Analysis of a painting

Your detailed analysis should be written in the form of a three-page essay in which you discuss
such aspects as subject, color, composition, material, scale, technique, and style. See the list below for more
details on the aspects of paintings listed in this assignment. please chose a painting of your choice
from an internet resource and be sure to cite it as well as using the textbook
resource (chapter 2 ) as needed

Analysis of Paintings – The Five Elements of Composition
Composition – What is the subject or narrative? How is the work organized and unified? How do your eyes
move around the work, and what do you focus on?
Color – Describe the color and explain how it affects the mood of the work and how it is used to organize the
composition.
Objects – What exactly is in the work? Figures? landscape? Is it crowded or empty? Is it naturalistic or abstract,
and to what degree?
Technique – Describe the brush stroke in a painting, or the particular material of a sculpture, and how the
material is used or manipulated. How does the material that the artist chose contribute to the interpretation of
the work?
Size and Shape – Is the work large or small, horizontal, or vertical? How does this contribute to how you read it?
TEXTBOOK RESOURCE: Sporre, D. J., (2014). Perceiving the arts: An introduction to the humanities. (11th
ed.). Prentice-Hall. ISBN-10: 020599511X, ISBN-13: 978-0505995110.

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