Elements of Art & Principles of Design
The Learning Outcome of this written essay is to utilize your visual training from the first part of this course to argue your identification of the mood of a work of art.
After identifying a mood in your selected artwork, you’ll identify and make use the Elements of Art & Principles of Design to persuade your reader that the artwork conveys the mood in which you identified.
Below are mood descriiptors that may be helpful (you might think of better ones!):
• Quiet • Tranquil • Somber • Busy • Chaotic • Exciting • Eerie • Energetic
• Disturbing • Ominous • Joyful • Cheerful • Gloomy • Humorous
• Melancholy • Whimsical • Mysterious • Calm • Lighthearted • Hopeful
• Angry • Fearful • Tense
