Steps of Art criticism
Aesthetics
Art Criticism
100
determine the degree of artistic merit
What is judgement?
100
requires that a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer
What is emotionalism?
100
your personal interaction with a work of art
What is aesthetic experience?
200
discover how the principles of art are used to organize the art elements.
What is analysis?
200
the realistic qualities that appear in the subject of the work.
What are the literal qualities?
200
an organized approach for studying a work of art
What is art criticism?
300
explain or tell the mood of the work
What is interpretation?
300
focuses on realistic representation.
What is imitationalism?
300
standards of judgment
What is criteria?
400
make a list of all things you see in the work
What is description?
400
places emphasis on the formal qualities
What is formalism?
400
the philosophy or study of the nature and value of art
What is aesthetics?
500
the organization of the elements of art by the principles of art.
What are the formal qualities?
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