Problem
Describe and explain the artwork to someone who appreciates art but does not know this specific work.
a) What does the artist intend through this work?
b) Why did she make it this way?
c) What do you think the work means?
d) How does it make you feel?
e) What formal means are used to generate these thoughts and feelings?
f) Is the artwork conceptual? Formal? (go into more depth)?
g) State thesis
h) Before analysis, have a clear, evocative, denotative description that allows the reader to visualize the work so as to understand better the analysis that follows
i) Locate the work in its art historical context or in comparison to the artist's other work
j) Critical evaluation of the artwork (reasoned judgement of artwork not mere opinion)
k) State what you believe to be the artist's goal in making this piece or to what degree they have been successful.