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DRILL:
TITLE:
Set up your page to look
SKETCH:
like the image to the
right:
1. Title:
DESCRIBE:
2. Sketch:
3. Describe:
4. Analyze: Glue chart here.
5. Interpret:
INTERPRET:
6. Judge:
ANALYZE:
JUDGE:
Describe the artwork. List what you see in the artwork. What
images do you see? How would you describe it over
the phone. Which art elements?
Description
The Persistence of Memory is a painting by the
famous Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
The original title of this painting is "La
persistencia de la memoria" and it depicts a
fetus-like head lying on the ground, like a
fish that was washed ashore and now
decaying after a lost struggle gasping for air.
There are four watches in this painting, three
of which appear to be molten, as if made out
of cheese. The only watch whose structure
doesn't appear to be malformed - unlike
other watches it is orange in color - is sitting
on a desk-like object. The ants seem to have
found a point of interest in the center of the
orange watch.
Art Elements
Balance
Color
Value
Line
Shape/
Form
Texture
Space
Movement/
Rhythm
Proportion
Interpretation
The painting is nothing more than a collection of ideas,
that are to do with the interpretation of dreams,
perception of reality, time, birth, death and sexual
desire. The ants, seemingly attacking the orange
clock positioned on the rectangular table-like object
perhaps indicate the anxiety associated with time.
And what are the origins of our anxieties associated with
time? Is it being too late for work? or is it not having
completed or accomplished something before we die?
Whether we are aware of it or not, it is reasonable to
believe that we all understand, even if only on
subconscious level that some day we are going to die.
This psychology and understanding of the reality of death
may configure our behavior. The Persistence of Memory
may have many interpretations. Some are more
meaningful, others remain elusive. Perhaps the images
of the melting clocks are nothing more than ideas
influenced by the Camembert cheese left for too long
of a period of time on the table on a warm sunny day
Describe:
Describe the artwork.
List what you see in
the artwork. What
images do you see?
How would you
describe it over the
phone. Which art
elements?
Analyze:
Color
Value
Line
Shape/
Form
Texture
Space
Emphasis
Harmony
Variety
Movement/
Rhythm
Proportion
Interpret:
Interpret the artworkWhat is the mood?
What feeling is
communicated? What
ideas are represented?
What is the story
being told?
Judge:
Judge the artworkWhat do you think of
the artwork? Is it
successful? Why or
why not? Support your
opinions with evidence
or criteria. (Art skills,
meaning, creative,
realistic)
Description
List an inventory of what you see in the
artwork. What specific images do you
see?
How would you describe this artwork over
the phone? What details would you
include?
What kinds of lines do you see? What
colors/ values do you see? What kinds of
shapes/ forms are respresented?
What spatial effects are apparent?
Analysis:
Art Elements
Balance
Color
Value
Line
Shape/
Form
Texture
Space
Movement/
Rhythm
Proportion
Interpretation
Judgment
The Scream
by Edvard
Munch
Describe the artwork. List what you see in the artwork. What
images do you see? How would you describe it over
the phone. Which art elements?
Background 10pts
Title in a style- 10pts
Description of Show- 10pts
Designs- 10pts
40 point grade
FINISH NOW!
Seating change
1.
2.
3.
4.
A students choose.
B students choose.
C students choose.
D and E students are
placed by Miss Gauger.