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EVALUATING WORKS OF ART. LESSON 2 CHAPTER 2. EVALUATING WORKS OF ART. MOST PEOPLE GENERALLY BASE THEIR EVALUATION OF WORKS OF ART ON CRITERIA SUCH AS CRAFTSMANSHIP DESIGN AESTHETIC PROPERTIES. CRAFTSMANSHIP.
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EVALUATING WORKS OF ART LESSON 2 CHAPTER 2
EVALUATING WORKS OF ART • MOST PEOPLE GENERALLY BASE THEIR EVALUATION OF WORKS OF ART ON CRITERIA SUCH AS • CRAFTSMANSHIP • DESIGN • AESTHETIC PROPERTIES
CRAFTSMANSHIP • A CRAFTSPERSON IS SOMEONE WHO IS SKILLED IN THE USE OF MATERIALS AND TOOLS AND PRODUCES WELL MADE OBJECTS OF ABOVE AVERAGE QUALITY ANKLET, Meroiticperiod, 100–250 Bowl, 12th–13th century; Ghaznavid, Afghanistan, High tin bronze, cast, hammered, chased, punched, and engraved (2000.57)
CRAFTSMANSHIP This magnificent late Baroque ceremonial cup was made for Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), elector of Saxony and king of Poland CONTEMPORARY NAVAJO RUG
AESTHETIC PROPERTIES • EACH WORK HAS CERTAIN PROPERTIES THAT BELING TO IT. • Sensory Properties: are the element of are that we can recognize by using our sense of sight and touch. EX: Line color, values, shapes we can use sight to recognize, texture is touch • Formal Properties: are the principles of art that help us see how artist organize the elements of art to express their ideas effectively • What are the PRINCIPLES? • unity, balance, contrast, rhythm, pattern, emphasis and visual movement
Technical Properties • Technical Properties are the media, tools and equipment used to make the work of art • For example ceramics, oil painting, bronze casting and charcoal drawing all rely on different technical skills
Expressive Properties • Expressive properties are the characteristics of an artwork that cause us to respond to it with feeling and emotion • Ex: Paintings might express moods of tension, relation or sadness through color, metaphor, symbolism. Ideas, ideals social criticism, religion hope and compassion can be communicated through art Mary Cassatt Sleeping Baby- How does it make you feel
Reflection of Society Giovanni Paolo PaniniInterior of the Pantheon, Rome • Artworks also reflect the times in which they were created. • The images depicted the materials used and the style of the piece all help place the object in a particular times and place
What is symbolism • A symbol is a form, image, sign or subject representing a meaning other than its outward appearance • The work of artists is all around us every day. • Do recognize any of these