East Los Angeles College Art Questions

Who is the artist?What is the title of the work? Date? Dimensions? Location?   Medium?  Support?What is the subject matter of the work?Then consider answering some of the questions below:Consider the work’s title .  Does the title help you interpret what you see?Can you imagine different treatments of the same subject matter that would change the way you read the work?In case of a sculpture, or installation: If the human figure is its subject matter, how is the figure treated?If the work is nonrepresentational, what feelings does it evoke?Consider the formal elements of the work and how they relate to its subject matter.How is line employed in the work? Does it seem to regulate or order the composition?Does it seem to fragment the work?Is it consistent with traditional laws of perspective or does it violate them?In case of sculpture or installation: what is the relation of the work to the space it occupies?  What is its relation to the viewer?  Does the work move, or require you to move?What is the relation of shape to space in the work?How do light and dark function in the work?  Is there a great deal of tonal contrast? What other elements seem important?  is you attention drawn to the work’s texture? Does time seem an important factor in your experience of the work?Has the artist’s choice of medium played a role in the presentation of the various elements and their organization or design?Are effects achieved that are realizable only in this particular medium?If more than one medium is involved, what is their relation?