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"The artist's expression is the result of...the interaction between what the subject was and that particular artist, with his own feelings, interests, imagination, background of experience and so on."
Violette de Mazia, "Method," The Barnes Foundation Journal of the Art Department, Vol. II, No. 1, Spring, 1971, p. 25
 

The following essays were written by students enrolled in de Mazia Foundation courses. These essays use the objective method to analyze works of art.

Deborah Butterfield, Riot
Edward Loper Sr., Governor's Park, Quebec City
Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation #29 (The Swan)

Marcel Duchamp, The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes
Franz Kline, Torches Mauve
Botticelli, Magdalene Panels