1. Name____________________________date______
Assessment
Details for each assigned section include Art and Architecture
in Hartford
10 15 18 21 22 23 art-analysis terms and reflect evidence
24 25 from the art being examined
* Note: Not all sections should be complete!
Evaluation questions are complete and
5 8 10 12 13 14 15 substantive
/40 Total
contents
● Map of Downtown Hartford
● Tour Schedule and Information.
● Architecture tour photos & note pages
● Wadsworth Atheneum note pages
● Reflection Assignment
Selected Sources:
http://hartford.omaxfield.com/ancient.html
http://www.connectthedots.org/civiclinks.html
http://www.ctosh.org/history_vintphotos/osh_hist_architecture.htm
http://hartford.omaxfield.com/bushnellpk.html
Wadsworth site
Name________________________________________
Prepared by William C. Spaulding, Bloomfield High School.
 Images are subject to copyright and used with permission for this student-
notebook. May 30, 2008
 If this booklet is used by a non-BHS group the images should be deleted or
individual permission requested.
 Some small portions of descriptive text are from the Wadsworth web-site.
 This is a non-proofread edition!

2. Downtown Hartford Map
Lunch Possibilities
 Join Mr. Spaulding and others in front of the State
House and enjoy your packed lunch and the noon-time
crowds.
 Eat at the Food Court just to the North of the Old State
House to get something.
 Cross the street (obey all traffic signals and watch for
city drivers) for Burger King at the corner of Asylum
and Main.
 Eat at Dunkin’ Donuts, in the base of the Travelers’
Tower building at the corner of Central Row and
Prospect
Contact Phone Numbers
BHS: 286-2630
Wadsworth Atheneum: 278-2670
Other
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3. Reflection and Evaluation Humanities Art and
Please complete this reflection of your experience and evaluation
of the trip. This is one of the most important portions of the trip. Architecture Tour
1. What has been the most useful aspect of today’s field-trip? Our Goals:
Use local architectural and artistic examples to apply knowledge
of architecture and composition.
View and interact with paintings and architecture from ancient to
contemporary origin.
Our Program in and about Downtown Hartford
2. What has surprised you?
I. 9:15-10:15 State Capitol Building Tour.
II. 10:15-10:45 Walking Tour: Bushnell Park features, ar-
chitecture about the park, First Church and stained glass
windows, Old State House exterior.
III. 10:45-11:15 Lunch: You can eat your own bag lunch
or purchase lunch from vendors or shops in the court
3. What has not surprised you?
area around the Old State House.
11: 15 ** Please Be Prompt! Meet in front of the Old State House
Main Street Side of the building
IV. 11:15 Walk to the Wadsworth Athenaeum: interact with
4.What objects or places would you visit again and why? art from ancient to modern periods in the oldest public
museum in the United States of America!
V. 1:45 Board Bus from Wadsworth to return to BHS
Please Remember
Appropriate school behavior is necessary and expected!
Valuables At the Wadsworth you will be required to check your
bags and all electronics. Don’t bring anything valuable! Also you
may not take photographs inside the museum without the per-
5. What would you do differently for this field trip? mission of the Wadsworth.
Decorum in a museum indicates a whispers for communication,
no running, never touch or get too close to the art or walls.
Never point at art with pencils or other objects. Please, pause
and examine the art — don’t rapidly dismiss it simply because it
6. What have you learned today? —> is different!

4. Please create notes for each image in the space provided.
Architecture of the
Connecticut State Capitol &
museum
We enter from the south side of the capitol building but the
building was designed to be entered from the north side which
faces Bushnell Park.
What are your first impressions of this building?
One function of this building is as the meeting place for both
houses of the state legislature and the office of the governor.
Is the form of the building related to these functions?
Explain your answer in point format.
Some key terms:
Niche with statue
tympanum
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5. State Capitol Exterior 1878
Extra pages for sketching or notes or questions:
What shapes do you notice repeating themselves on the
exterior?
Statuary of the Dome:
Why would these statutes be chosen?
6 Aspects of Humanity:
Agriculture (wheat),
Commerce (eyes covered holding anchor/triangle)
Education/law (scroll)
Force/War (spear)
Science (cadeuceus paddle &globe)
Music (lyre)
Left (west) end statue of the south façade:
Ella Grasso
Who would you add in the right side niche? Why?
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6. Interior: Use of color, materials and designs. Your Choice: In Depth Analysis and Evalulation
Interior floors are inlaid with white marble and red slate from Choose any one painting or object to look at and evaluate in
Connecticut and colored marble from Italy. depth. You should aim to spend about 10 minutes for each of
these in-depth evaluations.
What are your first impressions of the interior of this **Make your examination from 10-15 feet away then again
building? from 3-5 feet.
Artist:________________________________
Gallery:_________________________________________________
Which seems more important, form or function, or are Title of Piece________________________________________
the both in concert with each other in this building?
Explain. Date of Piece_____________
I. What are my first impressions?
II. What can I guess about the history of this piece from the date it was
Sketch any one symbol or pattern that you notice in the made?
floor, ceiling, or walls.
III. How can I describe the content of this piece?
A. subject ? B. color, line, and textures? C. composition?
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7. Your Choice
Please choose any ONE piece to evaluate using the next page—>
In the space below sketch the piece or part of the piece.
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8. Choose a photo:
Bushnell Park Area Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Bushnell Park: 1850-1870 Impressions:
In what way can a park be considered architecture?
Describe how the photographers uses light and arranges objects
In what ways does a park serve a city?
Choose a photo:
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Sketch (or make outline figures of) the objects contained photo
or
write a brief story about the person or bird that is the subject!
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9. Pop to the Present: Soldiers and Sailors Arch: 1885
New Questions, New Responses This arch memorializes Civil War veterans. It is the first
permanent triumphal arch in America. It is a combination of
(Gallery B, Adjacent to Avery Court) Medieval towers, Gothic arch style, and classical friezes.
Materials are local brownstone and terra cotta.
Photography, especially portrait photography, was not consid-
ered art for many years. Do you consider these photographs to be If you were to create a memorial for soldiers returning
art? Explain your answer. from war would you consider a memorial arch like this
one? List 3 or more reasons for your answer
Choose a photo:
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Impressions:
Buildings Around the Park
Notice how many of the buildings that surround the park have
distinctive facades. Describe one façade!
Describe how the photographer uses light and arranges objects
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10. Please create notes for each image in the space provided. Choose a piece that you DO NOT like very much.
Use the blank pages in the back of the book for sketching! Artist_______________________________________________
First Congregational Title of Piece________________________________________
Church, Date of Piece______________
Why don’t you like this piece very much
Old State House &
Other Surprises
First Congregational Church (left)
Compare this structure to that of
the Old State House. In what
ways are the two buildings
similar, in what ways are they
different?
Old State House (right)
Designed in 1796 by Charles
Bulfinch this is one of the most
historically important buildings in
Hartford. The front is facing the
Connecticut River not the Main
Street.
Label these pictures with
names of the architectural
elements you can identify.
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11. Avery Court Ancient Burial Ground
The only site from the 1600’s that has
Surrealism and Other Pieces survived in close to original form. The
headstones exhibit sophisticated
carving and sentiments of the time.
List 8 words to describe the pieces you see in these galleries.
They are a very diverse collection so you may have contradictory Mark an X where the African-
descriptive words! American Burial Monument is
located.
Locate the markers of three individuals. Name them and their dates.
Can you find Thomas Hooker or a member of the Wadsworth family?
How are these pieces similar or different from pieces you have
already seen?
Choose a piece to analyze:
Artist_______________________________________________
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Impressions:
Focus on ONE of the following to describe: materials, subject,
use of color, composition of objects
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12. Phoenix Building I like it!
If you stand with your back to the eastern side of the Old State Choose a piece that you DO NOT like very much.
House and look towards the Connecticut River you will see a Artist_______________________________________________
bridge across the road that has glass railings. Straight-ahead
and to the right is the Phoenix building. Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Sketch or describe this building in the space below.
Why don’t you like this piece very much
It tells me a story
Choose a picture or object that tells a story to you.
Artist_______________________________________________
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
What story does this piece tell?
Municipal Building
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13. American Art
of the 19th and 20th Centuries
(3rd Floor)
List 8 words to describe the pieces you see in these galleries.
They are a very diverse collection so you may have contradictory
descriptive words! OR: sketch one of the pieces you see.
How are these pieces similar or different from pieces you have
already seen?
OBJECTS!
This gallery contains many objects of art in addition to the many
fine paintings. Choose an object to evaluate
Object______________________________________________
Artist_______________________________________________
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece______________
Sketch:

14. Wadsworth Atheneum: Exploring Art
Directions: A Message
1. This notebook is organized by sections. Each section has a Choose one piece that conveys a message.
different set of questions and a unique set of pieces to
view. You will see all sections, but not necessarily in the Artist:________________________________
order in which they are published.
2. Stay with your group. Your chaperone will guide you to the Title of Piece________________________________________
galleries that we will focus on today. In each gallery you Date of Piece________________________________________
will have 15-20 minutes for a specific assignment. What message does this piece convey?
3. Remember the museum rules:
Keep away from the art and walls.
Do not use objects to point at art.
Use quiet voices please.
3. Record your work in the space provided.
Use terms that we have used yesterday and earlier this
year in analyzing pizza and art.
Does this message resonate (make sense) with your own
Selected Terms to Describe and Evaluate Art experience? Explain.
Three General Questions to Ask:
I. What is my first impression?
II. What is the history of this piece?
How old is it? Who made it? Who paid for it?
What materials and techniques [processes] were used?
Does it represent a particular period, place or person?
III. How can I describe the content of this piece?
A. subject ?
B. color, line, and textures?
color: What colors and color-shades are used? Ask the Artist
Do the colors symbolize or represent something?
Choose one piece that provokes questions for you.
What effects are sought?
texture: how the viewer may believe the surface feels
Artist:________________________________
C. composition?
forms: objects, shapes, and structures; Title of Piece________________________________________
composition: is organization of forms in an artwork Date of Piece________________________________________
symmetry and balance use of shapes forms and lines What questions does this piece provoke in you? Do you think
use of proportion and scale the artist has answers?
perspective (the creation of illusion of depth)
foreshortening reduction of figure size
blurring of distant forms convergence of diagonal lines
How is space used?
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15. Gallery C: Huntington Gallery
African-American Art
(2nd Floor , close to the Elevator and area labeled Most of the paintings and objects in this section are from the 1800’s.
This collection of paintings and objects is titled, Reflections and
“Open to Helen and Harry Gray Court Gallery I) Shadows: Impressionism and Nineteenth Century Style.
Paintings by some of the most famous artists of this time period are
Media and Message displayed in this gallery: Renoir, Klimt, Degas, Gauguin, Pissarro, and a
What types of media (materials) are found in these pieces? Name as self-portrait by van Gogh; sun-dappled landscapes by Corot, Pissarro,
many as you can. Monet, and Cézanne; interior scenes by Bonnard, Vuillard, Armstrong,
and Tissot; and Paris at night as depicted by Lautrec.
A. Scene: Choose any one painting of a scene (not a portrait of an
individual).
Artist____________________________________
Title_____________________________________
What factors encourage an artist to use particular materials?
Do you see movement or does it seem still?
How does the artist use colors, lines, shapes, or techniques to evoke
(create in you) this feeling?
Note that the Impressionists were given this name because they sought
to create an impression rather than create a photo-like image. They
were known for their unique use of brush strokes, paint and color.
Is the media (materials) part of the message? Explain
Describe the space that you see created by this art.
What media do you find most interesting, least interesting, most desir-
Does this space remind you of a place in your own life?
able, least desirable, most or least unusual?
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16. Landscape
B. Portrait: Choose a portrait of an individual. One of my favorites is
the self-portrait of Van Gogh, but you are free to choose any painting Find any landscape painting in the F galleries.
that focuses on a single person or a small group of people.
If you were to enter into this scene where would you go? Mark
Artist____________________________________ an x in the box below to show where you would go.
Title_____________________________________
If the person portrayed could speak to you from the portrait what would
he/she say?
What mood or attitude does this person seem to have?
How does the artist use paint, color, or technique to convey a particular
attitude or expression?
Why would you go there?
What would you expect to see?
C. Your Choice: Choose any object or painting in this gallery and do
one or more of the following:
* Sketch the image or object.
* Write an advertisement for this object as if you were going to sell it.
* What do you feel that this object reveals about the artist who made it?
What might this painting suggest about the artist’s attitudes
towards the land and the relationship of people to the land?
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17. Faith and Fortune, continued
Choose One: Artist:________________________________
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece________________________________________
Impressions:
Artistic Description (Use appropriate artistic terms (see page 8 for a
brief list of terms and concepts.)
Choose One: Artist:________________________________
Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece________________________________________
Impressions:
Artistic Description (Use appropriate artistic terms (see page 8 for a
brief list of terms and concepts.)
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18. Gallery E: Hartford Youth Art
Renaissance A Conversation
This gallery contains art created by Hartford youth. Have a conversation with any painting in this collection. What
Please identify two pieces of art that appeal to you.
A. Your Choice:
Artist____________________________________
Title_____________________________________
Your First Reactions:
Techniques used by the artist:
B. Your Choice:
Artist____________________________________
Title_____________________________________
If this object could speak to you what words would it use?
Techniques used by the artist:
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19. Faith and Fortune C. Talk Back! Choose another piece of art to “talk back” to on this
(2nd Floor, Galleries marked F) page.
Artist____________________________________
This exhibition is focused on the theme “Faith and Fortune” as ex-
Title_____________________________________
pressed in European art from the middle ages and through the Renais-
sance. You should be able to discern some similarities in art you see Ask three or more questions for the artist (or the subjects —people—
in the Wadsworth with art you have studied in class. portrayed or photographed in the art)?
Timeline of Art
To get a sense of the development of art and to complete this
chart. Choose a painting in the
What comments do you have for the artist?
Century Title & Artist Topic
1000-1099
1100-1199
1200-1299
D. Your Art: If you were going to prepare a piece of art to include
in this exhibition what would you create?
1300-1399
Media you would use: (type of materials)
1400-1499
1500-1599 Subjects: people, places, actions, activities, ideas:
1600-1699
Colors, Lines, Textures you would employ:
1700-1799
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20. Morgan Great Hall: Main Gallery Side Gallery: Medieval and Early Renaissance
Choose one of the Medieval to Early Renaissance Paintings
In this gallery you will examine three large paintings and make stick
figures to indicate Artist:________________________________
A) the position of the body and the hands
B) the attention of the face Title of Piece________________________________________
Date of Piece________________________________________
Circle one of the following questions that you have pondered (thought Impressions:
about deeply) .
How do hands and expressions direct the viewer’s attention?
How do hands and expressions influence our reaction to the scene?
How do your own hand movements and expressions reflect you?
Do you consciously use hand expression and facial direction to
communicate?
Observations: (Use appropriate artistic terms)
Hand and Facial Attention Sketch:
The Fish Market Jan de Bondt, Dutch, d. 1653
Examine the piece titled Madonna and Child with Angels by A. Della
Robbia. This is a very important piece. Why?
Impressions:
Observations: (Use appropriate artistic terms)
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21. Morgan Great Hall: Side Galleries Hand and Facial Attention Sketch:
Note the use of light and the facial expressions.
Note the clothing! This is European clothing!
Architecture of the Great Hall What features of color or architec-
tural detail define this hall?
The Summer at Emmaus Circle of Gerrit von Hornhurst , Dutch,
1690-1656
Side Gallery: Ancient Art and Artifacts:,
Make a set of brief notes about each of the following items.
Mummy: What surprises you or impresses you?
Relief of an Assyrian Deity: Compare this image to Mesopotamian gods
described in Gilgamesh.
Hand and Facial Attention Sketch:
Add lines indicating the source of light.
Sketch two or more of the figures around the table.
Compare these statues and pieces of statues The Declaration of Independence John Trumball, American
Sketch similar parts of each statue, or create a T chart of
comparisons or contrasts in the space below:
—>Egyptian statue: and —> Greek Statues
Standing Man (#8) (#8, 10, and foot #8)
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22. Hand and Facial Attention Sketch Exploration of Perspective
Sketch the position of hands and facial direction of Jesus and two or Find the painting titled The Men’s Bath by Viviano Godazzi and
more people close to him. Domenico Gargiulo.
The Rising of Lazarus Benjamin West, 1790 Stand about 25 feet away from this painting.
Look into the painting and walk towards it., keeping your eyes in the
painting.
Be careful not to touch the stone tub in front of the painting!
What do you notice? Do you feel like you are walking into the
painting?
How does the artist create this feeling?
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