For your April blog assignment you will be analyzing a piece
of art work that you viewed during our field trip the MFA. I would like for you post your art selfie
and then do the following:
1.
Identify the art work, artist, and art style.
2.
Then you should Describe it, Analyze it, Interpret
it, and Reflect on how it represents the art style. Below are some guiding questions for this task. You do NOT have to answer all of the
questions but use them to help you complete the task.
Describe it.
What kinds of things do you see in
this painting? What else do you see?
What words would you use to describe
this painting? What other words might we use?
How would you describe the lines in
this picture? The shapes? The colors? What does this painting show?
Look at this painting for a moment.
What observations can you make about it?
How would you describe this painting
to a person who could not see it?
How would you describe the people in
this picture? Are they like you or different?
How would you describe (the place
depicted in) this painting?
Analyze it.
Which objects seems closer to you?
Further away?
What can you tell me about the colors
in this painting?
What color is used the most in this
painting?
What makes this painting look crowded?
What can you tell me about the person
in this painting?
What can you tell me about how this
person lived? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think is the most
important part of this picture?
How do you think the artist made this
work?
What questions would you ask the
artist about this work, if s/he were here?
Interpret it.
What title would you give to this
painting? What made you decide on that title?
What other titles could we give it?
What do you think is happening in this
painting? What else could be happening?
What sounds would this painting make
(if it could)?
What do you think is going on in this
picture? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think this painting is
about? How did you come up that idea?
Pretend you are inside this painting.
What does it feel like?
What do you think this (object) was
used for? How did you arrive at that idea?
Why do you suppose the artist made
this painting? What makes you think that?
What do you think it would be like to
live in this painting? What makes you think that?
