Eye of the Storm

 

Directions:  Your task is to visit the online site for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Find an example of art featuring storms or other sorts of dramatic weather.  When you go to the site type in a topic such as "thunderstorms" or "tornadoes" into the search box to find specific examples.  Copy the artwork into one slide on PowerPoint.  Be sure to cite the museum website on your slide.  Write a paragraph  (6-12 sentences) describing the artwork and the mood it portrays. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/index.asp

Website for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

                                                       

                      View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836
                       Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)