Friday, December 17, 2010

final paper

10% of your grade
Final Paper
2-3 pages

  • introduction
  • thorough description of formal elements
  • interpretation of what those visual cues suggest through analysis of the formal elements
Analyze how the formal elements affect the viewers understanding of the work
How does the artist use formal elements to give you initial emotional response?
 
Thesis: How does the painting mean 
Imagine describing in a succinct wayn- dimensions, subject, arrangement - to enable someone who can’t see it to see in the minds eye in 1st paragraph
Detail formal elements, figure out how they mean, conclude

Thursday, December 16, 2010

books

Interesting Art History Books:

The Gothic Enterprise
Robert Scott

Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Ross King