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Hello and welcome to the DiMenna-Nyselius Library! My name is Lisa Thornell and I am the librarian who will be helping you begin your research project in class today. You can use this course guide as a starting point for your research in our library research session and for the remainder of the semester.
Research Librarians are here to help you with your assignment so please contact us should you need any assistance. You can stop by the Library Services and Information Desk when you are in the library, contact us via instant message on email, text us at (203) 295-7542, or schedule an individual research appointment. Additional information about library hours, citation help, etc. is located on the library home page.
Starting Your Research:
Doing a thorough visual analysis of the art prior to this will help you generate questions. Also use details from the museum's information associated with the art to inform these questions.
Question Examples:
What interests you about the object? What do you notice?
Think: Who, What, When, Where, Medium, Subject, Composition/style
Open up the library session worksheet:
Gold aureus of Hadrian (Roman)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246880
Marble Funerary Alter of Cominia Tyche (Roman)
https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253569
Silver Cups with Relief Decoration (Roman)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256184
Female Dancer (Chinese)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42178
Mirror with Archers (Chinese)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44806
Figure of a Charioteer (Chinese)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53959
Poet Strolling by a Marshy Bank (Chinese)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40090