Reading 1

1. What is the author’s thesis?
   "Descriptions are answers to the questions: "what is here? what am I looking at? What do I know with certainty about this image?"
2. What examples does he use to support the thesis?
   "Either Richard Avedon used an 8 by 10 inch Deardorff view camera or he didn't. Either he exposed more than 17,000 sheets of film or he didn't."
3. In your own words, how does Barrett define: 
1. Description: verifiable by observation and an appeal to factual evidence.
2. Subject and Subject Matter: Subject is synonymous with theme or meaning and is more of an interpretive than descriptive endeavor.
3. Form: refers to how the subject matter is presented.
4. Medium: refers to what an art object is made of.
5. Style: indicates a resemblance among diverse art objects from an artist, movement, time period or geographic location and is recognized by a characteristic handling of subject matter and formal elements.
4. In your own words, summarize what Barrett means when he refers to:
1. Comparing and Contrasting: spot the similarities between artwork.
2. Internal and External Sources of Information: xxxxx
5. In your own words, summarize Barrett’s position on the relationship between:
1. Description and Interpretation: one cannot exist without the other
2. Description and Evaluation: xxxxxx
6. Write a concluding paragraph that includes:
1. Summary of at least two other points you think the author was trying to make:
2. Two things you learned from this reading
3. What is the author’s conclusion?
4. Your reaction to the material

Your response for each item (e.g. 1a., 1b., 1c. etc.) should be 3-5 COMPLETE sentences long.