Criticizing works of Art 

What is an art critic? An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites. Art collectors and patrons often utilize the advice of art critics as a way to enhance their appreciation of the art they are viewing.

Typically the art critic views art at exhibitions, galleries, museums or artists' studios.

Professional art critics are expected to have a keen eye for art and a thorough knowledge of art history. Knowledge, however, provides no guarantee that a critic will know if a work of art, an exhibition, or an artist will stand out in history as "great".

Anton Ego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPOoFkrh94 

Criticizing works of Art • Initial Response- your first reaction

• Description- facts about the artwork

• Interpretation- Search for Meaning

• Evaluation/ Judgment

Initial Response- your first reaction

What do see first in the picture?What do you want to know more about? How does it make you feel?

Description- facts about the artwork

What do you see?What is this a picture of? (Images, Living things)What is in the Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background?What is happening? When and where is it happening?

Interpretation- Search for Meaning

What is the artist trying to say?What does it mean to you?How is the artwork important to us today?Why do you think the artist created this artwork?What is the meaning of the artwork?

Evaluation/ Judgment

What do you like that the artist did?What do you not like about the artwork?

Dale Chihuly

Pale Blue Sea-form set with astral white lip wraps

 

• Initial Response- your first reaction

• Description- facts about the artwork

• Interpretation- Search for Meaning

• Evaluation/ Judgment

Critiques are worth 25 points each

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5 points • Writing conventions

Pippin DrysdaleP553

• Initial Response- your first reaction

• Description- facts about the artwork

• Interpretation- Search for Meaning

• Evaluation/ Judgment