Explore a museum from the list of museum and digital image resources from Week One, see attachment.

 Select a work of art that particularly interests you and add your interpretation and analysis to your art journal (the Prezi started in Week One). In your analysis, use the terminology you learned this week. Include your personal reaction to the work of art and an image of the work. To fully contemplate the work of art using what you have learned about art and art appreciation, it is recommended that you examine the work of art for at least ten minutes, taking note of your reactions and observations throughout your examination. Use these notes to compose your journal entry.  

Include an image of the work of art you have chosen and be sure to cite the work of art.

Please follow the basic modified APA style citation format in the APA Artwork Citations document to reference works of art.

Submit a Word document with your name and the URL to your art journal. 

use the terminology 

FORM In art, an object’s shape and structure, either in two dimensions (for example, a figure painted on a surface) or in three dimensions

COMPOSITION —The way in which an artist organizes forms in an artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or arranging forms in space.

MEDIUM —The material (for example, marble, bronze, clay, fresco) in which an artist works; also, in painting, the vehicle (usually liquid) that carries the pigment

TECHNIQUE —The processes artists employ to create form, as well as the distinctive, personal ways in which they handle their materials and tools

CHRONOLOGY In art history, the dating of art objects and buildings.

PHISICAL EVIDENCE —In art history, the examination of the materials used to produce an artwork in order to determine its date

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE In art history, the examination of written sources in order to determine the date of an artwork, the circumstances of its creation, or the identity of the artist(s) who made it.

POINTED ARCH A narrow arch of pointed profile, in contrast to a semicircular arch

ABSTRACT Non-representational; forms and colors arranged without reference to the depiction of an object

LANDSCAPE A picture showing natural scenery, without narrative content.

STILL LIFE A picture depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects

GENRE A style or category of art; also, a kind of painting that realistically depicts scenes from everyday life.

ATTRIBUTE The distinctive identifying aspect of a person, for example, an object held, an associated animal, or a mark on the body. (v.) To make an attribution.

ATTRIBUTION Assignment of a work to a maker or makers

PERSONIFICATION Assignment of a work to a maker or makers

CONNOISSEUR —An expert in attributing artworks to one artist rather than another. More generally, an expert on artistic style

SCHOOL —A chronological and stylistic classification of works of art with a stipulation of place

PATRON —The person or entity that pays an artist to produce individual artworks or employs an artist on a continuing basis.

CORONA CIVICA Latin, “civic crown.” A Roman honorary wreath worn on the head.

MEDIUM —The material (for example, marble, bronze, clay, fresco) in which an artist works; also, in painting, the vehicle (usually liquid) that carries the pigment

TECHNIQUE —The processes artists employ to create form, as well as the distinctive, personal ways in which they handle their materials and tools

LINE —The extension of a point along a path, made concrete in art by drawing on or chiseling into a plane.

PLANE A flat surface

CONTOUR LINE —In art, a continuous line defining the outer shape of an object

HUE The name of a color. See also primary colors, secondary colors, and complementary colors.

TEXTURE refers to the quality of a surface, such as rough or shiny.

COLLAGE composition made by combining on a flat surface various materials, such as newspaper, wallpaper, printed text and illustrations, photographs, and cloth.

ILLUSIONISM —The representation of the three-dimensional world on a twodimensional surface in a manner that creates the illusion that the person, object, or place represented is three-dimensional. See also perspective.