Question Description
- Describe the work in detail.What do you see in the work?
- What does the artist emphasize visually?What first attracts your attention?How does the artist emphasize this feature/these features?Through scale, line, color, etc.?
- Does the composition seem unified; that is, do the elements appear integrated or separate and distinct from each other? Is there an underlying rhythm, pattern, or geometric structure to the composition?
- How is color used?Where are the brightest colors?The darkest colors?Is there a wide range of colors or a narrow range of colors?Do the colors contrast or blend?Do the colors create a sense of calm or a sense of drama and excitement?Are they used to emphasize certain forms or elements in the work?
- How can the emotion or idea evoked by this piece be described?How is this achieved visually?
- Based on your observations, what do you think the artist is trying to convey or show in the work?What is the work about?