Visual Arts

Visual Arts Summary

Research one painting, sculpture, or work of architecture.

  • You CANNOT select a work of art located in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of our textbook, Reality Through the Arts by                          Dennis J. Sporre.
  • The following works of art and artists are EXCLUDED as options for this assignment – Leonardo da Vinci’s The Mona Lisa, Michelangelo’s Pieta, Donatello’s Mary Magdalene, and any work of art by Mary Cassatt

Write a 350- to 700-word summary describing your selected work of art or architecture. Include the following in your description:

  • A description of the use of color, line, composition, or other formal elements in the work
  • A description of the types of media or materials used in the work
  • An overview of the subject represented or the style of architecture

Apply appropriate APA formatting.

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