This two-week, hands-on course introduces high school students to the methods of visual analysis and curatorial thinking central to the study of the history of art and architecture. Meeting daily on ...

Visual analysis uses careful observations to analyze an artwork’s meaning. It focuses on formal elements (e.g. color, texture, lines, composition, etc.) to draw conclusions about how a work of art ...

Scientists need skills in visual analysis and critical thinking, but these skills aren’t being taught or practised nearly enough in our university classrooms. One reason why science is hard to learn ...

In a recent Learning to Look column, we explored magazine covers and posters, trying to determine the creator’s intention. Examining the visual components of these artifacts, in conjunction with key ...