1. NUMBER TWO
Short Essay Response

2. Please answer the question(s) for each slide in a well-written, dense, carefully controlled paragraph.
Begin your paragraph response with a claim (an argument).
Support that claim with visual evidence from the image and historical evidence from your study of the text.
You will be providing an analysis of both what you see and what you know about the cultural/historical context of the work.

3. Monk Sewing
Ninga
Kamakura period, early 14th century
ink on paper
How does this image represent the idea genjo koan? What argument does this image make? How does the artist focus the viewer on this argument?

4. Jan Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657
Please make an argument about how the artist uses abrupt framing to structure the composition of this work of art.

5. Christ Carrying the Cross Hieronymus Bosch 1515-1516 oil on wood panel
Please discuss what the artist is using depth of field to accomplish?
Depth of field is related to perspective. DaVinci usually represents a limitless depth of field—the space of the image seems to recede forever.

6. Comparisons
What could you argue? What is most important about each work? What should be the focus of your discussion?

7. Henry VIII
Hans Holbein
Rembrandt Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert oil on canvas