Apply your knowledge of visual analysis, as described in the introduction of your textbook. Identify, describe, or use formal terminology to apply your knowledge of form to establish a style.

Art Analysis

Fill out the form provided, art work : Hagia Sophia mosque

This assignment was designed so that you can apply your knowledge of visual analysis, as described in the introduction of your textbook. Beginning with the visual elements and design principles, the form of the work, to derive at the work’s style before considering aspects of its context and content. Understanding how to apply each of these components and how they work together to inform meaning in a work of art is a very important skill to acquire before beginning your research paper project.

Example: Color
You will be required to identify, to describe, to use formal terminology and to apply your knowledge of form to establish a style. Let’s take one formal characteristic like color to see how it might fit into these categories. (The rubric measures your ability to address ALL relevant formal components of your selected work. Other formal characteristics to consider might include line, shape, mass, volume, depth, perspective, motion, light, and texture. You will also want to examine the overall composition or arrangement of your painting.)

Excellent:
Color is an essential formal characteristic of the selected work because the artist selected complementary colors, red and green, colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel to create a strong contrast between different parts of the composition and that tension intensifies one’s reaction to the work. The colors work against one another and create a sense of compositional imbalance. The color choice is expressive rather than just descriptive. The artist selected these intensely saturated, complementary colors for their formal ability to communicate a sense of energy, tension and unease to the viewer and this emphasis on the expressive capabilities of color help to identify the artist’s style as expressive.

Good:
Color is an essential formal characteristic of the selected work because the artist selected complementary colors, red and green, to create a strong contrast between different parts of the composition. The color choice is expressive rather than necessarily just descriptive. The artist selected these colors because they communicate tension and unease to the viewer and this emphasis on the expressive capabilities of color helps to identify the artist’s style as expressive.

Acceptable:
Color is important in this painting because the artist uses red and green to create a strong contrast between different parts of the composition. This makes the work seem unbalanced. These colors are intense and make the painting more expressive.