I'd like you to compare and contrast two nonobjective works of art: Lee Krasner's Cornucopia and Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park No. 79. The visual form of these two paintings is very different. Therefore, the meaning, message, and feeling - the content - of each sculpture is different. It is your job to describe and interpret the content of each painting as you answer the following questions:

Some argue that there is no subject in a nonobjective work of art, but I disagree. The subject may not be as easy to state as "landscape" or "still life", but I think it can be done, even with nonobjective art. Perhaps we could say the subject was "color" or "color and shape" or "composition with lines", and so on. What is more important than determining the subject, however, is determining the content of the artwork.

Before you begin your response, read the two lecture sections about Lee Krasner and Richard Diebenkorn that precede this assignment. These sections will help you understand the development of each artist's work.

1)How does the visual form differ in these two artworks?

2) What do you think the content is in each of these paintings?

3) How does the visual form of each artwork create its content?

4) Imagine Krasner and Diebenkorn each working on their paintings.

5) What do the titles suggest to you,

6) Given just these two choices, which painting do you prefer? D

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