IB Art - Advice on comparing Artists

Writing an Artist Comparison

Finding significant connections

FORM

Pablo PicassoAnn Weber

materials

Henri Matisse

Mark Rothko

A formal element

Michelangelo Giacometti

Style

Michelangelo

Style

Leonardo da Vinci

THEME

Barbara Kruger

Hannah Höch

Point of View

Diane Arbus

Thomas Eakins

Subject Matter

Pablo Picasso

Chris Burden

Historical References

Pablo Picasso

Theodore Gericault

Historical References

CONTEXT

Edouard Manet

Yue Minjun

When

Song DongBanksy

Where

For Whom?

J.R.

Christ the RedeemerRio de Janeiro

Da Silva Costa/Landowski

WRITING EFFECTIVE ANALYSISWhere does analysis take place?

How does the form of the work support the artist’s theme?

Wassily Kandinsky

African nail sculpture

How does the form of the work support the artist’s theme?

Andy Goldsworthy Hudson River School

How does the form of the work support the artist’s theme?

Elizabeth Murray Claes Oldenburg

Barbara Kruger

Song Dong

How is the theme relevant to the context in which it was created?

Christo and Jean Claude

Liberate Tate

How is the theme relevant to the context in which it was created?

Faith Ringgold

Zheng Ban Giao

How is the theme relevant to the context in which it was created?

Leonardo da Vinci

Nam June Paik

How does the form reflect the context in which the work was made?

Salvador Dali

Vladmir TatlinHow does the form reflect the context in which the work was made?

Willem deKooningRaphael

How does the form reflect the context in which the work was made?