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artbull-visual-analysis
Use when performing the close visual and formal analysis that anchors an Art Bulletin article — describing and interpreting composition, form, medium, facture, scale, and viewing conditions of specific works, tied to numbered figures. Close looking is the discipline's core method. Guides the analysis; it does not invent what is not in the object.
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# Visual & Formal Analysis (artbull-visual-analysis)
Close looking is the **method that distinguishes art history**. An Art Bulletin article must make the
reader *see* the work and then show how what is seen carries meaning. Every visual claim must be
checkable against a **numbered figure** the reader can hold in view — which is why this skill is
inseparable from `artbull-images-and-permissions`.
## When to trigger
- Writing the close-analysis passages that anchor the argument
- Moving from formal description to interpretation (form → meaning)
- Deciding which works, details, and comparanda must be reproduced as figures
- A reviewer said the looking is "thin," "impressionistic," or "not supported by the image"
