This assignment requires you to make a close formal analysis of a single work of two-dimensional art in an art gallery (in-person or virtual visit). The notes you make (below) about this work will serve as the basis for a written analysis; you may want to print these pages out in hard copy to make notes on. You do not have to hand these pages in (optional)—this is only to help you to organize your work.
Choose ONE work of two-dimensional art (painting, drawing, print, collage, photograph, etc.) that
appeals to you. Examine at it attentively from both far away and close up.
Don’t make your selection randomly: choose a work that will make an interesting and compelling
discussion and that you find particularly striking or memorable .
You can choose to VISIT IN PERSON A LOCAL ART GALLERY that is currently open to the public if you feel
comfortable doing so; for example, the Vancouver Art Gallery (for opening times see:
OR you can choose to discuss a work represented in an ONLINE
EXHIBITION/COLLECTION from a major world museum, including:
The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa):
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York):
The Louvre (Paris):
The National Gallery (London):
Tate Modern (London):
The Uffizi Gallery (Florence):
Some of these websites offer a virtual tour of the galleries in which you can see the works on display.
This will help to give you an idea of scale of the work. Zooming in, you can see the details and texture,
and overall you can get the general impression of seeing the work in person rather than as a
reproduction on a screen or in a textbook. You can look at other museum websites too—these are just a
few suggestions.
Note down the title, artist, medium and (approximate) size of the work.
Make a close formal analysis of a single work of two-dimensional art in an art gallery (in-person or virtual visit).
