Responding+to+Art

Identification
What is it? Identify the medium. Who did it? Identify the artist. What do we know about the artist? Is there a particular style demonstrated here? What country was this piece created in? Are there any obvious cultural influences? Religious influences? When in history was this created? Is there any relationship to historical events of the time?

Describing
What do you see? In careful detail describe what you see and where you see it? Is there a predominant colour scheme? What shapes are most noticeable? Repeated? Is there a particular quality of line used? Where are the light, medium, and dark areas? Are there predominant textures? Where does your eye want to rest?

Interpreting
What do you think the story is behind the image? (Consider all the components of the image in formulating your answer) Do you think the artist was conveying a particular message? If so, how or why? What do you see as another possible story which comes from this image? How did you arrive at this interpretation? How does this image make you feel? Why?

Judgment
Do you like this image? Why or why not?

(Courtesy of the [|Vancouver Art Gallery])

//What do you see?//

 * Phillip Yenawine** **-** [|Museum of Modern Art]


 * What do you see?
 * What's going on?
 * What's happening?
 * How do you know that?
 * What makes you say that?
 * What do you see that amakes you say that?
 * What else do you know?
 * What more could you say?
 * What else could you say?
 * Does anybody else see anything different?
 * Why did the artist choose this certain style? Colour?
 * What were her/his intentions?
 * What were the artist's choices to make you believe that?
 * Why would an artist make it this way?
 * What has he/she implied by this?
 * What kind of information do you need to supply?