Where is the work displayed? How is the work displayed? Is it real or a reproduction?
Point of View: Where the viewer is visually in in the composition – above, below, or with a head-on view of a scene Focal Point: The center of focus or the most important part of a work of art, where the eye lands first and usually lands last.
Sistine Madonna Raphael, 1513
Adoration of the Shepherds Gerrit van Honthorst, 1622
Madonna of the Meadow Raphael, 1505
Battle of Carnival and Lent Brueghel the Elder, 1559
Convergence, Jackson Pollock, 1952
Analogous Colors Cool Colors Warm Colors Complementary Colors Blue to Orange Red to Green Yellow to Purple
School of Athens Raphael,
Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Biomorphic: Lines that recreate biological or organic surfaces. Curvilinear: Lines that are organic, biomorphic or natural. Geometric: Lines that are angular. Descriptive: Lines that aid in identifying an object or figure. Expressional: Lines that occur in representations from abstract art to natural subjects.
Demoiselles d’Avignon Pablo Picasso, 1907 Geometric Expressional
Child Holding a Dove Pablo Picasso, 1901 Biomorphic Descriptive Curvilinear
New York, N.Y. Franz Kline, 1953 Geometric Expressional
Void: Vacant space. Jubilee Gestalt Vase
The combination of color, line, and shape that give art a sense of balance. Symmetrical versus Asymmetrical Open versus Closed Scale or Proportion
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps J. M. W. Turner, 1812
Death of Germanicus Nicolas Poussin, 1627