1. The Aesthetic Experience
Art
The Aesthetic Experience

2. 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.

3. Who judges art? Artists Art dealers Collectors Art critics
Museum directors
Art teachers

4. Art Criticism It is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation

5. GOOD CRITICISM ALSO EDUCATES
It can point out things to look for in an artwork that we might overlook

6. Monogram - Rauschenberg

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Elements
Line
Value
Shape
Texture
Color
Space

10. Line
Line is the path of a dot through space.

11. Franz Kline

12. Value
Value in artwork is the range of light and dark.

13. Value

14. Shape
Shape is a two-dimensional area with a recognizable boundary.

15. Geometric Shape

16. Organic Shapes

17. Texture
Texture is how things feel, or look as though they might feel if touched.

18. Starry Night

19. Color
Color is what the eye sees when light is reflected off an object

20. Rothko

21. Space
Space is the distance or the area between, around, above, below, and within things.

22. Negative Space

23. 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.

24. Principles of Design Balance Variety Emphasis Rhythm Movement Unity
Proportion

25. Balance
Balance is the principle of art concerned with arranging the elements so that no one part of the work overpowers or seems heavier.

26. Symmetrical Balance

27. Asymmetrical Balance

28. Radial Balance

29. Variety
Variety combines one or more elements of art to create interest.

30. Kandinsky

31. Emphasis
Emphasis is when an element in an artwork appears to be more important or attracts the most attention.

32. Mona Lisa

33. Rhythm
Rhythm indicates movement through the repetition of elements.

35. Movement
Movement leads the viewer to sense action in a work.

36. Hokusai

37. Unity
Unity is the arrangement of elements and principles of art to create a feeling of completeness and wholeness (like everything goes together).

38. Proportion
Proportion is how parts of a work relate to each other and to the whole.

39. Art Criticism
Art Criticism is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving, usually four stages:
DESCRIPTION
ANALYSIS
INTERPRETATION
EVALUATION

40. DESCRIPTION State the facts Leave out opinion
State what you actually see

41. ANALYSIS Point to relationships among things
Are they balanced? Is there variety?
Relating to the Principles of Design

42. INTERPRETATION Explain the meaning of it What is it content?
What is it expressing?
This is the creative part of criticism.

43. Dorothea Lange

44. Picasso

45. 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

46. Rothko