Art Criticism

Student spent the past week Nov. 17-21 learning the FOUR steps of art criticism.

STEP 1: DESCRIBING - Size, medium, subject, and describing each element of art

STEP 2: ANALYZING - Noting how the art principles are used to organize the elements of art

STEP 3: INTERPRETING - Determining and explaining the meaning, mood or idea of the work

STEP 4: JUDGING - Making a decision about the work's success and giving reasons for that decision based on one or more of the aesthetic views.

AESTHETIC VIEWS - Subject: Is the subject realistic or not?
Composition: How well did the artist use the principles
and elements of art?
Content: Does the work have a clear message, feeling or
idea?