Art Criticism and Aesthetic Judgement

An organized approach for studying a work is:

• Criteria

• Art Criticism

• Art History Operations

The art criticism step in which you make a list of all the things you see in a work of art:

• Description

• Analysis

• Interpretation

• Judgement

The art criticism step in which you discover how the principles of art are used to organize the art elements of line, color, shape, form, space, and texture:

• Description

• Analysis

• Interpretation

• Judgement

The art criticism step in which you explain or tell the meaning or mood of the work:

• Description

• Analysis

• Interpretation

• Judgement

The art criticism step in which you determine the degree of artistic merit of the work:

• Description

• Analysis

• Interpretation

• Judgement

The aesthetic theory that focuses on realistic representation:

• Imitationalism

• Formalism

• Emotionalism

The aesthetic theory that places emphasis on the formal qualities:

• Imitationalism

• Formalism

• Emotionalism

The aesthetic theory that requires a work of art must arouse a response of feelings, moods, or emotions in the viewer:

• Imitationalism

• Formalism

• Emotionalism

If the organization of an artwork is most important to an art critic, which aesthetic theory would he or she hold?

• Imitationalism

• Formalism

• Emotionalism

When criticizing functional objects, what must you consider during interpretation beside beauty?

• How will the object work when it is used?

• What were the artists objectives when creating the object?

• How it was made.