Examine the effects of formal elements of art works
This standard asks you to look closely at how artists use formal elements (like colour, composition, texture, and technique) in their artwork and describe what effect these choices have on viewers or the mood of the piece. You need to pick two artworks and explain how specific visual choices create particular effects, using what you actually see in the images as evidence.
You describe some formal elements and their effects with limited visual analysis, providing some evidence from the artworks but with uneven depth between the two works.
You describe formal elements and their effects in detailed, balanced analysis of both artworks with relevant visual evidence that supports your explanations and shows you understand how these choices work.
You provide sophisticated, perceptive explanations of how formal elements create effects, linking these effects convincingly to stylistic characteristics, with fluent art historical terminology and clear, well-structured responses that stay focused on the question.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.