SAYRE_comparisonMUSEUM_ASSIGNMENT (5).doc Actions Complete and submit the Museum Assignment Worksheet. Take notes for a comparison and contrast paper on two artworks at one of the Houston art museums (1 Menil Collection www.menil.org; 2) Museum of Fine Arts Houston www.mfah.org (Links to an external site.) Apply the visual elements and principles of design. Choose from among the following topics: Menil Collection 1) compare and contrast a Byzantine icon with an African tribal sculpture Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2) compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance painting with a Greek vase painting or Roman sculpture Menil Collection, or MFAH 3) Modern and Contemporary art: compare and contrast a contemporary nonrepresentational artwork (i.e. Barnet Newman; Mark Rothko; Jackson Pollock; David Smith (sculpture or painting) with an early 20th century modern abstract artwork (i.e. Picasso; Matisse) .