In: Physics
USE THE ARITCLE IN BELOW TO ANSWER ALL QUESTION
Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
Imagine you've been asked to explain the artworks you chose for
your paper to an eighth grade class. Your task, the instructor
informs you, is to use simple words and sentences to give them a
chance to see the artwork through your eyes.
The instructor gives you a worksheet with this list of questions.
Before you speak to the class, you must answer the questions for
each of your two artworks. No answer may be longer than one
sentence. You are encouraged to make lists, use bullet points,
use incomplete sentences. Stick to words you use every day and only
use fancy terminology if there's no other way to say what you
mean.
1. Title of the artwork
2. Name of the artist
3. Date of creation
4. Artwork medium (what it's made of)
5. Artistic movement, style, or period (i.e., Impressionist,
classical, Renaissance)
6. Subject (what/who is in the work and what are they doing)
7. Where are your eyes drawn when you look at the artwork?
8. How do your eyes move around the artwork?
9. What are three colors that stand out in the artwork? If there
are no colors or its just black and white, why aren't there
colors?
10. Did the creator make the art for someone specific? (were they
commissioned? did they have a noble patron? was it a gift?)
11. If they did make it for someone specific, is there anything in
the artwork to tell you that? If there isn't, how did you learn
it?
12. Was the artwork famous in its own time? In our time? What is it
famous for?
13. One specific detail you like about the artwork and why.
14. One specific detail that has symbolic or persuasive meaning and
what it means.
15. One specific detail in the artwork that the artist is known
for.
16. If the students remember only one thing about this artwork
besides its name and artist, what do you think they should
remember.