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SAN JOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

San Jose Malilipot, Albay


COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
2nd Semester 2020-2021

Prepared by:

MS. JULY ANN CARMEL B. BIÑAS


COLLEGE INSTRUCTRESS

CP #: 09955416920
Email Add: [email protected]
FB Name: July Ann Carmel Biñas-Bendal
Course/Year & Block: (Humanities)BSBA MM-3F & MM 3-A

2ND SEMESTER 2020-2021 (Prelim) ARTS AND HUMANITIES


SAN JOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
San Jose Malilipot, Albay
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
2nd Semester 2020-2021

Chapter 1: Introduction to Art and Humanities


Module 5: Art Criticism and Aesthetics

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this module, learners are expected to:

a. Define criticism and aesthetics


b. Describe three commonly held aesthetic views

Art Criticism and Aesthetics


you have heard the saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” What this saying means is that to
judge something fairly, you need to have all the facts. It is not enough to look at the surface of the
object. You need to dig beneath the surface-to understand as mush as you can about the object.
In this lesson you will learn ways of looking at art that will help increase your understanding and
appreciation of it.

ART CRITICISM
Have you ever looked at a work of art and wondered if there was more to the painting than you
understand? Works of art are sometimes like mysteries. Solving art mysteries is one of the jobs of
people in the field called art criticism. Art criticism is studying, understanding, and judging works of art.
In carrying out their work, art critics often use a four-step system. The four steps are describing,
analyzing, interpreting, and judging.

Describing an Art Work


In describing an art work, the critic notes certain key facts.
These includes the following:
• The size of the work, the medium, and the process used.
The credit line gives the viewer information about the size of the work and the medium used. It
also list the process, such as serigraph or woodcut.
• The subject, object, and details. The subject is the image viewers can easily identify in an art
work. The subject answers the question “what do I see when I look at this work?”
• The elements used in the work. Line and color are two of the elements of art that play an
important part in this work.

Notice that while every work of art uses elements, not all have subjects... because such works are
not “about” something, some viewers are uncertain how to describe them. These viewers should
learn to focus attention on the elements of art. This is what the critic- or anyone else- will see in this
work. This is called describing the formal aspects of the work.

2ND SEMESTER 2020-2021 (Prelim) ARTS AND HUMANITIES


SAN JOSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
San Jose Malilipot, Albay
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
2nd Semester 2020-2021

Analyzing an Artwork
In analyzing an artwork, the critic focuses on the works composition. Composition is the way the
art principles are used to organize the art elements of color, line, shape, form, space, and texture.
Find the long loaf of bread in the lower left and the chair in the lower right. Notice how the diagonal
lines of these and other objects lead your eye to the center of the picture. There you find a small
child grinning and looking out at you. The child is one of the most important figures in the work.

Interpreting an Artwork
In interpreting an artwork, the critic focuses on the work’s content. This is the message, idea or
feeling expressed by artwork. Each art critic may interpret an artwork will be based on your opinion
and experiences.

Judging an Artwork
In judging an artwork, the critic tells whether the work succeeds. He or she answers the
question “Is this a successful work of art?”
How exactly, the critic answers this question depends on his or her particular aesthetic view. An
aesthetic view is an idea, or school of thought, on what is important in a work of art. Such views
help critics better understand and explain the meaning of art to others.

AESTHETIC AND ART


Through the ages, scholars have put forth many different aesthetic views. The following are
three common ones:
1. The subject view. In this aesthetic view, a successful work of art is one with a lifelike
subject.
2. The composition view. In this view, what is most important in an artwork is its composition
critics taking this view would praise the artist’s use of the elements and principles of art to
create a visually pleasing design.
3. The content view. in this view, what counts most is the content, or the mood or feeling, an
art work communicates. Keep in mind that few critics limit themselves to a single aesthetic
view.

Activity:

1. Define criticism and aesthetics.


2. Differentiate criticism from aesthetics.
3. Describe three commonly held aesthetic views.

2ND SEMESTER 2020-2021 (Prelim) ARTS AND HUMANITIES

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