TASK 4: DESIGNING A PERSONALIZED PROCESS OF

READING VISUAL ART

1. STUDY THE ART

STEP ONE PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON THE GENERAL FEATURES OF THE ART, WHEN YOU LITERALLY JUST SAW THE ART. THIS

STEP AIMS TO IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT, THE ELEMENTS, PRINCIPLES USED, MEDIUM USED, ARTISTIC, CATEGORY, AND MANY

MORE. THUS, THIS STEP IS THE INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THE ARTWORK.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS/ELEMENTS/PRINCIPLES THAT YOU SEE IN THE ART?

WHAT IS YOUR INITIAL THOUGHT OF THE ART WHEN YOU FIRST SAW IT?
WHAT IS THE MEDIUM AND ARTISTIC CATEGORY OF THE ART PIECE?

2. EMOTION IN ART
STEP TWO CRITICALLY FOCUSES ON THE CONTEXT OF THE ARTWORK AND IDENTIFYING THE EMOTIONS BEHIND IT. THIS CAN

INCLUDE THE SOCIAL STANDING OF THE CREATOR, THE TIME, CULTURE, LOCATION, AND ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT CAN

SUGGEST THE EMOTION THAT THE CREATOR IS ATTEMPTING TO PORTRAY. ADDITIONALLY THROUGH THIS STEP, YOU CAN ALSO

SHARE WHAT YOU FEEL AS A VIEWER ON THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE ART PIECE.

WHAT DID YOU FEEL UPON SEEING THE ART WORK?

HOW WAS THE EMOTION OF THE ART CONVEYED?
WHAT DOES THE CONTEXT TELL US ABOUT THE EMOTION OF THE ART?

3. ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES USED

STEP THREE FOCUSES ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION. SIMILAR TO THE SECOND TECHNIQUE, CONTEXT IS

EMPLOYED TO INTERPRET WHAT IS OBVIOUS OR VISIBLE AND INFER WHAT IS BEYOND. IT COMBINES THE ARTISTIC METHODS

AND NUANCES USED TO CREATE THE ARTWORK. WHEN WE STUDY THESE ELEMENTS, SUCH AS THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE

EVIDENT AND WHY THEY WERE DEVELOPED, WE ALSO REACH CONCLUSIONS ABOUT EACH ELEMENT'S UNDERLYING

SIGNIFICANCE.

WHY WAS THE ART CREATED?

HOW WAS THE ART CREATED?
WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE AND MEANING OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS PRESENT IN THE ART?

4. NARRATING THE NATURE AND VALUE OF THE ART

THE THIRD STEP MAINLY CONCENTRATES ON OUR ANALYSIS AND GIVES A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF OUR FEELINGS AFTER

READING THE ARTWORK. IT ALSO DENOTES A MOVE TOWARD A MORE SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING AND THE PART IT PLAYS IN

INFLUENCING OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO UPHOLD MORALITY AND JUST PRINCIPLES. IN LIGHT OF THIS, THIS STEP DISCUSSES OUR

OWN OPINIONS AND THE EFFECTS THEY HAVE ON OUR SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF

EXISTENCE.

HOW DOES IT ENABLE PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE GOD'S CREATION?

WHAT IS THE AESTHETIC WORTH OF THE ART?
HOW MIGHT IT IMPACT THOSE WHO VIEW THE ART?
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 1. STUDY THE ART

“GIRL IN WHITE” BY VINCENT VAN GOGH DEPICTS A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A

LARGE YELLOW HAT WITH A KNOT OF SKY-BLUE RIBBONS STANDING AGAINST A

BACKGROUND OF A GREEN WHEAT FIELD. THE MEDIUM OF THE ART IS OIL IN

CANVAS, WHICH GAVE IT A CLASSY AND TRADITIONAL LOOK. FURTHERMORE,

THE ARTWORK EMPLOYED VARIOUS COLORS LIKE, YELLOW, GREEN, ORANGE,

WHITE, AND BROWN WHICH MADE IT LOOK SIMPLE AND AT THE SAME TIME

SHOWING A TRANQUIL VIBES.

2. EMOTION IN ART

IN LETTERS, VAN GOGH ADMITTED THAT HE COULD ONLY PORTRAY SADNESS

AND ENDLESS LONELINESS. THROUGH THE LOOKS OF THE GIRL, I CAN SAY THAT

THE GIRL IS LONELY AND SHOWS SOME SORT OF SADNESS DUE TO A

PARTICULAR REASON. THROUGH THE COLORS AND LINES THAT I CAN SEE, I SEE

A GIRL WHO IS LONELY AND NEGLECTED AS SHE STARES FROM THE EMPTY TALL

GRASSES OF NOTHINGNESS.

3. ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES USED

THE ART WAS CREATED TO PORTRAY THE SADNESS OF A GIRL IN THE TIME OF

VINCENT VAN GOGH SINCE IN HIS TIME GENDER INEQUALITY WAS PRESENT AND

NORMALIZE. THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF THE GIRL, WE CAN SEE THE GRASS

AND FLOWERS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE GIRL DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPORTANT

THINGS TO DO, IN WHICH, WE CAN RELATE IT TO THE GIRLS FROM THE PAST

WHEREIN THEY USUALLY DON'T WORK AND JUST STAY AT THEIR HOMES THAT

SOMETIMES RESULT TO BOREDOM AND LONELINESS. THE WHITE DRESS OF THE

GIRL ALSO SHOWS THE GIRL WANTS TO BE FREE AND DO WHATEVER SHE WANT,

BUT THROUGH HER EXPRESSION ALONE WE CAN SAY THAT SHE WASN'T ABLE

TO REACH OR GET WHAT SHE WANT, IN WHICH WE CAN SEE FROM HER SAD

EMOTION.

4. NARRATING THE NATURE AND VALUE OF THE ART

THROUGH THE PAINTING ALONE, I CAN SEE HOW WOMEN WERE TREATED IN THE

PAST AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION THAT HAVE BROUGHT

Girl in White
THEM. THROUGH THE PAINTING WE CAN SEE THAT GIRLS HAVE EMOTIONS TOO

THAT'S WHY WE MUST IMPLANT IN OUR MINDS THAT WE MUST TREAT THEM AS

by OUR EQUAL SINCE THEY ARE ALSO A CREATION OF GOD AND GOD WANTS US TO

SEE EACH OTHER AS EQUALS. THROUGH THIS PAINTING, PEOPLE MIGHT CHANGE

Vincent Van
THEIR ATTITUDE TO POEPLE WHO DISCRIMINATE BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE

Gogh, 1890. PERSON PERCEIVE THE PAINTING ALONE.