Visual Arguments

Paintings

Approaching a Work of Art

• Who is the artist?• What is the title of the painting?• When/ Where was it painted?– Does this have meaning?

• What style was it painted in? Why?• What inspired the painting?• History/ Background Info

“Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” Pieter Bruegel

Who is the artist?

What is the title of

the painting?

Analyzing the Painting

• What is the focus of the painting?• People/ Characters in the painting- significance?• Mood?• Colors• Symbols• Anything that seems odd• Reconsider the title- How is it relevant to the

painting?

“Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” Pieter Bruegel

Focus= highlight,

larger than

others

Shepherd is also in the light

Icarus- dark,

insignificant

Mood?

Colors

Symbols

Anyt

hing

that

se

ems

odd?

Reconsider the title- How is it relevant

to the painting?