Art Criticism

What are the steps in the proper order for Art Criticism?

• Describe, Interpret, Analyze, Judge
• Interpret, Describe, Judge, Analyze
• Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge
• Judge, Describe, Analyze, Interpret

Explains how the elements and principles are organized in a composition

• Description
• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgement

The name, title, date, and dimensions of the work 

• Description
• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgement

Expresses their feelings about the merit of the work and how successful it is, or is not...

• Description
• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgement

Talks about the meaning or message of the artwork

• Description
• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgement

Which step is this? 
^{The painting is done by Edvard Munch shows a man screaming on a bridge with two silhouetted figures in the distance.}

• Description
• Analysis
• Interpretation
• Judgement

Which is the BEST sentence about EMPHASIS?
There is emphasis on screaming figure because...

• his light colored, lightbulb- like head stands out against the dark blue background.
• his head is light and rounded and the background is full of swirling split-complementary colors yellow-orange, red-orange and blue.

Which is the BEST sentence about Movement?
There is visual movement in this picture because...

• the sky is swirling all over and the water looks like it is stormy and wavy.
• after I look at the man screaming my eye goes up the lines of the bridge to the dark figures and around the swirling sky, connecting everything in a swirling triangle.

Which is the BEST sentence about UNITY?
One unifying element in this work is color.  Orange is used...

• throughout the artwork.  It is repeated in the waves in the sky, as well as in the bottom, on the bridge.  There are even hints of orange in the water, visually tying the artwork all together.
• repeatedly in the sky, and one each railing.  This color is repeated like a musician repeats beats on a drum.

Which is the BEST sentence about supporting this INTERPRETATION?
This artwork is showing the overwhelming terror that one can feel. The man in the front is so frightened, he can't move.  The artist, Munch, created this feeling with his use of COLOR. 

• He used orange and blue, light and dark, and complementary colors.  The colors repeat throughout the picture and the man in the front is screaming because he is so scared.
• He used the complementary colors, orange and blue, to create an unsettled feeling.  There is so much tension created between these two colors, they are like the conflict between wanting to run away and being so scared your can't move.