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Art,
What is the
Meaning?
1. What can you tell me about the
image to the right?
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Paul Cezanne, Basket of Apples

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List the three major segments for analyzing art.

3. What is form? __________________________________________________________

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4.List the art elements and design principles.

Art Elements (Primary Form)
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5. Give a formal analysis on the

vessel. Give explanations as to how
the elements and principles are
present.
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Design Principles (Secondary Form)

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David Macdonald, Vessel

6. What is content? _______________________________________________________

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Rogier Van Der Weyden

Deposition
7. Who is the subject? _____________________________________________________
Which of the genres is this? _______________________________________________
Who do you think are the people around the main subject are? Look at their clothes.
Does that give you an idea? _________________________________________________
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For Comparison
The Coyolxauhqui Stone was placed at the bottom of the temple. At this temple the
Aztecs would sacrifice war captives by decapitating them and then throwing their bodies
off the side of the temple. The Aztec rulers linked the gods to themselves to legitimize
their right to rule. They needed to go to war and get more captives in order to sacrifice
to the sun god Huitzilopotchli.
In the Deposition painting above there appears to be a divine figure along with other
well dressed figures. What has the painter done by placing a holy figure along with the
other people? ___________________________________________________________
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What do you think the message of this painting is? ______________________________
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8. What is context? _______________________________________________________
List the three subcategories of context and add a description for each one.

9. The above painting was created between 1929-1932 by Otto Dix.

What type of context do you believe could have had a strong influence? Please describe
the context. _____________________________________________________________
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