Getting More Enjoyment from Art You Love: Washington at Union Square and the Cid at the Hispanic Society, New York City

A favorite artwork can provide you with enjoyment and inspiration, help you recall important events of the past, and help you project a course into the future. Get even more enjoyment from a work of art you love by approaching it with an active mind: studying its details and asking questions about its meaning. This essay illustrates that process for Henry Kirke Brown€s George Washington and Anna Hyatt Huntington€s Cid, and then explains how to judge these and other works re content, style, and the emotional reaction they evoke.