What is another word for art criticism?

Pronunciation: [ˈɑːt kɹˈɪtɪsˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Art criticism refers to the thoughtful evaluation and appraisal of art. Synonyms for this term include art analysis, art assessment, art evaluation, art appreciation, and art interpretation. Art analysis involves breaking down the various elements of the artwork such as color, form, and composition to gain a deeper understanding of the artist's intent. Art assessment refers to the act of assigning value to the artwork and determining its worth. Art interpretation evaluates the meaning and symbolism behind the artwork and attempts to contextualize it in a broader historical or cultural context. Finally, art appreciation refers to the personal enjoyment and emotional response one derives from the artwork.

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Famous quotes with Art criticism

  • When a twelfth-century youth fell in love he did not take three paces backward, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she was too beautiful to live. He said he would step outside and see about it. And if, when he got out, he met a man and broke his head—the other man's head, I mean—then that proved that his—the first fellow's—girl was a pretty girl. But if the other fellow broke his head—not his own, you know, but the other fellow's—the other fellow to the second fellow, that is, because of course the other fellow would only be the other fellow to him, not the first fellow who—well, if he broke his head, then his girl—not the other fellow's, but the fellow who was the—Look here, if A broke B's head, then A's girl was a pretty girl; but if B broke A's head, then A's girl wasn't a pretty girl, but B's girl was. That was their method of conducting art criticism.
    Jerome K. Jerome
  • In schools, for example, there are courses in the criticism of literature, art criticism, and so forth. The arts are supposed to be 'not real.' It is quite safe, therefore, to criticize them in that regard -- to see how a story or a painting is constructed, or more importantly, to critically analyze the structure of ideas, themes, or beliefs that appear, say, in the poem or work of fiction. When children are taught science, there is no criticism allowed. They are told, 'This is how things are.' Science's reasons are given as the only true statements about reality, with which no student is expected to quarrel. Any strong intellectual explorations or counter versions of reality have appeared in science fiction, for example. Here scientists, many being science-fiction buffs, can channel their own intellectual questioning into a safe form. 'This is, after all, merely imaginative and not to be taken seriously.'
    Jane Roberts
  • One wonders how the literary revisionists and canon cleansers can bear to take the money. Imagine a school of sixteenth century art criticism that spent its time contently jeering at the past for not knowing about perspective.
    Martin Amis

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