Take a look at the image of the painting https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/memento-5-kerry-james-marshall/ZgGvKUm7eu861Q
Provide a short answer (150 to 300 words) to each of the questions about the work posed below. (A total of 900 to 1800 words)
The Four Roles of the Artist
1.Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.
2.Artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time.
3.Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and, thereby, elevate them or imbue hem with meaning.
4.Artists give form to the immaterialhidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings
1.Which of the 4 roles of the artist mentioned in chapter 1 do you think this artist fits into the best? Why?
2.What has the most emphasis in the work, or what is its focal point? What does that tell you about the work?
3.What associations does this work bring up for you? Tell us what element, principle of design or piece of subject matter helps make each association?
4.How does the way the medium is handled (roughness or smoothness of paint, stone, etc.) affect your interpretation? Can you imagine it being handled another way?
5. How does the artists identity affect how you interpret the work?
6. What historical or environmental relationships affect how you interpret the work?
