1. Beginnings Do you understand some of the basic terms?

2. form: line
Cy Twombly 1971
Why is this work a good example of the evocative use of line?
(Hint: what about the line should you should you focus on in your discussion?)

3. form: line Monk Sewing Ninga Kamakura period, early 14th century
ink on paper
What is this work a good example of the expressive use of line?
(Hint: what specific part (passage) should you focus on in your discussion?)

4. form: texture Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait 1889 oil on canvas
What is this work a good example of the use of texture?
(Hint: what other elements of form could you discuss?)

6. form: shape & color Robert Delaunay Homage to Bleriot 1914
Why does this work demonstrate an especially interesting use of shape? of color?
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 – 2 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he completed the first flight across a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft, when he crossed the English Channel. For this achievement, he received a prize of GB£ (5,000 dollars; US 1910). He also is credited as the first person to make a working monoplane. Blériot was a pioneer of the sport of air racing. (from Wikipedia—so it all could be a made-up fantasy!—but it sounds right.)

7. form: composition perspective
Limbourg Brothers (Paul, Herman, Jean) Tres Riches Heures: February
Why is this work a good example of the medieval use of perspective?

8. content: representational style expressionism
Masaccio
fresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa del Carmine in Florence
The Expulsion from Paradise
Why is this work a good example of the use of expressionism?
(Hint: what is the artist trying to convey through each body’s gesture?)

9. content: representational style realism
Gustave Courbet
The Stonebreakers 1849 Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (destroyed)
Why is content of this work a good example of realism?
Extra Credit: How was this work of art destroyed? Hint: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

10. content: representational style naturalism
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot The Bridge at Mantes Why is this work a good example of French Naturalism?
(Hint: what about the content of this scene seems especially naturalistic?)

11. Georges Seurat Model from Behind 1887
How do the line, shapes, color saturation, and perspective all contribute to the overall tone of this painting?
First: think about the content? What does this painting represent?
Now: ask yourself, how did the artist choose to represent this content?
What elements might be most important to discuss?

12. Edvard Monk The Scream
1893
How do the line, shapes, color saturation, and perspective all contribute to the overall tone of this painting?
First: think about the tone. How does the subject feel?
Now: ask yourself, why do you know that? How did those three elements contribute?