MLA style 3 page essay on comparing and contrasting “Mihrab: Payer Niche” and “Wall of Torah Niche”
In the essay talk about the following:
• What attracted you to this artwork?
• How your experience of the actual work of art differed from that of the reproduction you`ve seen in class.
• What you perceive the content of the artwork to be (discuss in your words, what this work is about)
• What means or techniques the artist chose to express that content
• Use of scale—how large is it?
• How does the size affect viewers’ perception?
• What is the subject matter of the work?
• How it is carved or painted
• Composition: How is it organized to convey its maker’s idea?
• How colors and type of shapes are used
• How do light and shadow affect the way the artwork looks?
• Why the artist might have chosen those means to convey the content in question.