Which are the basic questions to well describe an artwork? There are guidelines that can help you fully describe, an artwork you saw for the first time? Using this exercise here, you can analyze almost any kind of artwork, from basic to a full description. Thank me later. What is it? Is it a painting, design, a sculpture or something else? is it more than one thing? What is the function of the item? How is it been made? What has it been made from? Use the following formal elements to describe it: Line -are the lines in the piece straight or curved? Value -How much contrast is there between light and dark? Shape -Is it organic or geometric? Form -Is is three-dimensional? Space - How much space does it occupy? Colour - Is the colour tonal or contrasting? Texture - What texture does it have? Pattern - Are elements within the piece repeated in any way? How have the above elements been used to suggests the following principles in the work? Balance Contrast Movements...
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