END OF SEMESTER PROJECT ART WITH POWER How to Analyze Art

Feldman’s Model of Criticism Describe Analyze Interpret Judge This is how we talk about art

Step 1: Describe We see a night sky Lots of brush strokes A church A person Possibly in the countryside

Step 2: Analyze Lots of brush strokes create rhythm and movement Mostly cold colors are used Many different colors are layered to create value It’s in the expressionistic style

Step 3: Interpret Cold colors could mean sadness The one person next to the giant church gives us the impression of loneliness The church also feels very imposing and scary Maybe Van Gogh is afraid of church or loneliness

Step 4: Judgement I think the artist does a good job of creating anxiety with brush strokes and color and proportion I enjoy that there is a person in the picture to give us a more concrete subject

Now you! Get out a piece of paper. We will be working together to write about art. Follow along with the Feldman’s Model to correctly talk about art

Step 1: Describe What is the subject? What is the background? What colors are being used?

Step 2: Analyze How do the two colors relate? What style is this in? How does the artist use emphasis? What sticks out and how?

Step 3: Interpret Why is the dog wearing a tie? What does the style of art mean? (Stylized)

Step 4: Judgement Was the artist successful using emphasis? Do you like what the painting is saying? Did the artist do a good job of communicating his idea?