Menil Collection Visit Due Mon 4/23

Instructions: Visit the Menil Collection, take as much time as you can to look at the building itself (designed by Renzo Piano) and around the museum until you find a work of art that you are drawn to or are most interested in to write about. It is extremely important that you complete this writing at the museum, DO NOT rely on your memory! First write about the building then a work of art. Then post the info on the blog by Monday4/23.

Ps. You can also read up on the building and its history here

Menil Collection building Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available): Renzo Piano

Date: 1982

Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the building visually and be as descriptive and detailed as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, etc?

Finding Meaning- Why do you think Renzo Piano designed the Menil building in the way that he did? What  effect does it have on you looking at it from the outdoors and experiencing it from the inside?

Work of Art

Artist’s Name (if available):

Title:

Date:

Materials:

Size:

Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the piece visually and be as descriptive and detailed as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, or sounds?   

Finding Meaning- Use titles, text, symbols, how the subject matter represented (abstract, representational, nonrepresentational), role of the art, the cultural origin, or any other info you can to try to find the meaning of the work.