Discussion Topic

CHAPTER 1.8

EMPHASIS AND FOCAL POINT



Identifying Emphasis and Focal Point



Many artworks throughout history have relied on focal point and emphasis to support the artist’s message. Use what you have learned about emphasis and focal point in this chapter to analyze Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Describe how focal point and emphasis are used in this work and how that influences how you interpret the artist’s message. Also discuss the use of subordination. What aspects of the work are being downplayed? Why? Now choose a second artwork from elsewhere in the book, and conduct the same analysis.