Steps
Aesthetic Theories
Aesthetic Qualities
Art History
Vocabulary
100
What do I see?
What is description?
100
Focuses on realistic representation.
What is Imitationalism?
100
The realistic qualities that appear in the subject of the work.
What are literal qualities?
100
When, where, and by whom was the work done?
What is Description?
100
Standards of judgment.
What is criteria?
200
How is the work organized?
What is analysis?
200
Places emphasis on the formal qualities.
What is Formalism?
200
The organization of the elements of art by the principles of art?
What are formal qualities?
200
What is the style of the work and can the work be associated with an art movement?
What is Analysis?
200
The philosophy or study of the nature and value of art.
What is aesthetics?
300
What message does this artwork comunicate?
What is interpretation?
300
Requires that a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer.
What is Emotionalism?
300
Those qualities that convey ideas and moods.
What are expressive qualities?
300
How did time and place affect the artist's style, in terms of subject matter, composition, and content?
What is Interpretation?
300
An organized approach for studying a work of art.
What is Art criticism?
400
Is this a successful work of art?
What is judgment?
400
If the organization of an artwork is most important to an art critic, which aesthetic theory would he hold?
What is Formalism?
400
The expressive qualities are directly related to which property of art?
What is content?
400
Is the work considered to be significant in the history of art?
What is Judgment?
400
Your personal interaction with a work fo art.
What is aesthetic experience?
500
If the realistic presentation of subject matter is most important to an art critic, which aesthetic theory would he or she hold?
What is Imitationalism?
500
The formal qualities are directly related to which property of art?
What is composition?
500
The artist's personal way of using the elements and principles of art to express feelings and ideas.
What is individual style
500
A four-step approach for organizing the way you gather information about a work of art.
What are art history operations?
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