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The Aesthetic Experience: Art Criticism and Philosophy

Explore the aesthetic experience of art through art criticism and philosophy, as we delve into the elements and principles of art, the role of artists and critics, and the process of evaluating and interpreting artwork.

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The Aesthetic Experience: Art Criticism and Philosophy

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  1. Art The Aesthetic Experience

  2. The Aesthetic Experience • Aesthetic experience has to do with enjoying something for its own sake. • Human intention is a necessary factor in determining whether or not something is art.

  3. Who judges art? • Artists • Art dealers • Collectors • Art critics • Museum directors • Art teachers

  4. Art Criticism • It is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving • Description • Analysis • Interpretation • Evaluation

  5. GOOD CRITICISM ALSO EDUCATES • It can point out things to look for in an artwork that we might overlook

  6. Monogram - Rauschenberg

  7. Philosophy of Art • Involves asking and answering all kinds of questions • Philosophers of art want to know how are can be evaluated, how people respond to it and how art relates to our lives and our societies

  8. Elements of Art • These are the tools that artists use to make their art • Not tools in a literal sense but – color, line, value…etc.

  9. Elements • Line • Value • Shape • Texture • Color • Space

  10. Line • Line is the path of a dot through space.

  11. Franz Kline

  12. Value • Value in artwork is the range of light and dark.

  13. Value

  14. Shape • Shape is a two-dimensional area with a recognizable boundary.

  15. Geometric Shape

  16. Organic Shapes

  17. Texture • Texture is how things feel, or look as though they might feel if touched.

  18. Starry Night

  19. Color • Color is what the eye sees when light is reflected off an object

  20. Rothko

  21. Space • Space is the distance or the area between, around, above, below, and within things.

  22. Negative Space

  23. Principles of Design • These are the rules that artists follow – they can look at these aspects in a piece of art to evaluate it. • For example – Emphasis, Balance, Proportion….etc.

  24. Principles of Design • Balance • Variety • Emphasis • Rhythm • Movement • Unity • Proportion

  25. Balance • Balance is the principle of art concerned with arranging the elements so that no one part of the work overpowers or seems heavier.

  26. Symmetrical Balance

  27. Asymmetrical Balance

  28. Radial Balance

  29. Variety • Variety combines one or more elements of art to create interest.

  30. Kandinsky

  31. Emphasis • Emphasis is when an element in an artwork appears to be more important or attracts the most attention.

  32. Mona Lisa

  33. Rhythm • Rhythm indicates movement through the repetition of elements.

  34. Movement • Movement leads the viewer to sense action in a work.

  35. Hokusai

  36. Unity • Unity is the arrangement of elements and principles of art to create a feeling of completeness and wholeness (like everything goes together).

  37. Proportion • Proportion is how parts of a work relate to each other and to the whole.

  38. Art Criticism Art Criticism is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving, usually four stages: • DESCRIPTION • ANALYSIS • INTERPRETATION • EVALUATION

  39. DESCRIPTION • State the facts • Leave out opinion • State what you actually see

  40. ANALYSIS • Point to relationships among things • Are they balanced? Is there variety? • Relating to the Principles of Design

  41. INTERPRETATION • Explain the meaning of it • What is it content? • What is it expressing? • This is the creative part of criticism.

  42. Dorothea Lange

  43. Picasso

  44. EVALUATION • To determine the quality or lasting importance of a work • Personal Judgment OR • Using the elements and principles of design to evaluate the work

  45. Rothko

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