COMMENTARY OF ARTWORKS

ARCHITECTURE

1.-INTRODUCTION / IDENTIFICATION/ CLASSIFICATION

Type of construction. (What is it?) (Castle, palace, house, church…)
Name (What is it?)
Author. (Who?)
Location (Where?)
Style and period (When?)

2.-DESCRIPTION
Function: (civil, military, religious, engineering work…).
Building material (Stone, brick, adobe…)
Description of the floor and the elevation: inner and outer distribution (visible
parts).
Building technique:
- Supporting elements (supports: walls, columns, pillars …)
- Supported elements: structures: flat (lintel or beam), vaulted (vaults and
domes)
- Decorative elements. Absence or presence and types in relation with the
style and period.

3.- Style ANALYSIS / COMMENTARY / EXPLANATION

- Artistic style the artwork belongs, mentioning the characteristics of the style
that we can observe in the artwork and with other pieces of the same author.
- Relation between the artwork, its historical period and how it reflects in the
building (iconographic and sociological analysis).
- Importance of the artwork to know about the style it belongs.

4.-CONCLUSION / CRITICAL VALUATION

Importance of the building to know the historical moment it was created. You
can use these ideas:
- By commenting this artwork, I have learned…
- This artwork is important because…
SCULPTURE AND PAINTING

1.-INTRODUCTION / IDENTIFICATION/ CLASSIFICATION

Type of artwork (painting or sculpture)
Name (What is it?)
Author. (Who?)
Location (Where?)
Style and period (When?)

2.-DESCRIPTION
Description of the scene depicted by grounds.
Type of work: material, technique...
- Painting: oil, fresco, tempera... Support: canvas, wall, wood… Type of
brush-stroke.
- Sculpture: marble, bronze, granite… Round shaped or relief.
Composition (static, dynamic, symmetric, open, close…)
Volume and perspective
Figurative or non-figurative. Degree of realism: abstraction, concretion…
Color and light
Psychological analysis: expression, attitude…

3.- Style ANALYSIS / COMMENTARY / EXPLANATION

- Artistic style the artwork belongs, mentioning the characteristics of the style
that we can observe in the artwork and with other pieces of the same author.
- Relation between the artwork, its historical period and how it reflects in the
building (iconographic and sociological analysis).
- Importance of the artwork to know about the style it belongs.

4.-CONCLUSION / CRITICAL VALUATION

Importance of the building to know the historical moment it was created. You
can use these ideas:
- By commenting this artwork, I have learned…
- This artwork is important because…