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Assignment: Simon George Mpata's style of painting is often referred to as Tinga Tinga, a reference to his half brother Edward Tingatinga who organized a group of self-taught artists in Dar es Salaam. Distinguished by bright colors on fiberboard, the majority of the group's paintings focus on animals in curvilinear decorative patterns. Here, Mpata depicts a scene of fishermen with their catch on Africa's east coast.

Choose two principles of composition you think you can use to interpret the piece of art you chose.

Question: Briefly define each principle using your own words. Please paraphrase and do not just copy the definitions from the readings and videos.

Apply each principle to the piece of art by explaining what you see in this piece of art that demonstrates that principle. Be sure to show how something in this piece of art is an example of the principles of composition you chose by specifically describing aspects of the art. For example, if you chose the principle of repetition, describe exactly what in a painting is repeated.

Discuss in general what kinds of messages you think the artist could be trying to convey by making these choices of composition. For instance, if an artist put a mother and child in the background of a painting, and a father in the foreground for emphasis, what might this use of emphasis say about the status of the people in the painting?