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☆☆☆☆☆Aesthetic (adj) Concerned with or appreciative of beauty.
Painting's needed to serve as useful and accurate historical documents, therefore has to appear realistic.
Denis Diderot
There are no specific requirements, but an art critic must have a strong knowledge of art history.
It directs the viewer to look first at the illuminated part of the painting.
Western criticism focuses on theory and the philosophy of art.
To spread a message or advance a cause
Photorealism was created as a result of the widespread use of photography.
Instead of focusing on how to paint, abstract artists began to think about the endless options of what they could paint
They both endorsed artists who were being overlooked or mocked at the time and helped make them famous later on.
who is qualified to critique art
when is a work of art truly finished
Explain why you like it or don't like it. (apex)
The question is "What is art?"
And the answer is likely to be subjective, because some forms of symbolic or representational art may not have any apparent meaning to some of its audience. The creation of abstract art, "junkyard sculpture" and more recently the ephemeral "performance art" all stretch the definition beyond its classical roots.
A formal critique will describe why the critic liked or disliked a work of art.
The school of thought dedicated to examining the question, "What is art?"
He was the first critic to use a philosophical approach to critiquing.
apex
Do I like the artwork
There was a focus on colorful landscapes and happy scenes.
the Andes
how should art be judged
It allowed for more realistic paintings.
How does Leonardo da Vinci's technique of sfumato work
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A background in art history helps validate and justify a critic's judgments
