View of Museum Kampa from Střelecký ostrov.Visit the Museum KampaLinks to an ex

View of Museum Kampa from Střelecký ostrov.

• Visit the Museum KampaLinks to an external site., in Prague, Czech Republic, on Google Art Project. Scroll through the collection and click on images, or use the museum viewer, to look at the different works of art on display.
• From the gallery, select Figures by Magdalena Abakanowicz and respond to the series of questions provided to explore it in depth. Use the filter function to locate the work more readily.
• Complete this activity after you have explored the Museum Kampa, in Prague, site through the Google Art Project.

1. Describe the work, including the following information:
   1. When was the work created?
   2. What medium is the work in (e.g., sculpture, painting)?
   3. What material was used (e.g., clay, bronze, oil, acrylic)?
   4. How large is the work? As a whole? The individual pieces?
   5. Is the work realistic? Abstract?
2. After describing what is there, consider what is NOT there. Describe how the artist may be using empty space as part of the composition.
3. Relate Figures to two other sculptures of human figures you have learned from different historic periods. In comparing and contrasting the three, consider the following:
   1. The materials used (e.g., wood, stone, clay).
   2. Formal composition (e.g., symmetry, repetition, line).
   3. Style (e.g., abstract, idealized, realistic).
   4. Knowing what you do about art in the postmodern era, how does Abakanowicz evoke the history of art of the human figure? How does the reference to older works of art relate to developments in art in the post–World War II era?
4. Recall your initial reaction to the Abakanowicz work.
   1. What were your first impressions?
   2. Does the work fit into your notion of what society was like at the time it was created?
   3. How have your impressions changed after you looked at and considered the work closely?
   4. Does consideration of the work within a broader context of the history of art change your initial impressions? Explain.