Your task will be:

1. Chose an artwork in the Preble text that you do not understand (i.e., like). Remember to include the page number it appears on from the text. Determine what is unappealing to you. Is it the method of construction, the media used, or the message? Explain why you do not appreciate the work, giving examples to support your deductions.

—The one I picked is on page number 90, called Jean- Michel Basquiat. Horn Players. The link to it online is https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+michel+basquiat+horn+players+analysis&biw=1242&bih=592&tbm=isch&imgil=7I1kGGLJtjhdZM%253A%253B_uQmdxihNOv12M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.wikiart.org%25252Fen%25252Fjean-michel-basquiat%25252Fhorn-players&source=iu&pf=m&fir=7I1kGGLJtjhdZM%253A%252C_uQmdxihNOv12M%252C_&usg=__sgmCb8EOfzSTac4Qd2k_txEslWY%3D&ved=0CC0Qyjc&ei=KPIEVY-AJK6wsATV94CIAQ#imgrc=7I1kGGLJtjhdZM%253A%3B_uQmdxihNOv12M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fuploads3.wikiart.org%252Fimages%252Fjean-michel-basquiat%252Fhorn-players.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wikiart.org%252Fen%252Fjean-michel-basquiat%252Fhorn-players%3B1992%3B2547

1. Now, the important part:  work to see it differently. Understand that like has nothing to do with it. Explain how you could see the artwork differently. Consider variations in your perspective, how can the work be more understood. One does not have to agree or disagree with message. The point is, can you see through the clutter of dislike to reach the intended narrative?

You will want to make your arguments clear, describing your choices and why you chose them. You will succeed in this assignment if:

1. You demonstrate a strong argument for dislike, providing examples in support of your first impression claims of dislike.
2. You conducted further research (find more information than the textbook offers about the work you chose) to inform your efforts at trying to see through.
3. You consider the artist intentions, location of the work, time period of creation, and all elements (design, color, symbolism etc.) to come to an understanding of meaning beyond first impressions. 

You will excel at the assignment if you also describe how understanding Preble’s three methods of criticism altered your perspective and/or boosted your ego. Did it assist in changing your view? The goal of the assignment is not to ultimately like the work you chose. It is to develop an alternative, more informed, understanding of the work than first impressions brought.  Remember to cite your sources. If there are no sources used, please indicate so.