Is Henri Matisse’s 1947 print, Icarus, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Describe the use of SHAPE in Henri Matisse’s 1947 print, Icarus. Are the shapes organic or geometric? Which ones? Describe how the shapes interact, or “touch” each other. Are the edges of the shapes soft or hard? Do they bump, blend, or overlap?
Which theme(s) best describe the content of Matisse’s Icarus ?
Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Is Kathe Kollwitz’ 1903 etching, Mother with Dead Child an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Describe the use of LINE in this print. What types of line (geometric, organic, implied) are present? What do you believe these lines express? Are there any contour lines? Hatching or cross-hatching? Where? In what direction(s) do the lines move?
Which theme(s) best describe the content of Kollwitz’ Mother with Dead Child?
Support your answers with specific examples from the etching.
Is the Colossal 8-feet-tall Olmec Head (1500-300 BCE) an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Describe the FORM/MASS of the Olmec Head. Address the size, density, material(s) used, and how it may have interacted with it’s original location.
Is the sculpture an example of Closed Form or Open Form? Explain your answer.
Which theme(s) best describe the content of the Olmec Heads?
Support your answers with specific examples from the sculpture.
Is Jan van Eyck’s 1434 oil painting, The Arnolfi Portrait, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Discuss the use of TEXTURE in van Eyck’s painting. Does the work have actual/tactile texture, visual/simulated texture, or a combination of both? Explain your answer.
Which theme(s) best describe the content of van Eyck’s The Arnolfi Portrait?
Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Is John Gast’s 1872 painting, American Progress, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Describe the use of LIGHT & VALUE in Gast’s painting. Is it generally light or dark? Does it have a broad or narrow value range? Is the light hard or soft? Is one side of the composition brighter than the other? Why? Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Discuss the ideological meanings assigned to light /vs/ dark. Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Discuss the theme(s) do you identify in Gast’s American Progress? Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Is George Caleb Bingham’s 1845 painting, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
What are the three ways Bingham creates the illusion of 3D SPACE on a 2D picture plane?
What are the specific types of perspective used? Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Discuss the theme(s) do you identify in Bingham’s painting Fur Traders Descending the Missouri? Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
Is Andrew Wyeth’s 1960 painting, That Gentleman, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
Describe in detail the use of COLOR in this painting.
What hues are present (primary, secondary, and/or tertiary)? How intense are these individual colors? What are their individual values? What are their temperatures?
What color scheme does Wyeth use to to communicate mood and evoke an emotional response in the viewer? What is the mood of the painting?
Discuss the theme(s) do you identify in Wyeth’s That Gentleman?
Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
