Ch. 1.10 - Content and Analysis

Feminist Analysis

Analysis roles of women as artists, subjects, viewers.

Formal Analysis

Analyses elements and principles used by the artist.

Contextual Analysis

Based on time and place where art was made. Considers historical, religious, political, economic, and social factors.

Analysis

Finding meaning

Psychological Analysis

Considers mental state of the artists when the work was made.

Modes of analysis

Iconographic, biographical, feminist, contextual, psychological, formal

Representational

Identifiable subject

Biographical Analysis

Relates artist's life and experiences to artwork. Considers gender, race, nationality, class.

Iconographic Analysis

Signs and symbols. Historical, cultural, and religious references. Images that represent concepts or ideas.

Content

Subject

Non-objective

Unrecognizable Subject