Art Appreciation

Paper details:

Write a 2-3 page formal analysis. A formal analysis is quite simply an analysis of the forms utilized in the work of art. It is a close inspection of the artist’s use of aspects such as color, shape, line, mass, and space. We are simply pulling back the curtain and looking at the tools in the artists tool box.
Student’s will be required to use a minimum of 10 formal elements of design (found in lecture material) in their analysis. This paper is not based on opinion – but on observable truths. Do not conduct any outside research for this paper. You may briefly talk about themes present in the artwork – but only as to how those themes are communicated through elements of design. Be sure to consider how the viewer may have a specific emotional response to the work because of the way the artist has composed the work. (I.e. – how lights and shadows might effect mood.)

Attached you will find the work of art to be analyzed, additionally I will include 2 links to the PDF where you can find a list of some of the elements that have been studied throughout the course thus far so that you can meet the 10 formal elements requirement. Let me know if you have questions.