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Art Criticism
Art Criticism vocabulary terms
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Art/Design
11th Grade
10/23/2008

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