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Instructions for a take-home quiz on art criticism using feldman's 4-step method. Students are required to describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate an artwork, and choose a name for it. The steps for each part of the analysis, including describing the artwork's facts, types of lines, shapes, colors, and textures, as well as analyzing its balance, rhythm, proportion, and unity.
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Facts? Title______________ Artist__________________ Nationality____________ Medium_________________ Date____________ Size______________ Representational? (looks like something you recognize)_________ or Non-representational? (unrecognizable)____ If representational, is it Realistic? (looks almost photographic)_____ or Abstract? (can see some recognizable objects)____ Describe people, places, things you see: Types of line: outline___ contour___ calligraphic___ straight___ curved___ thick___ thin___ horizontal___ vertical___ Shapes (flat, 2-dimensional): geometric_____ organic (not geometric or “regular”)____ Forms (3-dimensional): geometric_____ organic (not geometric or “regular”)____ Colors: black___ white____ grays____ analogous colors (colors that look similar)____ complementary (contrasting colors)____ Predominant colors___________________________________ Space: photographic_____ linear perspective___ atmospheric perspective___ overlapping____ stacking____ narrative____ Textures: real textures (can actually touch and feel texture)____ implied texture (looks like texture but can’t actually touch it)____
Balanced? Yes___ Symmetrical?___ Asymmetrical?___ Balanced by color____ shape & form____ light & dark___ Rhythm & repetition? What is repeated?____ Do the repeated items change?____ How?_______________ Proportion: looks natural____ distorted____ exaggerated____ Unified?: through color_____ composition____ repetition___ line____ texture____ other____________ Is there a central focus? ________ What is it?______________________________________________
How does this work make you feel? Why? Are there symbols in work? What do they mean? What do you think the artist is trying to do?
Does the artwork have value through expression of emotion and feeling? Does it find value through its purpose? Does it find value through use of formal elements (color, line, shape, etc.)? Are the materials appropriate? Is the work skillfully made?