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Description Place your image nearby this paragraph with the techniques learned in Working with Images found in the "Writing in the Humanities: Drafting" module, and describe the overall subject matter of the image. What is its appearance? What is the action or event, if any, occurring in the image? Use concrete rather than abstract language to describe. For instance, do not write, "The painting is beautiful." Instead, write, "The painting features shades of green, blue, and red throughout, giving it a dynamic contrast of colors." Remember, the description is not the analysis yet. Below is an example of a description of Andy Warhol's Statue of Liberty from the sample essay for this unit. |
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Sample Description To briefly describe Warhol’s Statue of Liberty, it is perhaps best to begin with the twelve repeating images that appear in a grid form and consist of the full monument of the Statue of Liberty facing out with her left arm bent, holding a tablet (see Fig. 1). Lady Liberty raises her right arm skyward with a torch emerging from her hand, although this light is not completely visible in all twelve images. While the monument appears in the foreground of each of the twelve images, the bay and horizon serve as a backdrop to the statue. The horizon is colored in bluish gray in the bottommost nine of the twelve images and in red in the topmost three. The artist uniquely positions all twelve images to the right side of the canvas, leaving about a third of the work with nothing but white space. Overall, the creation takes the already well-recognized Statue of Liberty and updates its design for a new generation. |
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