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