thousand years of artistic development is almost entirely omitted from the telelesson or from the telecourse art of the western world. for this reason, i have brought you here to the holy trinity church. we are very fortunate here in san francisco to have such a lovely monument which reflects the byzantine art tradition. the decorative program which you will see, the lovely images that you will see in this church, belonged to the middle byzantine phase. i need to clarify, the byzantine period is divided into three periods: the early, middle and the later phase. and it's the middle phase lasting from about the 10th century all the way up and into the 12th century a.d., the style of which is reflected in the interior and the decorative program of the church. i, maria cheremeteff, from city college of san francisco art department, welcome you here to this church. and i would like to invite you to a tour to step with me from this narthex, which is the entrance to the church, and then walk with me through the nave and then up and toward the sanctuary barrier which is the icon or image screen divi

so that we can experiment analyzing works of ar this parcular program reay a supplement to the telecourse ar of the western wld. i'd like tstart by asking you a question how ma of you have gone to a meum or perhaps an art gallery and stood before a work of art and felt perplexed, confus, possibly angry or perhaps even usated and wondered, "what is it that i'm supposed to be loing at ishere particular way of analyzing a work of art? are there special features that you should look at pick out in works of art? the answer is, of course, yes. but i've had quite a number students come up to me and ask, "well, how should we analyze a work of art?" today's topic is descriptive criticism. and descriptive criticism involves an analysis of a work of art. it focuses on style. and style involves formal visual elements, elements that the artist had available inrder to manipulate the and crte a vy profnd or interesting statement in art. you might like it, you mit hatet, but nonetheless, it does create an effect on you. what are these formal visual elements of style? let's identify them. rsofll, we need