I need help with visual analysis!

Fistly remember that visual analysis is the fun part of history of art essays! This is the part where you can go adjective crazy, also remember that it's is better to go overboard with the descriptions than to lose marks for not describing enough. In Hart 1 you willl be required to analyse three works of art; a painting, a sculpture and a piece of architecture. Before you start writing give yourself five minutes to look at the works. To help you out in the exam room I would go in with set charecteristics to look for in the art works.

For painting look out for the -- Size, Scale (of the figures or shapes), composition, space, brushtroke, colour, light, function. For Sculpture look out for -- the technique for the material, the scale in comaprison to the viewer, space (how does it relate to the surrounding environment), colour and the lighting. For Architecture look out for -- Material and the method behind it (if you are only given the facade try to define it in an a,b,a format etc.), the site (relate it to the surroundings), proportions, the functions. -- For architecture the best plan is to learn as much subject vocabulary as possible, I am more than happy to send you vocab sheets to help out! However this will all be for nothing if you do not attempt to interpret and analyse your desrcriptions, remember no matter how interpretation as long as you can back it up with the description you will get a mark!