Writing About Art [Paperback]

• Updated and expanded coverage of online research and note-taking
• Wider array of student writing examples
• New coverage of critical thinking in the writing process

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

INTRODUCTION: Writing as Critical Thinking 1

1

CHOOSING IMAGES: How to Select the Works of Art You

Plan to Write About 9

Visiting Museums and Galleries, 9

Choosing Works of Art to Write About: Some Questions of Taste, 16

Writing Comparative Essays: Some Advantages, 18

Choosing Works from The Museum without Walls, 21

The Computer and The Museum without Walls, 24

Summary, 27

2

USING VISUAL INFORMATION: What to Look For

and How to Describe What You See 29

Considering the Subject Matter of the Work, 31

Describing the Formal Elements You Discover in the Work, 35

Line, 35

Shape and Space, 36

Light and Dark, 40