Show Me The Monet Hunt Through The Museum
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Show Me The MonetHunt Through The Museum
Pages have an exit option which ends the adventure and a home button that returns you to the museum
lobby.
You and your friend decide to visit an art museum on the weekend, to learn more about different artists for Art class. Start
your adventure and…
Enter the museum
You and your best friend arrive in the lobby of the art museum. After giving someone directions, you turn around only to find
your friend has disappeared. You know that her favourite artist is Claude Monet and
that you can probably find her looking at his artwork. You decide to go looking for her.
Go Forward
Go RightGo Left
A long corridor stretches out ahead of you. To one side is a room filled with statues. On
the other side is a dark exhibit that is barricaded off and probably under
construction.
Back to the Lobby
Enter the dark exhibit
Go inspect the statues
Continue along the corridor
You find yourself in a hall. To the side is an exhibition of local works. While this does
interest you, you decide you should look for your friend first. Up ahead is a wide area.
Back to the Lobby
Continue
You find yourself in a long corridor marked Impressionism and Postimpressionism.
The first few exhibits that branch out from it all have the names of artists you don’t recognise, but maybe you’ll find Claude
Monet’s work further down the corridor.
Back to the Lobby
Follow the corridor
The corridor ends in a T-section. In one direction is an area entitled ‘1860's to
1880's’ and in the opposite one entitled ‘1880's to 1900’. Directly ahead of you is a closed door with Staff Only written across
it in big bold letters. You wonder if someone inside may be able to give you
directions.
Back along the corridor
1860's to 1880's Exhibits
1880's to 1900 Exhibits
Open the door
You start to turn the handle. “Hey you! What do you think you’re doing!?” A voice booms from behind you. You turn around
and see a big security guard storming towards you.
Before you can explain, the guard pulls you away, lecturing you about how it is against the rules to enter certain areas in a
museum.
A plaque on the wall informs you that this area of the museum is dedicated to the Impressionist art movement. You recall from art class that Monet was a famous
Impressionist painter, so hopefully you are on the right track.
Go forward
Go Left Go Right
Return to the corridor
You end up in a Post-Impressionist exhibit. You remember hearing the word
Impressionist in art class when talking about Monet, so maybe you are in the
right place. On the right, a sign that says Pointillism catches your eye. On the left bright colours draw your eye. Both ways
look interesting and you have a hard time deciding where to go.
Return to the corridor
Go Left Go Right
Art museums are places that deserve respect; it is important that you obey the
rules and always behave appropriately. You are kicked out of the museum.
Try again?
You end up in a beautiful collection of paintings by
Edgar Degas. His use of swift brush strokes often created a
sense of movement in his works. Captivated by their
beauty, you lose track of time and the museum closes before you find Monet’s work or your
friend.
Try again?
Edgar Degas, ‘The Star’, 1878
You walk into a room filled with beautiful paintings of lilies. You
instantly recognise them as works by Monet, painted from life in his
own garden. Your friend is standing in front of one admiring how Monet managed to capture the light so wonderfully. You join her and discuss the beauty of the
works and how they capture a moment in time until the museum
closes.
Congratulations, you win!Claude Monet, ‘White Water Lilies’, 1899
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You are currently surrounded by Impressionist landscapes which,
although they’re very interesting, don’t seem to belong to Monet. You go to head back, but a sign up ahead, that looks like
it might say Monet catches your eye. However, you’re not sure from this
distance. Should you go check it out?
Back to the main Impressionist exhibit
Continue
Unfortunately, the sign you thought said Monet actually
said Manet. You have found an exhibition of works by famous Impressionist artist Edouard Manet. Although they are
beautiful examples of Impressionist work, your friend
is nowhere to be found and you fail to find her.
Try again?
Edouard Manet , ‘The Railway’, 1872
A mesmerising night landscape is spread out
before you. Your eye traces the swirls of thick, solid brush strokes across the canvas. This
oil painting was done by Vincent Van Gogh while he
was in an Asylum. Entranced by his unique style, time slips past you and by the time you
remember your friend it is already closing time and you
don’t get to look at any artists together.
Try again?
Vincent Van Gogh, ‘The Starry Night’, 1889
It turns out Pointillism is a Post-Impressionist technique where small dots of pure colour are
applied in a pattern to form an image. It’s a very
scientific/mathematic approach to painting, very unlike Monet’s
rough but soft brushstrokes used to capture a moment rather
than detail. You spend the rest of the afternoon exploring the
Pointillist Artworks and forget to find your friend.
Try again?
Georges Seurat, ‘Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte’, 1884- 1886
You slip under the barricade. “Hey you! What do you think you’re doing!?” A voice booms from behind you. You turn around
and see a big security guard storming towards you.
Before you can explain, the guard pulls you away, lecturing you about how it is against the rules to enter certain areas in a
museum.
You find yourself surrounded by modernist sculptures. The room continues further to
one side and you see more intriguing sculptures in the distance. In the corner of the room you see a tour guide. She seems busy, but you wonder if she could help you
find Monet’s work.
Back into the corridor
Look at the sculptures
Approach the tour guide
Interesting collections of geometric shapes and
explorations of form surround you. These odd constructions differ greatly from the realistic
sculptures of the past and what was previously considered art.
While all these simplistic, flowing forms interest you, they differ greatly from Monet’s soft Impressionist paintings and you
fail to find your friend.
Try again?
Henry Moore, ‘Reclining Figure’, 1938
You politely interrupt the guide, and she turns to face you. “What is it?” she asks
over her clipboard.
Back to the sculpture exhibit
“Could you show me where Monet’s work is?”
“What section of the Museum could I find Monet’s works in?”
“Could you tell me about this exhibit?”
She eyes you down the length of her nose. “I’m very busy here kid, I’m afraid you’ll
have to find it on your own.”
Back to the sculpture exhibit
She sighed. “Since Monet is an Impressionist artist, his work is in the
Impressionist exhibit. It’s left from the lobby down the other end of the museum. Once you are in the impressionist exhibit it’s on
the right hand side. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have a tour to run.”
Back to the sculpture exhibit
“Modernist sculpture results from Western society’s attempt to come to terms with the
urbanisation and industrialisation that emerged during the 19th century. If you
want to know more, go look at the sculptures yourself. Goodbye.”
Back to the sculpture exhibit
Up ahead is a room full of black and white photographs. To you, the
photographs seem out of place in an art museum. To the side is a door marked
TOILET.Back along the corridor
Look at the photographs
Go to the toilet
You are surrounded by Modernist photographs that, unlike previous ideas of art,
focus on form, geometric shapes, industrial imagery and
the everyday made strange rather than using photography
simply for portraiture or to replicate paintings (this is called
pictorialism). While learning about Modern art and its
ideals, you forget about Monet and fail to find your friend.
Charles Sheeler, ‘Ford Plant’, 1927
Try again?
You hope that clearing your bladder also helped clear your head. Now you should be
able to concentrate better on finding Monet’s artwork and your friend.
Back to the corridor
You walk out into a big area. Off to one side is a small exhibit entitled French Artists. To the other is a gallery with a
sign in front of it that says Only Construction Workers Past This Point.
Up ahead are more exhibits.
Back into the hall
Into the French exhibit
Continue
Into the gallery under construction
To the left is an exhibit entitled Dada and to the right a small bench to rest on. Up ahead is a small café. The smell of food drifts over to you and tempts you over.
You don’t want to forget about your friend.
Back towards the lobby
Have a quick rest
Dada exhibit
Have a coffee at the cafe
While Monet was in fact a French artist, you don’t find his work in the exhibit. It must be in an exhibit of the Art Movement he was
associated with.Leave the exhibit
You slip past the sign. “Hey you! What do you think you’re doing!? You could get seriously hurt in a construction site!” A voice booms from behind you. You turn
around and see a big security guard storming towards you.
Before you can explain, the guard pulls you away, lecturing you about how it is against the rules to enter certain areas in a
museum.
You wonder what sort of strange exhibit you have stumbled across. Ahead of you is a urinal that has
been signed and turned on its back. It is part of what is called
readymade art, and questions what it is that makes something art.
Dadaism is a reaction to the horrific First World War, and a movement
that rejected reason and logic, favouring randomness and
irrationality. Wrapped up in the oddness of the exhibition, you fail to
find Monet and your friend.
Try again?
Marcel Duchamp, ‘The Fountain’, 1917
You go to order a coffee, but when you get to the front of the line the slices of cake
look so delicious you just have to get one as well. You end up eating in the café for ages and by the time you remember your friend
it’s closing time. You fail to find her or Monet’s work.
Try again?
After all this exploration you need a rest. Beside you on the bench is a brochure on Impressionist Art that someone must have
left behind.Continue your search
Read the brochure
You pick up the brochure and start reading it in the middle. “… Certainly, Impressionism’s most notable artist, who helped found the
movement, was Claude Monet. Monet upheld impressionist ideals and sought to
capture a pure moment in his works, rather than create detailed portraiture. He was
fascinated by light, and the way it…” Hmmm… Impressionism… now that’s a good
clue.
Continue your search
End of Adventure