Art Analysis 101

Here's the biggest thing you need to know: artists make choices. They don't slap things on a canvas and call it a day. They choose subjects, compositions, lines, perspectives, colors, style, symbols, rhythm, unity or variety, and so on . . . and it all means something.

If you can go with that, we can talk about a lot of things.

Here's a quick overview of these subjects, courtesy of wikibooks:

Introduction to Art/The Basics of Two-Dimensional Art