Week Three- The Visual/Artistic Elements, Formal Analysis, and Meaning

Welcome to week three! Let's review some of the outcomes you have achieved in the last two weeks. You have successfully demonstrated your ability to complete the following learning outcomes...

  • Follow instructions and meet deadlines
  • Recognize the communicative power of the visual language
  • Develop and employ methods for analyzing visual art forms and interpreting their meaning.

This week you be asked to reinforce your ability to develop and employ methods for analyzing visual art forms and interpret their meaning. In addition, you will be asked to demonstrate a new outcome which is listed as...

Recognize and correctly use basic art vocabulary in verbal and written form. 

Demonstrate this skill by completing the discussion for the week. We will be looking at a work of art and discussing the visual/artistic elements found within it. Please use terminology you find in the reading material and videos to describe the work. 

Secondly, you will again be asked to develop and employ methods for analyzing visual art forms and interpreting their meaning. Last week we began discussing the visual/artistic element of color. This week we will look at color, line, shape, value, space, and texture. Use these terms when approaching and critiquing a new work of art. This is considered the beginning of a formalistic critique and covers the first level of meaning. The first level of meaning is form. 

Lastly, this week you will be asked to begin the photography assignment. You will need to include the visual/artistic elements into your own photographs. 

In order to succeed this week you will need to complete the following...

  • Meet deadlines
  • Identify the visual/artistic elements
  • Respond to another student's experiences
  • Create few grammatical errors
  • Follow instructions
  • Read and take notes
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the first level of meaning- form
  • Critique a painting
  • Capture digital images


For this week you will be required to complete the following...

  • Read How Art Speaks- Finding Meaning (1 Hour)
  • Watch a series of videos (1 1/2 hours)
  • Participate in an online discussion (3 hours)
  • Complete a quiz (30 minutes)
  • Look at images from the Art of Armor Exhibit in Portland (5 minutes)
  • Begin the photography assignment (3 hours)