Writing about art

Writing About Art is a website that was created by Professor Marjorie Munsterberg, lecturer in the art department at the City College of New York (CCNY), part of City University of New York (CUNY), for her undergraduate art history students. It is an article that explores the different approaches to visual or historical analysis, and briefly explains how each method developed. Chapter headings include: visual description (which has sub-headings for ekphrasis and formal analysis); stylistic analysis; the biography; iconographic analysis; and historical analysis. A bibliography is provided and the appendices include advice on how to write an essay about visual analysis and how to format citations.