Below are the images from which you may choose to write for writing exercise 2.

The assignment for exercise 2  is to perform the first 2 steps (only) of the Museum Object Writing Assignment.  Write only the description and formal analysis, labelling each part, and stating at the top the number of your image choice, found to the left of each image below. Refrain from interpretation or judgment.  Limit of 2 pages, typed, double-spaced. due October 17th. Number the pages, please.

I. DESCRIPTION: "What do I see?" (Relate to the idea of "pure seeing," the simple physical act of taking in visual sensations While it is, of course, impossible to divorce the act of seeing from cognition processes, you should suspend judgment and other thought processes as much as possible. Seek to divorce the mental and emotional responses from physical recognition, for a time.)

 Make an objective list of what you see in the work. Give only facts, and make no suppositions or guesses. Describe the work as though for someone who does not have the opportunity to view the image you see.  Work from the general to the particular, the same as you would for a descriptive essay, starting with the overall image, then supplying details of the layout/composition and specific imagery.

II. ANALYSIS: "How is the work organized and achieved?"

A. How has the artist used the formal elements at his disposal? What has been done with line, color, shape/form, value? Has the artist created an illusion of space? How? Is there an emphasis on texture? Is it implied or actual? Etc., etc., etc. (You might review the guide for this at http://www.westga.edu/~rtekippe/2201/form%20vocab1.htm)

B. How are the elements of design used? How is the composition laid out? Is there a sense of rhythm or movement? Balance? Proportion? Variety or unity? Emphasis or focus? Other design features? How were these effects achieved, in specific terms?

***** At this point you are still collecting facts – not ready to make your judgment yet.  Refrain from comments about the works meaning or your reaction to it.