Which methods has the artist/designer used to create space or is there a denial of space?
On the Museum of Modern Art, please go to the following websites: You will have some choices; Browse through the images of objects on view and choose one
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79018?locale=en
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79293?locale=en
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78938?locale=en
You will write a 2 pages paper based on a graphic design of your choosing from the Museum of Modern Art. You will analyze visually the design according to the period when it was created. This is NOT a research paper; however, you must use footnotes or endnotes to cite any specific information borrowed from a textbook, catalogue, website, museum signage, or journal. When writing, here are helpful suggestions to consider:
Medium (what the object is made of): Be attentive to particular kinds of ink, oil, pen, brushstroke, lettering, or ways in which the artist handled the surface that forms the design.
Technique (how the design was made): Notice whether the object was drawn, painted, engraved, digitally made, and how the artist carried out those processes.
Object: Is it a painting, a poster, a photograph, a print? What is the message that we are supposed to understand?
Size: Is it large or small? Is it to be seen from close-up or from far away?
Composition (the arrangement of elements in the work): Is there a focal point in the design? Is the composition legible? Is it crowded, open, varied, repetitious?
Space: Which methods has the artist/designer used to create space or is there a denial of space?
Subject matter: what is going on? What is conveyed in the design?
Artist: if known, do you know the artist? What do you know of him/her?
2 pages minimum of writing, typed using 12 point, Times New Roman font, double spaced