2. Form & Content
• Form= visual, art elements, principles of art
• Content= interpretation of themes, messages
• Subject Matter
• Context
• Subtext
3. • Janine Antoni
Gnaw, 1992
six hundred pounds of chocolate before biting
six hundred pounds of lard before biting
Consider the possible subtext and
context of Antoni’s art.
4. Iconography
• Visual METAPHOR-image or element that is
descriptive of something else.
• SYMBOL-image or element that stands for or
represents some other entity or concept.
• ICONOGRAPHY-system of symbols that allows
artists to refer to complex ideas.
6. Writings about Art
• Art critics, art historians, museum curators
• Writing helps develop ideas about art.
• Content is not fixed, rather is reevaluated over
time.
• Contradictory and opposing viewpoints over one
artwork.