This lesson has contained a significant amount of information. Before we begin the assignments let’s recount topics you have learned so far.
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
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
You are now ready to begin "Assignment #1."