For this discussion, you’ll select a work of art by a well-known artist and analyze it in terms of its use of at least one of the elements listed above (line, shape, mass, texture, or form). Write a brief description of how you notice the artist has used the element(s), and for what you think may be the intended effect. Include an image (be sure to EMBED the image in your post rather than add it as an attachment). Please give the artist’s name, title of the work, date it was created, and where you accessed it (Museum website). Search for an image through Google’s Arts and Culture Collections website (Links to an external site.), which offers links to Museum collections around the world (make sure you choose a fine art museum). From here, you can explore a variety of collections, find a work of art that speaks to you, download it to your computer, and upload it to embed the image into this discussion post. Please do NOT use an image that we discussed in the online lecture or textbook chapter this week. You need to choose a new work of art that we haven’t covered from a reputable art museum by using the Google link above. Also please do not choose a work from a Natural history museum — it needs to be a fine art institution. If you’re not sure what characterizes a fine art museum, please post your link in the Q+A Discussion board.

As an alternative, if you are an artist, you may instead upload an image of your own work, and then write a statement for your post as far as how you have used at least one of the elements in your work.