One great way to analyze and interpret a work of art is to do character analysis–looking at visual clues to understand the motives, actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters in the artwork.
In my Art Appreciation Printable Worksheet Bundle that you can get for free by signing up for my e-mail list, there is an activity I created called “Twitter Perspectives” that focuses on this way of interpreting art. (You can also find more character analysis activities in the art worksheets 20 pack for $6).
Below, I chose 5 artworks that work great with this activity. Try this out with your students, and let me know how it goes in the comments!
You can download this activity as a pdf. Click to download the Twitter Perspectives Character Analysis activity.
You can download this activity as a pdf. Click to download the Twitter Perspectives Character Analysis activity.
How did it go? Please share one of your tweets about these artworks in the comments or tag me on twitter!
This post was originally posted on July 14, 2014.
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I love this activity. I can’t wait to try it with my 8th grade. I am so glad I found this amazing site and an amazing art educator.
Thank you so much! Let me know how it goes when you do it. 🙂
So fun…. I love this activity!! What a great way to get kids to really look closely and think about what the characters might be thinking and feeling!
Thanks! 🙂
I’m so very happy I accidentally found your site! so much goodness! Thank you 🙂
… I teach G1 through 12 and am always looking for helpful resources and extension activities for my elementary classes especially.
Yay! I’m so glad you are finding my site useful to you. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
How do you address the nudity in the Manet and Bernini? I like the idea of tweets, but prefer to go with “safer” artworks.
Long story short, I basically tell the students to get over it, lol. I have more to say but I haven’t had time to write it. I will be writing a post about this very soon in response!