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Art Criticism Quiz: Describing, Analyzing, Interpreting, and Evaluating Artwork, Quizzes of Art

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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ARTS 2001H-Honors Art Appreciation Final take-home quiz
Using Feldman’s 4-step method of art criticism
(attached), describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the
artwork to the right; type your answer in the appropriate
sections. Then choose a name for the artwork based on
your critical analysis. Download the file, save it as
“yournamequiz.doc,” email the completed quiz to
boliver2@spsu, and bring a printed copy to class on
Thursday.
1. DESCRIBE:
2. ANALYZE:
3. INTERPRET:
4. EVALUATE:
NAME (you choose it):____________________________________________
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ARTS 2001H-Honors Art Appreciation Final take-home quiz

Using Feldman’s 4-step method of art criticism

(attached), describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the

artwork to the right; type your answer in the appropriate

sections. Then choose a name for the artwork based on

your critical analysis. Download the file, save it as

“yournamequiz.doc,” email the completed quiz to

boliver2@spsu, and bring a printed copy to class on

Thursday.

1. DESCRIBE:

2. ANALYZE:

3. INTERPRET:

4. EVALUATE:

NAME (you choose it):____________________________________________

1. Description: Goals: Describe what you see objectively ; Concentrate on art work ; Delay judgment

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)____

2. Analysis: Goal: to look for relationships between the things described above

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?______________________________________________

3. Interpretation: Goal: To find meaning in the artwork

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?

4. Evaluation: Goal: To evaluate the art work

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?