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Visual analysis is the process of critiquing art, architecture or visual design by breaking each work down to its elements. These can include technical elements such as line, compositional elements such as variety, narrative elements such as allegories and historical context such as the characteristics of an artistic movement or the life of an artist. The following are common elements of a visual analysis.Abstractions | Allegories | Art Movement / Design School | Background | Balance | Biographical Context (i.e. life of the artist) | Brush Strokes / Painterly Qualities | Cohesion | Color | Composition / Layout | Conceptual Expressions | Craftsmanship | Emotional Expressions | Emphasis / Dominance | Focal Point | Forms | Gradation | Harmony | Historical Context | Imaginative Expressions | Lighting | Line | Materials | Meaning | Middle Ground | Mood | Movement | Mysterious Elements / Unknowns | Narrative | Negative Space | Patterns | Perspective | Proportion | Rhythm | Shapes | Size | Space | Style | Subjects / Subject Matter | Symbolism | Symmetry | Texture | Time & Place | Tone | Unity | Vanishing Point | Variety | Visual Contrast |
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