Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania

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 As part of my graduate studies at Templeton Honors College, this summer I was able to take a class entitled, "The Great Conversations: The Beautiful" with Professor Gregory Wolfe of Slant Books.  In it we read and discussed various philosophies on what Beauty is and did some fun activities to embody the practice of seeking out and enjoying Beauty. One of those activities was visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art and picking out one piece of art that we loved and one that we had a hard time liking. It was quite the collection that we later discussed in class the next day. While I was there, I worked on my post-residency project, in which I designed a simple scavenger hunt using animals to explore the 3rd Floor Medieval Rooms.  

Here are questions to ask before and after your search and a list of the rooms and questions you can use to ask your child/students to find and pictures to guide you in finding them. It was an effort to encourage the students to observe carefully each of the pieces of art. I hope you enjoy exploring these amazing rooms as much as I did!

QUESTIONS:

Which one was your favorite?

Which one did you have a hard time liking?

What other pieces of art did you like?

How many different art mediums did you see?

1. Room #300 - Find the Horse ("Saint Martin Cutting His Cloak to Give to a Beggar")
2. Room #307 - Find the Donkey ("The Flight into Egypt")
3. Room #308 - Find the Lion (the stone fireplace)
4. Room #308 - Find the trio of animals: Lion, Bird, another Feline (the bench chest)
5. Room #309 - Find the Donkey ("The Nativity and the Adoration of Christ")
6. Room #310 - Find the Bird ("The Virgin and Child with Saints Mary Magdalene, James Major, Stephen, and a Bishop Saint")
7. Room #311 - Find various Creatures (the corbels around the ceiling)
8. Room #312 - Find the Ox and Donkey ("The Visitation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Flight into Egypt")
9. Room #313a - Find the Parakeet ("The Enthroned Virgin and Child, with Angels")
10. Room #306 - Find the Lions ("Admiral" Heraldic Carpet)
11. Room #305 - Find the Bull ("The Shooting of the Bull on Mount Gargano" and "The Episcopal Procession to Mount Gargano")
12. Room #304 - Find the two Lions ("Fragment of a Lion's Head" and "Fragment of a Lion")
13. Room #304 - Find the Man, Lion, Ox, and Eagle ("Plaques with Symbols of the Four Evangelists and a Decorative Relief")
14. Room #319 - Find the Swans (Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with the Defeated Emperor")
15. Room #318 - Find the Dove ("The Holy Kinship")
16. Room #317 - Find the Sheep, Swans, and Rabbits (Salvator Mundi in a Landscape")
17. Room #315 - Find the Birds ("Tomb Effigy of a Recumbent Knight from the Abbey of Sainte-Marie")
18. Room #314 - Find the Bunny and Birds (Fragment of a Tapestry Showing a Courtly Couple")
19. Hallway outside the Medieval Rooms by the Stairs - Find the Eagle ("Constantine Directs the Building of Constantinople")
20. BONUS - Find the Unicorn (I don't remember what room this was in but you can't miss it! "Composite Triple Window")