Analysis: San Francisco, Lombard Street

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San Francisco, Lombard Street is a piece painted by Tomas Kinkade, a popular American artist. Kinkade painted the timeless scene of Lombard Street in 2002. Kinkade’s goal was to exhibit city life along with the endless possibilities it brings. The 25.5” x 34” work is exhibited in my own home. Kinkade used acid-free, premium grade paper to display his artwork on. He also implemented his own DNA in the paint to prevent any sort of forgery. 2. Descriptive Criticism: Account for all of the major elements of artistic form for the type of work you are critiquing, based upon the handout on the Major Elements of Artistic Form. Give at least one example of each element. If the work does not exhibit one or more elements, note this in your critique. …show more content…

Interpretive Criticism: State what you believe to be the content(s) of the work you are critiquing. Support your claim with examples from the work’s elements of artistic form. I think the content in San Francisco, Lombard Street is the eagerness and warmth that San Francisco brings. I feel warmth when I look out toward the horizon at the skyline and city line. Kinkade uses cooler colors around the mountains, sea, and sky to depict this. I feel the eagerness when I view the bright lights along with the traffic down Lombard Street. I can immediately feel a thriving city along with many different city sounds. The combination of brighter colors and warmer colors is the reason why I think the content what it is. It shows San Francisco can be a home for anyone. For the younger, more active crowd the painting depicts you can find a home in the city where all the action is. For the older, and more relaxed crowd you can find a home along the sea or in the mountains looking over the city. 5. Evaluative Criticism: Describe your personal participation with the work you are critiquing, and what that participation was like. Give a brief and objective appraisal of the artistic merit of the work: not that “it is a work of art,” but how good a work of art it is, and why you think

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