Add two paragraphs on the formal analysis essay, which is attached below.

The Formal Analysis museum essay can focus on any artwork/object from prehistory to industrialization as long its Western, and needs to be selected from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This can include Ancient Egypt, Greece, or Rome; and Middle Ages on up to 1900. Apart from including title, author or culture, medium, dates, and ascension number (this is a series of numbers assigned to it in order to keep track of it in the museum’s collection), you have to primarily describe the work on formal terms and how these elements convey ideas, emotion or meaning in an artwork/object. Thus, pay attention to shape, color, and so forth. Be as descriptive as possible. Are there designs on the work; and if so, do you think it helps in the way the work may look to you overall?

Also, describe how the formal/compositional elements work together to create meaning. Think of line, shapes, colors etc. What is the medium, since this goes into the overall visual presence of the work? What are its design qualities, composition and so forth that reflect the context in which it was made?

You have to give your own subjective opinion about the work. No outside sources.

The object from the Met:

Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil)

Period: Archaic

Date: mid-6th century B.C.

Culture: Greek, Boeotian

Medium: Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) diameter 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1960

Accession Number: 60.11.10