Informative Writing ~ Art AnalysisAnalyze The Great Wave off Kanagawa and your analysis will require research into artistic terminology, so that you will be able to identify elements of beauty within the art piece. Must have a thesis statement. When analyzing the piece of art, try to analyze the meaning/message of the piece and what the artist is trying to say through it:General Information: history(norms of the time), date/artist, context, culture.Brief Description of the piece: What does it show? What is it “about”?Form/Function: Tools the artist used to make his/her point (meaning/intention, “what is it doing to you as a viewer?)-physicality, color, light/dark, shape/lines, positioning, texture, motion, perspective-technique and medium (what materials is it made out of and how?)
