The Aesthetic Experience Art The Aesthetic Experience
The Aesthetic Experience Aesthetic experience has to do with enjoying something for its own sake. Human intention is a necessary factor in determining whether or not something is art.
Who judges art? Artists Art dealers Collectors Art critics Museum directors Art teachers
Art Criticism It is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving Description Analysis Interpretation Evaluation
GOOD CRITICISM ALSO EDUCATES It can point out things to look for in an artwork that we might overlook
Monogram - Rauschenberg
Philosophy of Art Involves asking and answering all kinds of questions Philosophers of art want to know how are can be evaluated, how people respond to it and how art relates to our lives and our societies
Elements of Art These are the tools that artists use to make their art Not tools in a literal sense but – color, line, value…etc.
Elements Line Value Shape Texture Color Space
Line Line is the path of a dot through space.
Franz Kline
Value Value in artwork is the range of light and dark.
Value
Shape Shape is a two-dimensional area with a recognizable boundary.
Geometric Shape
Organic Shapes
Texture Texture is how things feel, or look as though they might feel if touched.
Starry Night
Color Color is what the eye sees when light is reflected off an object
Rothko
Space Space is the distance or the area between, around, above, below, and within things.
Negative Space
Principles of Design These are the rules that artists follow – they can look at these aspects in a piece of art to evaluate it. For example – Emphasis, Balance, Proportion….etc.
Principles of Design Balance Variety Emphasis Rhythm Movement Unity Proportion
Balance Balance is the principle of art concerned with arranging the elements so that no one part of the work overpowers or seems heavier.
Symmetrical Balance
Asymmetrical Balance
Radial Balance
Variety Variety combines one or more elements of art to create interest.
Kandinsky
Emphasis Emphasis is when an element in an artwork appears to be more important or attracts the most attention.
Mona Lisa
Rhythm Rhythm indicates movement through the repetition of elements.
Movement Movement leads the viewer to sense action in a work.
Hokusai
Unity Unity is the arrangement of elements and principles of art to create a feeling of completeness and wholeness (like everything goes together).
Proportion Proportion is how parts of a work relate to each other and to the whole.
Art Criticism Art Criticism is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving, usually four stages: DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION EVALUATION
DESCRIPTION State the facts Leave out opinion State what you actually see
ANALYSIS Point to relationships among things Are they balanced? Is there variety? Relating to the Principles of Design
INTERPRETATION Explain the meaning of it What is it content? What is it expressing? This is the creative part of criticism.
Dorothea Lange
Picasso
EVALUATION To determine the quality or lasting importance of a work Personal Judgment OR Using the elements and principles of design to evaluate the work
Rothko