Art & Design

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How to analyse and interpret artwork

In this lesson, we will learn how to analyse and interpret artwork. This aspirational 3-step process will help guide your writing to produce sophisticated analysis.

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How to analyse and interpret artwork

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.What is the first 'C' to consider when analysing art?

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Q2.What do we refer to when considering 'connections'?

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Q3.When was Rembrandt alive?

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Q4.How can you know how an 'audience' will react?

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Q5.Self portraits are pure vanity, just like selfies.

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This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text - please contact your teacher who should be able to help you with an audio description.

Quiz:

How to analyse and interpret artwork

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.What is the first 'C' to consider when analysing art?

1/5

Q2.What do we refer to when considering 'connections'?

2/5

Q3.When was Rembrandt alive?

3/5

Q4.How can you know how an 'audience' will react?

4/5

Q5.Self portraits are pure vanity, just like selfies.

5/5

Lesson summary: How to analyse and interpret artwork

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