Summary – How to Critique Art

Evaluation Tools

  • Vocabulary
  • Web Resources
  • Elements of Art
  • Principles of Design

What is Art? Aesthetic Perception

  • Perceiving Subtle Qualities
  • Imaginative Seeing
  • Perceiving with More Than Your Eyes

Art Criticism

  • Aesthetics & Criticism
  • Art History
  • Creating Art

Art Criticism (Continued)

  • Step 1. Description:  What do you see?
  • Step 2. Analysis:  How is the work planned?
  • Step 3. Interpretation:  What are the main expressive qualities?
  • Step 4. Judgment:  What are the strengths and weaknesses?

Criteria from Philosophies of Art

  • Art as Imitation
  • Art as Expression
  • Art as Formal Order
  • Art as Instrumental

Criteria from Philosophies in Art

  • Art as Imitation
  • Art as Expression
  • Art as Formal Order
  • Art as Instrumental

 

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