Sculpture and printing Analysis
Question Description
Question 1
Panting Analysis
You’ll begin this Essay by taking a short virtual stroll through an art museum and choosing a painting from a wide variety of artworks. Google Art Project is a very cool art resource. It offers high quality images of select works of art from museums and collections all around the world. Follow this link to take a look at some art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are 80 artworks on view at this website. Look through them. When something catches your eye, click on the picture for a bigger view. The “details” button at the top of the screen will give you more information on individual works of art.
Pick a painting that you like from the Metropolitan Museum collection. Make sure that the artwork you choose is a painting.
- First list the name of the artist, the title of the painting (in italics), and the year it was made
- Write a little bit about the artist (just 2 or 3 sentences)
- Describe the composition of the painting in detail, mentioning at least two concepts from Chapter 3, and four concepts from Chapter 4 of your book
- What painting medium was used, and why do you think the artist chose this medium? (see Painting chapter)
- What are your personal thoughts about the painting? Why do you like it?
Question 2
Assignment is just like the Painting Analysis essay, but you will be writing about a contemporary sculpture instead. Instead of searching through the Metropolitan Museum collection, you may choose one of the following artists:
Ron Mueck, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Mario Dilitz, Louise Bourgeois, or Mark Dion.
Search online for information on these artists and choose one example of a work of sculpture or installation art by one of them.
- First list the name of the artist, the title of the sculpture (in italics), and the year it was made
- Write a little bit about the artist (just 2 or 3 sentences)
- Describe the composition of the sculpture, mentioning at least two concepts from Chapter 2, and two concepts from Chapter 3 of your book
- What sculpture medium was used, and why do you think the artist chose this medium? (see Sculpture chapter)
- What are your personal thoughts about the sculpture? Why do you like it or dislike it?