VA Comp Assessment 2

Art Criticism

Kyoto School Artist Unknown

Deer, Pine, and Bat

Description
What can you learn from the title of
the artwork?
There is a deer, pine, and a bat

Description
What subjects in the artwork can you
recognize?
I can recognize the deer, pine, and a
bat

Description
Looking at the elements of design,
describe what qualities you see.
I see a deer that the artist colored in
dark on the back to make your eyes
follow from the top of the page to the
bottom. I see shading, interact lines,
the texture in the picture makes the
deer look like its soft, I see lines on the
pine needles

Description
What media and techniques did the
artist use?
The artists uses painting ink

Analysis
Emphasis: Is there a dominant element
or focal point that you see first?
The first thing that I see is the deer
because of the shading

Analysis
Balance: Is there a special balance, or
weight, among the elements? What
mood does it create?
The pine tree looks like its weighted
more because of the way that the tree
is going down

Analysis
Proportion: Do the proportions look
normal, ideal, or unusual? Why?
The proportion looks normal because it
looks real but not to real

Analysis
Pattern: Are elements repeated to
create a pattern? Where? Why?
The movements that I see is the deer
looking back and the bat flying away

Analysis
Rhythm or Movement: What visual
rhythms or paths of movement do your
eyes follow? Where? Why?
Your eyes follow from the top of the
page to the bottom of the deer

Analysis
Unity and Variety: What elements bring
together, or unify many parts of the
design. Why? What elements add
Why?
Ivariety?
think that
the bat that is
flying away adds unity and
the tree

Interpretation
Is there symbolism in the artwork?
What do you think it means?
I think that the artwork means that
nature is swell

Interpretation
What feeling do you think the artist
wanted to give the viewer when
looking at the work?
I think that the artist want to create a
preace full mood when looking at it

Interpretation
Does the work remind you of other
things you have experienced?
The artwork reminds me of the time is
saw a deer thin the woods

Interpretation
How does the work relate to other
ideas or events in the world and/or in
your other classes?
People need to stop what their doing
and find deer and bats together in the
wild

Judgment
What parts of the work make you feel
it is a success or failure?
I think that the artist work was a
success because they drew a good
picture

Judgment
What criteria can you list to help
others judge this work?
The drawing is really detailed. Their
are darks and lights. There are
different animals.

Judgment
How unique is the work? Why do you
feel this work is or is not unique?
I feel like this work is unique because
they drew a picture of a deer in the
wild and added a bat

Judgment
What are some improvements you feel
the artist could have made to the
work?
I feel like the artists should of not have
the line in the paper and not add the
deer