Taylor Heger
Prof. Mary-Catherine Ferguson
HUM-100
05/22/22
Module 3-2 Short Answer: Virtual Tour
1. Choose that catch your attention. Identify the name of each cultural two cultural works
work and describe why you chose each one. Share a link for each.
2. Compare your chosen works. How do you think each cultural work reflects its time
period? Point to specific details that you see to relate them to elements of culture, such
as what is valuable or meaningful to a group of people or what elements reflect history,
beliefs, experiences, or other effects of culture.
3. Now state a about key aspects of human culture in relation to one of the culturalquestion
works selected. For example, what does a specific urn tell us about the nature of death?
4. Then, briefly explain how you might go about doing research to to your find an answer
question. For example, what keywords might you use in your search, where might you
begin your research, or whom might you consult?
After browsing through the module resources, I chose one cultural work from the National
Portrait Gallery, and the other from the Smithsonian Museum. From the National Portrait
Gallery, I landed on “Every Eye is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States”. First Ladies of
the United States exhibition: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery | The first major exhibition to
explore the historical significance of this prominent position through portraiture. My reasoning
for choosing this work is by reason of being a woman myself, the headline promptly captured my
attention. Many times, we do not get to see behind the scenes of our president’s lives, including
family life. I needed to learn more about the women behind the men who have run our country
and what their perspective was. The next cultural work I chose is “Cat in Eakin’s Yard”. Cat in
Eakins's Yard | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu) I have always been an avid animal lover for as
