museum, its history (e.g. when it started, who were themajor donors of its collection); cite special supporting evidence to show you have gainedsome knowledge of this museum by exploring its official site? And what is happeningright now in the museum, any recent or current exhibitions (might be listed or cancelleddue to current pandemic). Give two special examples of the current featured exhibition,e.g. the title of the exhibition, the dates and the major focus and theme.7. Comment on the main building of the museum, include a picture of the museum (thefrontal façade of the museum should do) if you could download an image from theirofficial website. What is the style of the building, the classical style or the neo-Gothicstyle or a more contemporary style? What stylistic features you have recognized in thebuilding that have made you determine its architectural style? Use the knowledge youhave learned from this class to cite the special features.PART TWO of this report requires you to visit an existing art museum virtually. Take a “realtime” Virtual Tour of one of the following museums of your choice (links included here) andanswer the following 8 to 12 questions. I have also included here the link that feature 12museums that offer a “real-time” virtual tour.https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours4***“Real-time” means you can follow a cursor or an arrow (provided by the museum) to movewithin the museum from one gallery to another.Vatican MuseumsSistine ChapelBritish Museum, LondonGuggenheim Museum, New YorkFrick CollectionLouvre, ParisMusée d’Orsay, ParisPergamon Museum, BerlinRijksmuseum, AmsterdamVan Gogh Museum, AmsterdamThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesUffizi Gallery, FlorenceMASP, São PauloNational Museum of Anthropology, Mexico CityMuseo Frida KahloNational Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, SeoulNational Palace Museum, TaiwanThe National Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgSchönbrunn Palace (Vienna)Belvedere (Vienna)Versailles (France)Rubin Museum’s Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room5Rembrandt and Amsterdam Portraiture exhibitionPART TWO QUESTIONS:8. Describe the layout of the museum or the exhibition after your virtual tour. Explain thestrengths and weaknesses of this virtual site (at least two points of strength and weaknessrespectively). Is it easy to navigate the virtual museum? Explain your reasons for yes orno.9. What have you discovered in this virtual tour that has astonished or frustrated you? Giveat least two examples respectively.10. Cite one piece of art work you have discovered in this virtual tour that has impressed you.Give a clear label of the art work (if possible, take a screen shot and attach it to yourpaper), the date of its creation, the artist (if indicated), the scale, the medium (material).Explain why you have found this art work impressive.11. Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of visiting a museum via a virtual tour.Are viewing art works firsthand and up-close in a museum/gallery still important orrelevant in our age of “social distancing”? Have visiting art museums or historical sitesbecome outdated in our virtual world? Why or why not?12. Do you think you are going to include visiting gallery or museum as one of your futurecultural activities when this “social distancing” is lifted? Why or why not?**Please note plagiarism and any kind of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero forthis assignment as well as for the final grade for this class.