How to analyse an artist's work:

Analysing an artist's work means studying the elements that make up an artwork.

*Always remember to use your own words so that you are expressing what you think and what emotions the particular picture
makes you feel!

Task: Observe this masterpiece of Vincent Van

Gogh „Starry Night” and answer the following
questions:

1) Form:

 What colours does the artist use?

 The picture is painted in bright/dark/soft colours.
 The artist uses blue/green/white tones for the houses/sky/sun...
 What kind of shapes and forms can you find?
 The artist uses square/round/triangular shapes in the picture.
1) Context:
 What do you know about the artist?
 Where was the picture painted?
2) Content:
 What is happening?
 It is a … picture, which shows....
 There is/there are...
 On the left/ On the right/ In the front/ In the back, we can see...
 In the centre/ middle of the picture, we can see a ….
3) Mood:
 How does the work make you feel?
 The picture makes me feel happy/sad/scared...
 Does the work create an atmosphere?
 The picture creates a cheerful/scary/unhappy atmosphere.
 Do you like the picture? Why?