UNDERSTANDING ART

If we want to be able to describe the attributes of a work of art and be able to
express our reactions to it, we shall see how the elements of art, such as a line,
colors, and shape, are composed into a work of art. I will cover the three of them
representational, abstract, and nonrepresentational and having style, form, and
iconography. I choose this piece of art Dieric Bouts’s Mater Dolorosa, I will explain
why it is best as representational, and I will provide an analysis of its style, form, and
iconography.

First, one could also say that the representational art refers to art that represents
people or objects in something of recognizable form, those images look very
much like images in the natural world. An example of representational art, is
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-06). Abstract art, applies to art that departs
significantly from the actual appearance of things. It may convert reality into forms
that can be appreciated for their own sake. ...