Details Title: Art Criticism Description: Art Criticism vocabulary terms Total Flash Cards: 31 Created: 10/23/2008 08:09:29		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art/Design Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Aesthetic experience Definition Your personal interaction with a work of art Term Aesthetics Definition The philosophy or study of the nature and value of art Term Analysis Definition Discover how the design principles organize the elements in the work Term Art criticism Definition An organized approach for studying a work of art Term Criteria Definition Standards of judgment Term Description Definition A list of all things seen in the work Term Individual Style Definition artist’s personal way of using design to express feelings and ideas Term Interpretation Definition Explain the meaning or mood of the work Term Judgment Definition Determine the degree of artistic merit Term Emotionalism Definition The arousal of response of feelings, moods, or emotions Term Art History Operations Definition A four step approach for organizing the way you gather information about a work of art Term Literal qualities Definition Realistic quality that appears in the subject of the work Term What does art criticism help the viewer do? Definition Interpret the work of art Term What are the properties of art? Definition Subject, composition, content Term How can using only 1 aesthetic theory affect your judgment? Definition It can cause you to miss exciting discoveries Term Step one:Description (question) Definition What do I see? Term Step two:Analysis (question) Definition How is the work organized? Term Step Three:Interpretation (question) Definition What message does the artwork communicate? Term Step Four: Judgment(question) Definition Is the work successful? Term Art Criticism: Step one Definition Description Term Art Criticism: Step two Definition Analysis Term Art Criticism: Step three Definition Interpretation Term Art Criticism: Step four Definition Judgment Term Name the three Aesthetic theories of art: Definition Imitationalism, Formalism, Emotionalism Term Imitationalism Definition realism Term Formalism Definition formal qualities: organization of principles and elements Term Emotionalism Definition respond through feelings or emotions Term Sensory qualities Definition Visual elements of design Term Technical qualities Definition how materials, tools, and techniques are used Term Formal qualities Definition Planned similarities and differences in the design Term Expressive qualities Definition what was meant by the artist, sensations and feelings