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Choose 2 artworks from below

    Write a two paragraph response comparing and contrasting each artists' use of shape. You must include the title of each artwork and the name of each artist in your response. Analyze whether there is a use of geometric or organic shape, the size of shapes, which one uses shape most effectively, and other elements like line and texture that stand out to you. Explain your ideas in complete sentences and use evidence to reinforce your ideas.

Roy Lichtenstein

Interior with Mobile, 1992

Oil and magna on canvas

10' 10" x 14' 3" inches

Joan Miro

The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers, 1941

Gouache, oil wash, and charcoal on paper

18 x 15 inches

Kazimir Malevich

The Knifegrinder, 1912-13

Oil on canvas

31 x 31 inches

Maurice de Vlaminck

The Seine at Chatou, 1906

Oil on canvas

32.5 x 40 inches

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