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The artist Gina Malek had made a similar suggestion …. "Just walk up to a piece and try to think of five things that it brings up," she suggested. Not five things that the art is about. The observations don't need to be grandiose, like this probes masculinity in the postinternet age. Just, what are five things you notice, either in the work or in
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Art history courses teach you to examine art with your mind; every bit of canvas can be subject to analysis and criticism. An upbringing in the social media age teaches you to look at art with the eyes of everyone but yourself. Which colors will look good with what filter? What part of the exhibit should I story?
Meditating at a Museum Helped Me Connect More Deeply with Art
and videos to help you learn "close looking"
Start by looking closely —but then let’s talk about scale, composition, space, form, line, color, tone, and more.
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Describing what you see: sculpture
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Start by looking closely —but then let’s talk about scale, composition, space, form, line, color, tone, and more.
Read Now
>
Describing what you see: sculpture
Read Now
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