---Left to right or top to bottom, and perfectly or almost perfectly. Contrast: The artist is showing how different things are by showing the opposites of… The artist is showing how big or little Proportion: something is by comparing… Harmony: The artist has made things go together… Unity: These things look like they are part of a set somehow, because something is very alike… Repetition/Pattern: The artist has repeated something, either exactly, to make a pattern, or just repeated things to make your eye jump here and there. What is it? Art Criticism: Interpretation Now it’s time to try and figure out what the artwork is about. Your own perspectives, associations and experiences meet with "the evidence" found in the work of art. All art works are about something. Some artworks are about color, their subject matter, and social or cultural issues. Some artworks are very accessible that is, — relatively easy for the viewer to understand what the artist was doing. Other works are highly intellectual, and might not be as easy for us to readily know what the artist was thinking about. So, using the information you gathered in the previous steps, you should be able to make a pretty good guess at what the artwork is about. 18. What words describe this artwork? Circle as many as you want. Strength Fearful Lonely Beautiful Mysterious Hopeful Loving Violent Peaceful Happy Sad Helpful Adventurous Courageous Exciting Mad Caring Fun Interest in shape Interest in color Interest in lines Hateful Pretty Useful Other: ___________________________________________________________________________ 19. Now, in a few sentences, what do you think the artist was trying to say? Why do you think the artist created this artwork the way he/she did? Art Criticism: Evaluation / Judgment This is the culminating and reflecting activity at the end of the art criticism process. You need to come to some conclusions about the artwork based on all the information you have gathered from your description, analysis, and interpretation. 20. What do you think…do you like the artwork??? YES NO
---Left to right or top to bottom, and perfectly or almost perfectly. Contrast: The artist is showing how different things are by showing the opposites of… Proportion: The artist is showing how big or little something is by comparing… Harmony: The artist has made things go together… Unity: These things look like they are part of a set somehow, because something is very alike… Repetition/Pattern: The artist has repeated something, either exactly, to make a pattern, or just repeated things to make your eye jump here and there. What is it? Art Criticism: Interpretation Now it’s time to try and figure out what the artwork is about. Your own perspectives, associations and experiences meet with "the evidence" found in the work of art. All art works are about something. Some artworks are about color, their subject matter, and social or cultural issues. Some artworks are very accessible — that is, relatively easy for the viewer to understand what the artist was doing. Other works are highly intellectual, and might not be as easy for us to readily know what the artist was thinking about. So, using the information you gathered in the previous steps, you should be able to make a pretty good guess at what the artwork is about. 18. What words describe this artwork? Circle as many as you want. Strength Fearful Lonely Beautiful Mysterious Hopeful Loving Violent Peaceful Happy Sad Helpful Adventurous Courageous Exciting Mad Caring Fun Interest in shape Interest in color Interest in lines Hateful Pretty Useful Other: ___________________________________________________________________________ 19. Now, in a few sentences, what do you think the artist was trying to say? Why do you think the artist created this artwork the way he/she did? Art Criticism: Evaluation / Judgment This is the culminating and reflecting activity at the end of the art criticism process. You need to come to some conclusions about the artwork based on all the information you have gathered from your description, analysis, and interpretation. 20. What do you think…do you like the artwork??? YES NO
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