Art Criticism Your personal response to art

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The four steps of art criticism Description - The facts. Analysis - The elements of art: color, texture, tone, line, shape, space. And composition, style and technique. Interpretation - What do you think is happening and why? What was the artist’s intention? Judgment - Do you like it or not? Why?

Step 1 – Description Title: Big Self Portrait 1967-1968 Artist: Chuck Close Medium/ Class: Acrylic on Canvas, Painting Size: 107.5 x 83.5 x 2 inches Content: A man is looking at the viewer,. We can see his head and the top of his naked ______ which has some______ on it. He is wearing _________and has a lit ____________in his mouth. He has a _______________and loose, slightly _____ hair.

Step 2 - Analysis The elements of art: colour, texture, tone, line, shape, space. And composition, style and technique. Color___________________________ Tone____________________________ Texture__________________________ Composition______________________ Technique________________________ Style____________________________

Step 3 - Interpretation What do you think is happening and why? What was the artist’s intention? I think the man is__________________ because_________________________. I think he is ______________________ I think the artist was_______________

Step 4 - Judgment Do you like it or not? Why? I like this painting because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I do not like this painting because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now follow the 4-steps for this photograph Title: The flatiron, 1904 Artist: Edward Steichen Medium/ Class: Gum bichromate over platinum print

And for this photograph Title: Magic Artist: Zena Halloway Medium/ Class: Underwater Photography