Agenda

  • Discuss hooks, 1-48

  • Discuss Articles

  • Share Art Story Idea

  • Describe, Analyze, and Interpret current 5 Points Art Gallery + Studios’ exhibition.

  • Review agenda for readings and other info for next week.

4 types of Art Criticism

  1. Description

  2. Analysis

  3. Interpretation

  4. Evaluation

We will discuss evaluation next meeting and focus this week on 1-3.

Analysis

Description

Identify and analyze these elements

  1. Lines

  2. Shapes/Forms

  3. Colors

  4. Texture

  5. Space or lack thereof

  6. Central figure(s)

  7. Contrasting elements

  8. Unifying elements

  9. Repetition

  10. Pattern(s)

  1. What type of artwork is the piece?

  2. Who or what is the subject?

  3. What style is used?

  4. What media is used?

Interpretation

What is the purpose of the art?

  1. Expressive art (expressing emotions, feelings, and/or ideas)

  2. Narrative art (describing and illustrating experiences, telling a story)

  3. Functional art (art the serves a practical or useful purpose)

  4. Ceremonial or ritual art (work that celebrates or commemorates)

  5. Decorative art (created for the purpose of decorating or beautifying)

  6. Persuasive art (advertising, marketing, or propaganda art)

  7. Formalist art (works that deal solely with the arrangement of elements of

    art/principles of design as subject matter – found most often abstract or nonobjective art)

  8. Reflecting the world – (art that imitates nature)

Questions to consider when interpreting

  1. What do you meaning can you make from this art?

  2. What is in the helps you to draw this conclusion?

  3. What cultural or personal references can you find in this work, or not?

  4. What are adjectives that you would use to describe this art?

  5. In what ways are women/ men / gender represented in this work?

  6. Is there a power dynamic in this work? Who has power and who does not?

  7. What other things can you deduct from this work individually and/or from the artist’s collection?

  8. How does it resonate or not with your identity?