Arts Criticism & Analysis

Problem 1

What is Art Criticism?

• Description
• Analysis
• Evaluation
• Interpretation
• and judgment
…of works of art.

Skills of Art Criticism

-Initial Reaction : What is your first impression of the work?

-Identify & Describe : Examine the work visually, observing colour, space, line, texture, movement, etc. How would you describe it?

-Analyse (Evaluate) : To question the work while considering the reasons behind it.
-Interpret : To find meaning & answers about the artist's intention, emotions and ideas within the work.
-Judgement : To assess the merit of the work's purpose and visual aesthetics without biases.

Aesthetics : study of art/study of beauty/ idea of beauty/ how something looks

Why do we need Arts Criticism?

- To enhance how we respong to art, media and the society
- To better equip us with skills to evaluate the changing world around us
- To facilitate our understanding of ourselves and our world through examination and reflection
- To increase our awareness and understanding of creativity and innovations
- To think through our own creative process

The role of an art critic
- main purpose of an art critic is to Evaluate Art.
- Their evaluation enhances how they themselves and others experience the arts.
- However, their evaluation above does not always ensure that an artwork can be considered definitely a "masterpiece".


•With the emergence of different and new technologies and media in today’s fast paced environment, Arts Criticism has expanded beyond traditional art.
•Therefore art critics should not only be well versed in history but also current trends in all walks of life.

Conclusion
•From game design, music composition, advertising, interactive media, film, story writing etc, Art Criticism is present in almost every aspect of our society.
•Going beyond personal opinions also gives us the opportunity to learn more about how art enhances and challenges our views of the world.
•Being able to harness the skills of Arts Criticism would not only allow us to enjoy art and creativity in many more ways, but also gives us a fresh and exciting insight to new worlds and new experiences.