Essay on Critique of St. Matthew by William Blake

Critique of St. Matthew,

By: William Blake (British, 1757-1827)

 

 2 pages in APA prose form with sectional captions cited

 

A. Introduction (This is a section caption)

1.         Artwork title, creator and genre

 

2.         Function: describe the purpose for which the art was created

 

3.         Compare/contrast the (1) socio-economic, (2) political and (3) religious/spiritual ideas presented or implied by your artwork to a similar example of the same genre from the preceding historic era.

 

B. Development (This is a section caption)

4.         Medium

 

5.         Description of artwork’s subject (e.g., figures, setting, story)

 

6.         Formal Element: use of Form (representational versus non-representational, realism versus abstraction, proportionality, closed versus open, contracting versus expanding properties)

 

7.         Formal Element: use of Line

 

8.         Formal Element: use of Color (effect of hue, saturation, value)

 

9.         Formal Element: use of Texture (literal or as implied in subject)

 

10.       Formal Element: use of Space  (2D versus 3D, 3D effects: linear perspective, foreshortening, use of foreground – mid-ground - background)

 

C. Aesthetic Value (This is a section caption)

1.         What attracted you to the work?

 

2.         How is it inspiring?

 

3.         In what way is it meaningful? 

 

4.         How does it possess lasting value to you, personally?

Critique of

St. Matthew,

By: William Blake (British, 1757-1827)

 

 2 pages in APA prose form with sectional captions cited

 

A. Introduction (This is a section caption)

1.         Artwork title, creator and genre

 

2.         Function: describe the purpose for which the art was created

 

3.         Compare/contrast the (1) socio-economic, (2) political and (3) religious/spiritual ideas presented or implied by your artwork to a similar example of the same genre from the preceding historic era.

 

B. Development (This is a section caption)

4.         Medium

 

5.         Description of artwork’s subject (e.g., figures, setting, story)

 

6.         Formal Element: use of Form (representational versus non-representational, realism versus abstraction, proportionality, closed versus open, contracting versus expanding properties)

 

7.         Formal Element: use of Line

 

8.         Formal Element: use of Color (effect of hue, saturation, value)

 

9.         Formal Element: use of Texture (literal or as implied in subject)

 

10.       Formal Element: use of Space  (2D versus 3D, 3D effects: linear perspective, foreshortening, use of foreground – mid-ground - background)

 

C. Aesthetic Value (This is a section caption)

1.         What attracted you to the work?

 

2.         How is it inspiring?

 

3.         In what way is it meaningful? 

 

4.         How does it possess lasting value to you, personally?