In art class, middle and high school art students took a virtual tour of a world-famous museum during distance learning. Students shared their reflections. Given the lack of photos from a virtual events, we are sharing some “throwback photos” from high school art classes earlier in the year!
Junior Stephen Czach visited the Musée d’Orsay, in Paris, France. “The most interesting part of the museum was the amount of realistic human art which describes the world conditions and culture better (to me at least) than landscape art.”
Sophomore Andrea Gonzalvo visited the National Museum of Modern and Conemporary Art, in Seoul, Korea. “It’s the most interesting because it has a lot of illusions made with glass and mirrors. It tricks the mind into a room looking endless and contains the most eye catching pieces, in my opinion.”
Senior Grace Miller visited the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, DE. “I thought it was really interesting how many sketches/colorless pieces were in this museum. I’ve never seen that many in one place before, and they were all really beautiful.”
Junior Gwen Zych visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. “The most interesting part is the Rei Kawakubo/ Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, because it uses fashion and clothing as a way to express the element of space in art.”
Senior Liz Westlake visited the Van Gough Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. “Although the location of the museum was what originally peaked my interest, I really enjoyed Van Gough’s Oil Paintings. My favorite painting was titled Almond Blossoms. I think I liked it so much because it reminds me of spring.”
Senior Mary Beth Williams visited the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, in Vienna, Austria. “I liked it because there were many art pieces that depicted the countryside, or beautiful churches or children playing around outside. The whole feel of the artwork is light and airy, which gives off a happy feeling. There were also some paintings and works of art that seemed very Catholic, which interested me.”
8th grader Caroline Beggs visited the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo, Japan. “The style was very interesting because in many artworks there were intricate borders and panels across the artwork. I also liked the kimonos because they were very detailed and works of art themselves.”
7th grader Natalie Cross visited the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C. “It was interesting to see the different ways they painted the portrait of each person. It was interesting to see how some of the people were painted while the were in action.
7th grader Addison Pearce visited the Georgia O’Keeffe museum in Abiquiú, New Mexico. “The most interesting thing about museum to me was how similar the art pieces were. They all had a consistent style through the museum. I liked that most of the pieces consisted of cool tones of colors. Last, I liked the simplicity of the art pieces and how the artists used different shades of a color to make shadows and highlights.”
6th grader Zoe Abraham visited the Mauritshuis in Den Haag, Netherlands. “I liked it because most of the pieces were of people. The people’s expressions told a lot, and you could make a story out of it. For example, if there was one with a woman with a worried expression, you could pretend her husband has not come back from war.”
You can take your own tour from the comfort of your couch via Google Arts & Culture here.
