1. Tools for Understanding Art

2. Why Look at Art?
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3. How Art Can Help You Analyze
Can art save lives? Not exactly, but our most prized professionals (doctors, nurses, police officers) can learn real world skills through art analysis. Studying art like René Magritte's “Time Transfixed” can enhance communication and analytical skills, with an emphasis on both the seen and unseen.
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4. The Skill of Describing
MoMA Audio: Visual Descriptions offers extended visual descriptions of works in the Museum's collection for visitors with visual impairments and those seeking an in-depth looking experience. 
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Paul Cézanne “The Bather” c. 1885

5. Paul Cézanne, “The Bather” c. 1885

6. Introduction to Art Historical Analysis
Formal Properties – qualities we experience through our senses (shape, line, texture, value, color, space, scale)
Subject Matter – overt story?
Historical Context
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7. Looking at Paintings
Elements of art: color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value
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8. The Takeaway
Always ask “WHY?” Why did an artist do “this” and not “that”? There’s a reason!