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The 4 Steps of Art Criticism.

When you are critiquing an artwork you are a detective. You must assume that the artist has a secret message hidden within the work and you are the one who is meant to find it.

Interpretation

Explain or tell the meaning or mood of the work. You should make educated guesses about the artwork that are supported by what you see.

Use your intelligence, imagination and courage. Don’t be afraid to make an interpretation that is different from someone else’s. After all you are different from other people

Judgment

After careful observation, analysis, and interpretation of an artwork, you are ready to make your own judgment. This is your personal evaluation based on the understandings of the work(s).

Rather than seeing the work as being very effective or without total value, does the work fall somewhere in-between? Do you think that the work is just o.k.? On what do you base this opinion?

Analysis

In this step consider the most significant art principles that were used in the artwork.

Describe how the artist used them to organize the elements.

Mentally separate the elements, thinking in terms of textures, shape/forms, values, colors,and types of lines .

Description

Make a list of all the things you see in the work.

Make note of the artist, title, size, medium and processes used.

List and describe all the objects (including people) you see.

You must be objective.

(ex. blue dog, not, funny looking dog)

Today's Work

Used the Artwork below to fill out the Art Criticism Worksheet.

Title: The Night Watch

Using the four steps of art criticism you will instigate the artwork and find the hidden information in the art.

The four steps are:

Description- What do you see?

Analysis- How is the work organized?

Interpretation- What message does this artwork communicate?

Evaluation- Is this a successful work of art?

Artist: Rembrandt Van Rijn, Year: 1642, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 142.9inX172in, Location: Amsterdam

(Once your done with your art Criticism Worksheet finish you Art Elements Cube if not finished)

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