Pre-Visit Observation and Conversation ExercisesTomb Treasures

Skills you use at the museum

Skills you use in the classroom will help you observe, enjoy and understand art

Deep looking and making observations You will have lots of time to look and collect visual

information about artworks and galleries Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills

You will make interpretations about what you see in artworks You might think about what an object was used for, the style

of the artwork, or the story or message that is being communicated in the artwork

Citing Evidence Interpretations you make may be influenced by details you

see in the painting, things you have learned in the classrooms, or things you have experienced in your life

Practice: Deep looking and making observations

Take a moment to look at this artwork then…

● Make as many observations as you can

● List everything you see

Practice: Problem Solving

Take a deeper look and make some interpretations…

● What story is being depicted here?

● What message is the artist trying to communicate?

Practice: Citing Evidence

Think about the interpretations you just made…

● What do you see that makes you say that?

Post-Visit Extension Exercises

Take a moment to look at this artwork then…

● Make as many observations as you can

● List everything you see

Take a deeper look and make some interpretations…

What story is being depicted here? What message is the artist trying to

communicate?

Think about the interpretations you just made…

What do you see that makes you say that?

Compare and Contrast

Compare and contrast

How is this object similar to or different from the ancient Chinese and Egyptian tomb objects you saw at the museum?

Make an Interpretation

What does this tomb object tell us about the culture that created it?

Image Attributions

Three-storied Watchtower, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 C.E.) Chinese, Earthenware with lead-fluxed glaze

Sarcophagus, 150-180 C.E. Roman, Carrara marble