Directions:
First, read Barnet, chapter 4, pp. 69-106 (or the chapter that concerns analysis/analytical thinking if you are using an earlier edition of the book).
Below is an image of a stone relief sculpture. Write one paragraph analyzing the volumes and silhouette of the sculpture (refer to pp. 98-100 for definitions of these terms). Refer to pp. 47-49 to distinguish between analysis and description. Do not write about the subject of the sculpture (except to mention it) nor the iconography (this is a word you should become familiar with by looking it up in a dictionary, such as Dictionary.com (Links to an external site.)).
Discuss:
- Balance: Is the composition symmetrical or asymmetrical? In other words, it is balanced equally around a hypothetical center (symmetrical); or is it balanced unevenly around a center line?
- Silhouette: Is the figure open or closed? Are the figure's limbs perpendicular or at an angle to the body (open); or are the figure's limbs parallel to the body (closed)?
- Volumes: Are the volumes organic or geometric?
- Surface Treatment: Are there variations in represented textures of various objects and forms?
Image 2: Artist unknown, Seated Ganesha, Hoysala period, ca. 1200-1300, schist, India, Karnataka, H. 37 in x W. 24 in x D. 12 1/2 in, H. 94.0 cm x W. 61.0 cm x D. 31.8 cm, Asian Art Museum, Gift of the de Young Museum Society Auxiliary (B68S4)
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Write a 250-word synopsis (summary of the main ideas) of the article Jules David Prown, "Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method".
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