This activity required students to use their knowledge of the literary tools of characterization, symbol, diction, imagery, plot, theme, symbol, and archetype to complete analytical notes on the overall significance of a work featured in the AMHS art installation. Students used the eight steps below to complete notes for this activity.
Reading a work of art in eight steps.
Complete notes in response to each of the following eight areas:
1. QUICK SKETCH: Sketch and label the main elements in this work of art.
2. DICTION: Record the denotative and connotative meanings of the primary words in the title.
3. CHARACTERIZATION: Explain what is revealed through an analysis of the elements of indirect characterization.
4. IMAGERY: Is the painting dominated by warm or cool colors? Describe the location of the dark and light areas. Overall do the colors and light establish a positive or negative tone?
5. SYMBOLISM: What is the symbolic meaning of three individual elements in the work? How do these three symbols work together to establish an overall meaning of the work?
6. TONE: Review your responses for #2-5 and describe what you believe to be the artist's attitude towards the subject of this painting. Explain how two elements from the work help establish this tone.
7. PLOT: At what point on the plot line does the scene depicted in this work fall? Explain how specific elements in the work helped you determine your answer.
8. THEME: State the central, underlying, and controlling idea of this work
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