Analysis of an Expressive Pattern

This activity expands on what you learned in the lesson and challenges you to apply what you learned to the vessel you’ve chosen to investigate.

Examine carefully the pattern on the vessel you have been investigating. Analyze how it was made, the modules that make up the pattern, the elements (or motifs) that make up each module, and how those parts are organized. Then propose a feeling or idea that the pattern suggests to you and explain your interpretation of the pattern.

Checklist

Write your journal assignment so that it addresses all the following items:
1. I identified the vessel.
2. I identified the pattern as regular, irregular, or a combination.
3. I described module(s) that is/are repeated? (If the pattern is complex, I also described the motifs or elements that make up each module.)
4. I described where the pattern(s) is/are located on the vessel.
5. I analyzed how the pattern(s) is/are organized (for example, if the pattern is regular are modules repeated in a band, reversed, alternating, staggered, or overlapping. If the pattern is irregular are modules evenly spaced, clustered, or grouped in any way?)
6. I proposed a feeling or idea expressed by the pattern and explained my interpretation.

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