FridayDecember 12, 2014

Art Criticism step by step

Describe:

Where do you see fantastic or imaginary forms?

Ellen Lanyon: The Green Heart 1998, Acrylic paint on canvas.

MondayDecember 15, 2014

Art Criticism step by step

Describe:

What is unreal or out of kilter about the contents of the painting?

Ellen Lanyon: The Green Heart 1998, Acrylic paint on canvas.

TuesdayJanuary 6, 2015

How does the artist use space and perspective to tell the viewer that the two key figures in this gathering of great thinkers are Plato and his student Aristotle?

Raphael : The School of Athens

WednesdayJanuary 7, 2015

Although Confucius's philosophy emphasizes humility, patience, reasonableness and modesty, he was not of humble origins. What in this portrait indicates that?

Portrait of Confucius based on Ancient traditions

ThursdayJanuary 8, 2015

What impressions about the frontier might an eastern viewer have drawn from this painting?

George Caleb Bingham : Fur Traders Descending the Missouri