Art critic

No matter what job you may have there will come a time where your work will be evaluated. It is nearly close to impossible for you to have a career that doesn’t give you either positive or negative feedback. No matter what you may believe your work performance is always being evaluated either by our supervisors, coworkers, and most definitely the customer. You will learn how to accept both positive and negative criticism through some very easy to steps. I have always admired people who can take

Criticism occurs everywhere in our professional and personal lives. While in most cases it is meant to be productive and constructive to help one improve their performance or activity, in some cases it is taken to an extreme or given in an inappropriate way. How one responds to criticism can depend on varying circumstances; who is delivering the criticism, how is the criticism being delivered, is it meant to be helpful or shameful, is one using it to assert authority, and the receiver’s interpretation

Citric of the critic a critical thought. In both of the articles referring to Lewis neither make very good arguments in my opinion, which is the point/goal of many critics: to gain (or at least appeal to) an audience that has their point of views and to establish a reputation as a writer and a critic which develops a following and somehow makes them qualified to tell their readers what is good and/or bad. Both articles take the stance of stereotyping cultures and what they think when it comes to

The movie Avatar, by James Cameron, was a well loved movie currently rated second in box office, meaning there are hundreds of reviews that have been made. An article in The New Yorker by David Edelstien is one of the many positive reviews of this movie. The way that Edelstien handles his review is unique. However, there are aspects of his review that are not pleasing. To start off, Edelstien is very quick in expressing is enjoyment for Avatar, referring to it as “a mighty ode to Gigantism and Awesomeness

“The Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena… who strives valiantly, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, and who spends himself in worthy causes. Who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat” by Theodore Roosevelt. I agree with this quote because if you don’t work hard for what you want or what you

A movie reviewer for a newspaper has the intriguing job of previewing movies, and even the honor of determining the success of the movie. Today we will discuss more of what this job entails, and even how you could get this job for yourself. First let us start off with the job description. Movie reviewers have the job of watching movies before they even come out. Not only can they do this for free, but they get paid for this. All they need is a love for movies, a natural gift for writing, and a

British art is respected across the world for it’s unique techniques and skills used for painting. A lot of artist from around the world visit Britain for it’s thick culture in the world of art and opportunities. Almost all ‘Minority art’ made in Britain falls into one of the two baskets, either it is created by an artist from an African- American/ Caribbean origin, or by the common people of the Indian-sub continental background. Despite of the attempts made to accumulate these two inconsequential

artwork is dynamic, because we cannot visit the past and truly know what each artist is thinking and feeling as he paints his work, so it changes with one’s personal experience and the context in which one experiences them. He also speaks of how critics “mystify” artwork of the past, attempting to set in stone their personal meaning of the piece, closing the door of interpretation to anyone who reads their commentary on the piece. Who is to decide the meaning of advertisements? Or, do they hold no

entered our brain, a rare one to ponder is: how does one view art? One may say that art is subjective, that viewers take away what they want from it. However, another may say another completely different opinion; for instance, John Berger, a famous art critic, believed art could only be viewed in the context of its own history, otherwise the painting would become “mystified” (Berger 144). In a way, Berger expects everyone to mystify the art work they view unless they truly see in the specific way he

describes, objectivity is the ability to represent something exactly as it is seen in nature without any influence. According to Gombrich, the objectivity of the representation in a work of art does not define how correct or real the art is. On the contrary, realism is defined by the information conveyed from the art. If the information is correct, the work is realistic. Gombrich believes this because there are multiple limits to representing objectively. One of the most prominent limits is style because