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ONE of the following pictures from the outfolder.
Do your writing in a word document and then copy and paste it here.
You are going to give a formal critique of this artwork by following the four steps:
Describe, Analyze, Interpret, and Judge
Do NOT title each paragraph. They do not even need to be in 4 separate paragraphs. Just make sure that you fulfill each step. They may intertwine, you may describe while interpreting and interpret while you analyze. Just make sure you do each.
I want you to get to know this artwork. I want you to communicate with it.
DESCRIBE: artistically creatively and with as much poetic detail as possible what you see. Assume the person you are describing it to cannot see the picture, but you want to describe it so well it is as if they were looking at it.
ANALYZE: continue with your poetic vernacular as you analyze the piece. Analysis is breaking down the image into pieces and talking about how they work together. This is where you talk about the composition. Remember we have worked a lot with "compositional tricks" Think about the emphasis. Is there an Emphasis? How did the artist make the emphasis stand out. What did the artist do, or use to move your eye through the picture. (etc)
INTERPRET: now is the time for you to interpret the artwork. What do you think the artist is saying? When you interpret art you can go about it in different ways. Look inside yourself, at your own opinions at your own experiences, what do you think, based on your life experiences and emotions, what do you think the artist is saying? Or, pretend to be everyone, pretend to be one of the masses, what might the artist be trying to say? You have to be able to validate your opinion by citing the work.
For example if I were interpreting an imaginary landscape picture and I said, "this picture depicts happiness" I would ask you, how does it show happiness? So instead you might say, "This picture is flooded with happiness through the bright yellows, the joyful flowers that reach their heads up to the sky. The artist shows his love for nature with the blissful, bright, bold colors he chose to paint with"
Back up your interpretations. Look deeply. The deeper you look the more powerful the connection between you and the artwork will become.
JUDGE: finally you give your overall opinion of the artwork. You do not have to like it. However you do have to state why you think the way you do. If you say, "The artist did a good job." What did the artist do a good job with? If you say, "This work has no value to anyone" Thats fine as long as you can give a clear reason. We do not use slang words, we don't say, cool or suck... we use educated words so that our opinions are taken seriously.
