Summary Of The Four Steps Of Art Criticism

The three most significant art principles I found in this painting are the contrast of the light and dark areas, the focal point being his aunt, and the sense of unity conveyed. The contrast of colors shows the natural cast of shadows within an

Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The history of art, we feel, can sometimes be confused with art criticism. However, Art History is concerned with finding the value of the artistic piece in respect with others in the same category of art or movement, and art criticism is more of an evaluation of art. The art examined best represents the culture during the time period, visions the artist imagined, and history behind an event. It also represents society in a specific area, beliefs the people may have, writing that tells a story, the natural world and environment, conflict between people and areas, and the human body. With these representations, artwork overall represents the life in which we live (d). Each piece has its own genre, design, format and style to it. This makes each piece extremely different, yet pleasing to the eye. They also vary between paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them,

The element of art being most emphasized is color. There is a contrast in the artwork in the negative, The wall has cool and high key tones which contrast with the Egyptians and food that has warm and neutral colors. Although the artwork is not symmetrical, the light green color shown in the small details such as the carvings on the wall, necklaces, and food contribute a balance of colors within the artwork. In the artwork, there is a variation of curved lines and shapes that also bring the piece together. For examples, the lines are curvacious on the elbows, shoulders, and necklaces of the Egyptians and the objects around them. There are rhythm and pattern shown through the lines and shapes because most of the art piece has a bulbous form like the rounding of the shoulders or the circular shape of the heads. The art piece also seems to be scratchy because of the chips in the stone and the edges of the stone have faded limestone. The two men sitting and facing each other have a contrast of color to the rest of the art piece making them emerge into a more noticeable figure than the rest.

One of the aspects I believe unifies this painting is, as I talked about above, the continuation of the blue of the woman’s clothing continuing up into her hair, which gives the piece a sense of wholeness and relativity. There is also balance in this piece, for while the woman’s head is offset, this is balanced out by the elongation of her shoulder and arm in the right side of the image. Variety is also achieved in this piece through the use of a variation of hues and a lot of tonal difference. Emphasis is placed upon the hair with the use of an unnatural hair colour, as well as the face where light colours are used to highlight and pull the attention. Space is not so much of an active principle in this piece, but is still present nonetheless. Beryl is placed in the middle of the painting, with her taking up roughly 50% of the space, and the rest taken up by background.

In this painting, two visual elements stand out over all the rest. These elements are that of color and texture. Color in art is an element that has to be phenomenal in order to get recognition and true appreciation from the viewers. In this painting, the colors are rich, vivacious and standout as dark, but bold representations of the uniqueness of it all. The use of brown and yellow and green and grey and white all come together in a harmony of color and unity. As for the texture in the painting, it is that of brisk and roughness that is nature. The sharp edges of the bucks rack and the cold, rough edges of the dead tree show

The art work that I have chosen for this formal analysis of an art work is the Painter of Paestum’s piece titled “Red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vessel) it was made with terracotta red clay. This piece was made between 340-330 B.C. It is approximately 10 inches in height. The present location of this art piece is at The San Antonio Museum of Art in the Greek Late Classical section. The collection is a permanent collection from Gilbert M. and Denman, Jr. whose funds were used to purchase the vessel.” (“San Antonio Museum of Art Wall Text”). These marriage vessels are frequently shown in marriage scenes on Greek vases. This marriage vessel could have been given as a wedding gift or used to contain water for the bride’s bath before the wedding ceremony. Also, it could have been placed by the bride’s door and was possibly used in a ritual of sprinkling the bride with water before the wedding ceremony.

Just like everything else in life, art has its critics. Art criticism is the expression used to describe the act of making selective judgments, both positive and negative, about an art piece. Just as art is so diversely expressed and interpreted, those who critique it also have various methods and use various standards when criticizing an art piece. There are many theories critics use to evaluate art but there are three basic theories most commonly put to use by professionals. The three basic theories are: formal theories, contextual theories, and expressive theories. Formal theories focus on the formalities of art. Critics using formal theories pay close attention to the making of a piece, how each section of the art piece works to form a visual experience that may or may not attract the attention of those who come across it. Formalists’ attention is centered on the formal organization rather than the themes, which they deem irrelevant. Contextualists, on the other hand, value the theme and its relevance to the times in which the artwork was created. The contextual theories deal with the context in which an art piece is used; what it symbolizes concerning the culture and values of the environment. Lastly, there are the expressive theories. Expressionists are more concerned with the artist and the personal expression put into the work. Also, because art is a method of communication, expressive theories

The work of art that I chose for my project is a painting called, Bowl of Goldfish by Childe Hassam. It was created in 1912 with oil on canvas. The subject of the painting is a woman inside of a house looking outside of an open window into a field of grass and flowers. While she is staring a bowl of goldfish swim around in a bowl on the middle of a table next her while on the opposite side of the table on a chair, rests a garment. The overall painting showcases the beauty of a calm and peaceful morning.

The art work has great use of line an obvious example is the stars as they connect to one another. Also the man he is made up of lots of different lines. I don’t see any form in this painting. There are lots of shapes the mans body is made up of several different shapes. The work of art appears somewhat serious as a result of the dim hues and rakish appearance of the man. The colors used in this painting are different value of blue and brown and also black, white. The art work shows mass by the mans legs in comparison to the rest of the

The name of the art work I chose is called “Forever Mine”. This piece of art was created by Latia Milton. According to the information in the Art Museum, Milton is from Bessemer, Alabama. After graduating Bessemer City High School, Milton was accepted into the art program at Alabama State University. The date is not provided for this work of art, but in my opinion it was recently created. There are only a few objects seen in this work such as tress, plants, bushes, and a little boy and his mom. You can’t see many objects in this photograph. Many artists don’t use this technique to show the detail of art.

I had at least three or four that deserved the highlight, but I have to choose the portrait of a roman lady created in 1859, also known as La nana. The artist was Sir Frederic Leighton and he did a superb job at creating this portrait. As it is said the eyes are a window to the soul and I dazed into these eyes for at lest ten minutes. There was an essence or something indescribable that pulled me to this piece. There was all these magnificent works of art and the only thing I could remember clearly was this Woman's gaze. I chose this piece excuse while I observed all the other art work I truly understood this work of

One very significant element is the contrast in color, at the center, toward the right there are bright, warm colors such as, oranges, pinks, and yellows. Around that, there are cooler colors for example, blacks, blues, and purples. There is also a line that divides the artwork in half, separating the sky from water and land below. Some wavy lines appear on the water, land and clouds also some straight and wavy

The first thing I see is the variety of objects located in the painting, the way that there are multiple objects in the painting though seems a little messy and overwhelming, as well as no clear relationship between the objects at first glance. The second principle of design I see in the painting is the use of the asymmetrical balance, this is seen since the image is a collage of different objects the balance objectively is not the same on both sides, however there is a sense of balance between the different types of objects from the makeup products to the fruits and flowers, by how the space the objects occupy roughly the same at first glance. This leads into the scale of the image, most of the objects are roughly the actual size that they are in real life, and the way the objects take up space together is a great example of proportion with the way that all objects relate to each other in size one way or

The artwork has many elements to it and so a lot of materials to analyze. The artwork is a complex mixture of shades, colors and raised dots. The artwork is completely

If you have some free time and have always wanted to visit an art gallery, a start is the Art Sacré exposition. Just do not expect high quality art. Running from October twenty-third to December eight-teenth at Les Salles de Gesù, the exposition features four artists depicting spirituality and inner self.