The Eight Artists

Each person looks at the same art work with a different amount of knowledge and experiences.

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vince

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Looking at Art:

Seeing Questions

When looking at a work of art:

1. Describe it

2. Relate it- make or show a connection between

3. Analyze it- examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something.

4. Interpret it- explain the meaning of

5. Evaluate it- form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess

DESCRIBE it

What’s going on in this artwork? Look at this painting for a moment.

Part One

1. What was your first thoughts to this artwork?

2. Explain your thoughts.

3. What observations can you make about the work

4. What does this painting show?

5. What words would you use to describe this painting?

6. What kinds of things do you see in this painting?

7. How would you describe the shapes?

8. How would you describe the people in this picture?

9. Are the people different then you? How are they the same?

10. How would you describe the place depicted in this painting?

Part Two

1. How did this artist use space?

2. How did the artist use balance?

3. How did the artist use proportion?

4. Describe the lines in this artwork

5. Describe the colors in the artwork

6. Which area of the artwork is emphasized by the artist? Why?

7. Which area of the artwork is most important? Why?

8. How would you describe this painting to a person who could not see it?

Does your opinion about the artwork change the longer you look at it? Why?

RELATE it

• make or show a connection between.

• verb: relate; 3rd person present: relates; past tense: related; gerund or present participle: relating

• "the study examines social change within the city and relates it to wider developments in the country as a whole"

• be causally connected.

• synonyms:connect to/with, associate with, link to/with, correlate to/with, ally with, couple with

• "suicide rates are unemployment levels"

Part One

1. What does this painting remind you of?

2. What things do you recognize in this painting? What things seem new to you?

3. How is this picture different from real life?

4. What interests you most about this work of art?

5. How does your eye move through the artwork? What choices did the artist make to make that happen?

6. Close your eyes and describe the artwork from memory. Why did you remember what you remembered? Why did you forget what you forgot?

7. What elements of this painting seem real?

8. How can you connect this artwork to your own life?

9. What do you like about this artwork?

10. What do you dislike about this artwork?

11. What is beautiful about this artwork?

12. How would you describe this artwork to someone who has never seen it?

Part Two

1. What adjectives would you use to describe this artwork?

2. What verbs would you use to describe this artwork?

3. Why is this artwork not boring to look at?

4. What is exciting about this artwork?

5. If this painting had sound effects, what would they sound like?

6. If this artwork was a brand, what would be its slogan?

7. What is missing from this artwork?

8. If this artwork were music, what would it sound like?

9. If this artwork could dance, what song would it dance to?

10. What do we know about the artist after viewing this artwork?

11. If you could ask the artist a question, what would you ask him/her?

12. How do you personally relate to/connect with this picture?

Part Three

1. How might you feel differently about the world after looking at this artwork?

2. Why do you think you should be learning about/looking at this artwork?

3. Do you want to see this artwork again? Why?

4. What do you want to remember about this artwork?

5. What do you want to forget about this artwork?

6. Who do you know that would really like this artwork? Why would they like it?

7. Who do you know that would really hate this artwork? Why would they hate it?

8. Why would someone want to steal this artwork?

9. If you could change this artwork, how would you change it? Why?

• How is this painting like the one we just saw? What are some important differences?

• What do these two paintings have in common?

ANALYZE it

• examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

• "we need to analyze our results more clearly"

• synonyms: examine, inspect, survey, study, scrutinize, look over;

• discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination.

• "I intend to analyze the sexism in such texts"

• psychoanalyze (someone).

1. Which objects seems closer to you? Further away?

2. What can you tell me about the colors in this painting?

3. What color is used the most in this painting?

4. What makes this painting look crowded?

5. What can you tell me about the person in this painting?

6. What can you tell me about how this person lived? How did you arrive at that idea?

7. What do you think is the most important part of this picture?

8. How do you think the artist made this work?

9. What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?

10. What elements seem dreamlike or imaginary?

11. What is strange about this painting?

12. What is mysterious about this artwork?

13. What is normal about this artwork?

14. What is boring about this artwork?

15. How did the artist use line, shape, and color

16. What symbols do you notice in the artwork?

INTERPRET it

• explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions).

• "the evidence is difficult to interpret"synonyms:

• explain, elucidate, expound, explicate, clarify, illuminate, shed light on More

• understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) as having a particular meaning or significance.

• "her self-confidence was often interpreted as brashness"

• synonyms: understand, construe, take (to mean), see, regard "the remark was interpreted as an invitation"

Part One

1. What title would you give to this painting? What made you decide on that title?

2. What other titles could we give it?

3. What do you think is happening in this painting? What else could be happening?

4. What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea?

5. What do you think this painting is about? How did you come up that idea?

6. Pretend you are inside this painting. What does it feel like?

7. What do you think this (object) was used for? How did you arrive at that idea?

8. Why do you suppose the artist made this painting? What makes you think that?

9. What do you think it would be like to live in this painting? What makes you think that?

Part Two

1. What’s the story being told, if any?

2. What do you think happened before this scene?

3. What do you think happened next?

4. What emotions do you notice in the artwork?

5. What emotions do you feel when looking at this?

6. How do you think the artist was feeling when he created this artwork?

7. How did the artist use line, shape, and color to contribute to the mood or meaning?

8. What juxtapositions do you notice?

9. What does this artwork remind you of? Why?

10. What are the values and beliefs of the culture in which this artwork was made?

11. How might your interpretation of this artwork be different from someone in another culture?

Evaluate it

• form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.

• "when you evaluate any hammer, look for precision machining"

• synonyms:

assess, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, appraise, analyze, examine, get the measure of;

Part One

1. What do you think is good about this painting? What is not so good?

2. Do you think the person who painted this do a good or bad job? What makes you think so?

3. Why do you think other people should see this work of art?

4. What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that?

5. What grade would you give the artist for this work? How did you arrive at that grade?

6. What would you do with this work if you owned it?

7. What do you think is worth remembering about this painting?

8. If you could ask this artwork a question, what would you ask it?

9. If this artwork had eyes, what would it see?

10. If this artwork were a person, what would they want to eat for lunch?

Part Two

1. If this artwork were a person, what would they look like?

2. If this artwork were a person, what would their personality be?

3. If the art could talk, what would it say?

4. What would this artwork want to do when it grows up?

5. If this artwork could travel anywhere in the world, where would it go? Why?

6. If this painting were a person, what job/career would it want to have?

7. What is this artwork afraid of?

8. Put your body into the pose of some element of this artwork. How does it feel to be in that position?

9. What would it feel like to be in this artwork?

10. What does this artwork say about the culture in which is was produced?

11. How do you think this artwork was used by the people who made it? What was its function?

12. Was this intended to be a work of art or not? Why do you think that? How does that impact your understanding of the artwork?

13. What does this painting say about the world in which we live?

14. What does this artwork teach us about the past?

15. How does this artwork teach us about the future?

16. What was happening in history when this artwork was made? How does that change your understanding of the artwork?