Post on 19-May-2015
SEEING AND DESCRIBING ARTAn Introduction
The Lamentation GiottoArena Chapel. (1305-1306)
Arena Chapel, Padua
The Lamentation of the Dead ChristAndrea Mantegna(c. 1480)
FORM
SUBJECT MATTER
CONTENT
FORM - the overall structure of a work
SUBJECT MATTER - what is depicted
CONTENT - what the artwork means
REPRESENTATIONAL
ABSTRACT
NONOBJECTIVE
The Kiss, Auguste Rodin (1882) The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi (1916)
Panel from St. Francis AltarpieceBonaventura Berlinghieri1235Tempera on wood60” x 42”
Nativity, window in Chartres Cathedral (Notre Dames), France
No. 61 Rust and Blue, Mark Rothko (1953)
Tukutuku panels, Maori people, New Zealand
Naturalistic Abstract
Representational or Nonrepresentational
FORMAL ELEMENTS