What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism?
How does art criticism help us get to know an artwork?
You will learn:
two methods for art criticism
If you are absent, you can do the entire lesson individually!
Brian Despain
Oil on wood, 16 x 20
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) We will ask these questions: What is going on in this artwork? What makes you say that? What more can you find?
Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge
These questions will help us discover what the artwork is all about, what it means, why it is important, and how it makes us feel.
Analyze
Critique
Evaluate
Reflect
Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Composition
Constructive Criticism
Opinion
Voice
Intention
Interpretation
Form
Content
Priority Standards:
Responding
Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.