5 Theories of Art Criticism

Please create a new blog post and name it Theories of Art. You will all need to take notes.

We will discuss the 4 Aesthetic Theories of Art.

We can find out where an artwork fits in with thses theories by the following steps:

Describe - Tell what you see (the visual facts)

Analyze - Mentally separate the parts or elements, thinking in terms of textures,shapes/forms, light/dark or bright/dull colors, types of lines,and sensory qualities. In this step consider the most significant art principles that were used in the artwork.
Describe how the artist used them to organize the elements.

interpret- seeks to explain the meaning of the workbased on what you have learned so far about the
artwork, what do you think the artist was trying to say?
Judgement - personal evaluation based on the understandings of the work(s)

Realism/Imitationalism -https://www.theartstory.org/movement-realism.htm


Expressionism/Emotionalism - https://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm

Formalism - https://www.theartstory.org/definition-formalism.htm

Instrumentalism/Funtionalism - 


Institutionalism/Contextualism