Learning Goal: I’m working on a art project and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

Choose your favorite work of art from any period of Art History found in your textbook.

Include the image of your chosen artwork. 5 points will be taken off for the missing image!

Write a 4-body-paragraph essay (of approximately 1000-1250 words):

• Introduction (100-125 words)
• Body Paragraph 1 (250-300 words): Visual Analysis
  • What is depicted?
  • What is the medium?
  • Discuss the work’s visual language: composition, perspective, form, shape, line, color, lighting, texture.
• Body Paragraph 2 (250-300 words): Contextual Analysis
  • Who has commissioned this work?
  • Who is the intended audience?
  • How did historical/cultural/religious background affect this work?
  • What kind of message does this work project?
  • Who would benefit from its creation and its message?
• Body Paragraph 3 (150-200 words): Your own educated perception/opinion of the chosen work of art – what you have learned to appreciate in a work of art after taking this course.
• Body Paragraph 4 (150-200 words): How has your awareness of the role of art in your own life changed since taking this course?
• Conclusion (100-125 words)