The Western Tradition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts
Fall 2015
Research projects on European material culture, from classical antiquity to c. 1750, written and "curated" by the students in History 100: Western Tradition I at Marymount California University
Edited by Esther Liberman Cuenca
Edited by Esther Liberman Cuenca
This museum project, worth 25% of the final grade in the class, requires students to photograph and research an ancient, medieval, or early modern object (not a painting hanging on the wall) at LACMA. Their project consists of a report on the object of their choice. Their report should cite, in a bibliography or works cited page, at least three scholarly resources, which also must be parenthetically cited in the text of their essays.
The report should also include the following elements:
Directions for the project are here.
The report should also include the following elements:
- photographs of their objects and information placards,
- an image of a similar object or art piece from the same period but from a different museum that will allow them to make meaningful comparisons,
- an image of an historical or mythical figure whose biography may help illuminate the purpose and context of the student's LACMA object.
Directions for the project are here.
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Service LearningOur HIS 100 class, in partnership with Susan Garman at the Center for Service Learning at Marymount California University, will be visiting the collections at LACMA with the Boys and Girls Club of the Los Angeles Harbor. The students and the members of the BGC will be traveling together by bus and embarking on a "scavenger hunt" of the European wings of the museum, in which they will "find" and explore the rich variety of ecclesiastical, aristocratic, and everyday objects of the western tradition that are on display.
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