Art Criticism Process

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Art Criticism Process
Objective You will describe, analyze, interpret
and judge artworks in order to practice the art
criticism process.

• DRILL
• Set up your page to look like the image to the
  right
• 1. Title
• 2. Sketch
• 3. Describe
• 4. Analyze Glue chart here.
• 5. Interpret
• 6. Judge

TITLE
SKETCH
DESCRIBE
ANALYZE
JUDGE
INTERPRET
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Art Final Exam

1. 25 pts- 50 questions- Multiple choice and
   matching
2. 25 pts- 4 Essay written response- Art Criticism-
   Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge an artwork
3. 50 pts- Performance- Drawing and changing an
   artwork from one aesthetic theory to another.
   Imitationalism, Expressionism, Formalism.

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The Persistence of Memory by
Salvador Dali
YOU HAVE 5 MIN. TO SKETCH.
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Describe the artwork. List what you see in the
artwork. What images do you see? How would you
describe it over the phone. Which art elements?
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Description

• The Persistence of Memory is a painting by the
  famous Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
  The original title of this painting is "La
  persistencia de la memoria" and it depicts a
  fetus-like head lying on the ground, like a fish
  that was washed ashore and now decaying after a
  lost struggle gasping for air. There are four
  watches in this painting, three of which appear
  to be molten, as if made out of cheese. The only
  watch whose structure doesn't appear to be
  malformed - unlike other watches it is orange in
  color - is sitting on a desk-like object. The
  ants seem to have found a point of interest in
  the center of the orange watch.

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Analyze the artwork. List art elements and design
principles. Color, value, line, shape/form,
texture, space. Balance, Emphasis, Harmony,
Variety, Movement/ Rhythm, Proportion.
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Analyze- Complete the chart
Design Principles
Art Elements
Balance Emphasis Harmony Variety Movement/ Rhythm Proportion
Color
Value
Line
Shape/ Form
Texture
Space
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Interpret the artwork- What is the mood? What
feeling is communicated? What ideas are
represented? What is the story being told?
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Interpretation

• The painting is nothing more than a collection of
  ideas, that are to do with the interpretation of
  dreams, perception of reality, time, birth, death
  and sexual desire. The ants, seemingly attacking
  the orange clock positioned on the rectangular
  table-like object perhaps indicate the anxiety
  associated with time. And what are the origins of
  our anxieties associated with time? Is it being
  too late for work? or is it not having completed
  or accomplished something before we die? Whether
  we are aware of it or not, it is reasonable to
  believe that we all understand, even if only on
  subconscious level that some day we are going to
  die. This psychology and understanding of the
  reality of death may configure our behavior. The
  Persistence of Memory may have many
  interpretations. Some are more meaningful, others
  remain elusive. Perhaps the images of the melting
  clocks are nothing more than ideas influenced by
  the Camembert cheese left for too long of a
  period of time on the table on a warm sunny day

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Judge the artwork- What do you think of the
artwork? Is it successful? Why or why not?
Support your opinions with evidence or criteria.
(Art skills, meaning, creative, realistic)
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Art Criticism Process

• Describe the artwork. List what you see in the
  artwork. What images do you see? How would you
  describe it over the phone. Which art elements?
  Describe the color schemes.
• Analyze the artwork. List art elements and design
  principles. Color, value, line, shape/form,
  texture, space. Balance, Emphasis, Harmony,
  Variety, Movement/ Rhythm, Proportion.
• Interpret the artwork- What is the mood? What
  feeling is communicated? What ideas are
  represented? What is the story being told?
• Judge the artwork- What do you think of the
  artwork? Is it successful? Why or why not?
  Support your opinions with evidence or criteria.
  (Art skills, meaning, creative, realistic)

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Describe

• Describe the artwork. List what you see in the
  artwork. What images do you see? How would you
  describe it over the phone. Which art elements?

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Analyze
Analyze the artwork. List art elements and design
principles. Color, value, line, shape/form,
texture, space. Balance, Emphasis, Harmony,
Variety, Movement/ Rhythm, Proportion.
Balance Emphasis Harmony Variety Movement/ Rhythm Proportion
Color
Value
Line
Shape/ Form
Texture
Space
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Interpret

• Interpret the artwork- What is the mood? What
  feeling is communicated? What ideas are
  represented? What is the story being told?

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Judge

• Judge the artwork- What do you think of the
  artwork? Is it successful? Why or why not?
  Support your opinions with evidence or criteria.
  (Art skills, meaning, creative, realistic)

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Art Criticism Process

• Describe the artwork. List what you see in the
  artwork. What images do you see? How would you
  describe it over the phone. Which art elements?
  Describe the color schemes.
• Analyze the artwork. List art elements and design
  principles. Color, value, line, shape/form,
  texture, space. Balance, Emphasis, Harmony,
  Variety, Movement/ Rhythm, Proportion.
• Interpret the artwork- What is the mood? What
  feeling is communicated? What ideas are
  represented? What is the story being told?
• Judge the artwork- What do you think of the
  artwork? Is it successful? Why or why not?
  Support your opinions with evidence or criteria.
  (Art skills, meaning, creative, realistic)

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Get a review sheet

1. Fill in vocab definitions.

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The Persistence of Memory by
Salvador Dali
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Description

• List an inventory of what you see in the artwork.
  What specific images do you see?
• How would you describe this artwork over the
  phone? What details would you include?
• What kinds of lines do you see? What colors/
  values do you see? What kinds of shapes/ forms
  are respresented?
• What spatial effects are apparent?

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Analysis

• How have the art elements been arranged?
• How has the artist created emphasis?
• How has movement/ rhythm been implied?
• How has proportion been used?
• How has harmony or variety been created?
• How has balance been created?
• COMPLETE THE CHART
• Which art elements and/ or design principles
  dominate? How do they contribute in
  communicating the ideas/ images in the artwork?

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Analyze- Complete the chart
Design Principles
Art Elements
Balance Emphasis Harmony Variety Movement/ Rhythm Proportion
Color
Value
Line
Shape/ Form
Texture
Space
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Interpretation

• What mood is established visually?
• What feelings are visually communicated?
• What ideas are represented visually?
• What story is being told?
• What is the artist trying to communicate? Explain
  your reasoning.

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Judgment

• Is the artwork successful?
• What criteria did you use to make your judgment?
• What evidence from the artwork can you identify
  to support your judgment?
• What do you think of the artwork?
• (Is is good or bad, why?)
• (Judge the Art skills, meaning, creativity,
  realism)

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The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
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The Scream
by Edvard Munch

• Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M.C. Escher

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Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

• American Gothic by Grant Wood

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Describe the artwork. List what you see in the
artwork. What images do you see? How would you
describe it over the phone. Which art elements?
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Analyze the artwork. List art elements and design
principles. Color, value, line, shape/form,
texture, space. Balance, Emphasis, Harmony,
Variety, Movement/ Rhythm, Proportion.
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Interpret the artwork- What is the mood? What
feeling is communicated? What ideas are
represented? What is the story being told?
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Judge the artwork- What do you think of the
artwork? Is it successful? Why or why not?
Support your opinions with evidence or criteria.
(Art skills, meaning, creative, realistic)
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ART SHOW spread

• Background 10pts
• Title in a style- 10pts
• Description of Show- 10pts
• Designs- 10pts
• 40 point grade
• FINISH NOW!

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Seating change

• A students choose.
• B students choose.
• C students choose.
• D and E students are placed by Miss Gauger.
• Rules You cannot sit at the same TABLE number
  (the same L shape)

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