Art Interpretation please provide 1 paragraph for each (Art piece is attached) : 1. Description and Design Analysis

- Description: Take a visual inventory. Describe the objects/subject matter that is being represented. Briefly describe in 4-6 sentences what you see using facts only as if you were describing the work to someone over the phone to where they can visualize what you are looking at.

-Design Analysis: Listed below the main directions to this essay assignment in the lecture notes is a list of the visual elements and design principles. The visual elements and design principles are also studied in Chapters 3-4 and the Part One (B) learning module. Study the artwork you have selected and describe the visual elements (3-4 examples) and design principles (3-4 examples) found using the design vocabulary studied in the textbook and lecture notes. Make sure that you not only use the studied design vocabulary but also describe how they are being used using specific examples.

2. Art Media Analysis

-Describe the specific type of art media for the artwork you are evaluating (oil painting, bronze sculpture, silkscreen print, etc) and the art processes (glazing, lost wax casting, etc) associated with the artwork you are evaluating using the studied art media vocabulary from Chapters 6-14 and in the Part Two learning module. Discuss how the art media influences your observations concerning the artwork you are evaluating.

3. Interpretation

- Combine the information found from the description, design analysis, and art media analysis. Consider why the artist made certain decisions concerning the imagery, the visual elements, the principles of design, and the art media used to create the artwork. Examine how this affects the content of the work. Discuss the symbolism of the individual objects/subject matter and their possible relationships when creating an interpretation for the artwork. Students should consider the following questions:

*Does the title of the work suggest what the purpose is?

*Does the work tell a story or a theme? If so, what?

*Why do you think the artist created the work? Explain.

*What emotion or mood do you feel when you view this work? Explain.

*Are there things in the artwork that represent other things--symbols? Explain.

4. Judgment

-Judge whether the artist was successful at communicating their idea in the work of art to their audience. In other words, do you think the artist used the visual elements and design principles to make the work successful? Explain. Also, consider what your own personal response is to the work.

1.cosplay today

2.supernova

3.club karma

4.vortex

5.nightshade

6.utopia

perhaps donatello’s landmark work – and one of the greatest sculptural works of the early renaissance – was his bronze statue of david.  this work signals the return of the sculpture in the round figure, and because it was the first such work like this in over a thousand years, it is one of the most important works in the history of western art.

david is shown at a triumphal moment within the biblical storyline of his battle with the philistine, goliath.  according to the account, after david struck goliath with the stone from his slingshot, he cut off his head with goliath’s sword.  here, we see the aftermath of this event as david stands in a contemplative pose with one foot atop his enemy’s severed head.  david wears nothing but boots and a shepherd’s hat with laurel leaves on top of it, which may allude to his victory or to his role as a poet and musician.

before donatello’s work, david was typically depicted as a king, given his status in the old testament.  here, however, we have a stark change in the way david is depicted.  not only is he shown in the, but he’s also a youth.  in middle ages, nudity was not used in art except in certain moral contexts, such as the depiction of adam and eve, or the sending of souls off to the underworld.  in the classical world, was often used in a different, majestic context, such as with figures who were gods, heroes, or athletes.  here, donatello seems to be calling to mind the type of heroic nudity of antiquity, since david is depicted at triumphal point in the biblical narrative of his victory over goliath.

as for david’s youthfulness, donatello has gone back to the early life of the biblical david to depict him, rather than to his later life as a king.  it seems that donatello is trying to associate david’s youth with an innocent and virtuous life.  david looks young here – so young, in fact, that his muscles have barely developed enough to hold the large sword – that his victory over his foe is all the more improbable.  could david’s victory have been gained without divine intervention?   donatello’s work seems to imply that the answer is “no” – the victory was god’s rather than man’s.

in any case, donatello’s david is a classic work of renaissance sculpture, given its judaeo-christian subject matter modeled on a classical sculptural type.  it was revolutionary for its day – so much so that it did not get copied right away.  the idea of the life-sized sculpture-in-the-round evidently took some time to sink in and become an acceptable statue type