Student's will compare and contrast formal elements of design between two Crucifixion scenes: one from the Renaissance and one from the Modern era.

What is a formal analysis?

"The goal of a formal analysis is to explain how the formal elements of a work of art affect the representation of the subject matter and expressive content. The emphasis should be on analyzing the formal elements $$ not interpreting the artwork. That said, an understanding of the meaning of

the work is the final goal of any formal analysis." $($Pokinski$,$ Deborah. $$Writing a Formal Analysis in Art History.$$ Hamilton.edu, www$.$hamilton.edu$/$documents$/$formal$\%20$analysis$\%20$Art$\%20$History.pdf$.)$