Art Appreciation U3,L10

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Your classmate Sean doesn’t want to do art critiques: “I don’t agree with looking at art just to list all of the things that the artist did wrong. That sounds mean.” What incorrect idea does Sean believe about art critiques?

A. art critiques focus on only negative aspects of an artists work

B. art critiques are simply an evaluation of artwork

C. art critiques take into account both positives and negatives of a work

D. art critiques can help us improve our own work as artists

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A. art critiques focus only on negative aspects of an artist's work.

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Your classmate Felicia doesn’t want to do art critiques: “There is absolutely no value in critiquing other people’s art.” What incorrect idea does Felicia believe about art critiques?

A. art critiques help us see an artwork from a more objective position.

B. critiquing another artist's work is not helpful in improving our own work

C. critiquing art can help us improve our own artwork

D. when we critique works of art, we learn to identify what works and what doesn't in artwork.

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B. critiquing another artist's work is not helpful in improving our own work

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Your friend Angelo loves to critique art. He thinks he would like a career where he could critique other people’s art and help them become better artists. He asks you for your advice about his future career path. What do you conclude would be the best career option for Angelo based on his interests?

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Art Instructor

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Your friend Monica loves to critique art. She thinks she would like a career where she could critique art and help museums choose the best pieces for their collections. She asks you for your advice about her future career path. What do you conclude would be the best career option for Monica based on her interests?

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Art curator

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Your friend Brian loves to critique art. He thinks he would like a career where he could critique art and help determine the monetary value of art. He thinks he could provide his expertise to local auction houses. He asks you for your advice about his future career path. What do you conclude would be the best career option for Brian based on his interests?

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Art Appraiser

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Your friend Stacy loves to critique art. She thinks she would like a career where she could critique art and help businesses and private clients choose the best pieces for their collections. She asks you for your advice about her future career path. What do you conclude would be the best career option for Stacy based on her interests?

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Art Consultant

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After reading a critique of his recent painting, your friend George is sad. The writer said horrible things about George’s painting. You do not agree with the writer’s critique at all. What is the best thing for you to say to George to help put his critique in perspective and cheer him up?

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"Some great artists have received negative feedback and become very successful"

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Your friend, Anna, doesn’t believe that she needs to know that context of a piece of art to fully understand it. You disagree. What is the best argument you could present to prove that context is important to the understanding of a work of art?

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Our lives may be very different from what the artists experienced when creating a piece of art.

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Your friend Terry believes that a piece of art being placed in a museum makes no difference on the assessment of the piece. You disagree. What is the best argument you could present to prove that being placed in a museum affects the assessment of a work of art?

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Our perspective might be changed about the piece because it was chosen to be showcased.

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Your art teacher asks you to write an essay about how our perspectives on art today are likely to be different than the perspectives of an artist who lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago. You have to provide many details to support this claim. What is the best example you could include to show how perspectives are likely to be different?

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The slavery of humans is viewed differently today than it was hundreds of years ago.