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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What is art?
- 2 The Turner Prize: an annual farce or a celebration of creativity?
- 3 Art works and their effects
  - 3.1 Introduction
  - 3.2 Recording your feelings
  - 3.3 Reading an art text
- 4 The relationship between effects and techniques
  - 4.1 Introduction
  - 4.2 The form of art: looking at techniques
- 5 Colour
  - 5.1 Introduction
  - 5.2 Question 1: Has a wide or narrow palette of colours been used?
  - 5.3 Question 2: Have contrasting colours been placed next to each other?
  - 5.4 Question 3: Are there more warm colours than cool colours or vice versa?
  - 5.5 Question 4: Are the colours largely bright or dull?
  - 5.6 Question 5: In what way is dark and light colour used?
  - 5.7 Comparing art works
- 6 Medium
- 7 Composition
  - 7.1 Introduction
  - 7.2 The representation of depth
  - 7.3 The use of line
  - 7.4 Summary
- 8 Meaning and interpretation
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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