Article Art Critiques Made Easy
One-word answers and grunts don't count as student critiques of art. How to foster interesting and authentic discussion in the classroom.
A critique is an oral or written discussion strategy used to analyze, describe, and interpret works of art. Critiques help students hone their persuasive oral and writing, information-gathering, and justification skills.
Provide direction and guidance with the critique to ensure that students stay on task and address the purpose and objectives of the lesson.
Below is a sample set of focus questions for an art critique related to four major areas of art criticism: description, analysis, interpretation, judgment. (The number of questions and aspects of specificity will vary according to the art form and number of works in the critique).
Describe the work without using value words such as "beautiful" or "ugly":
Describe how the work is organized as a complete composition:
Describe how the work makes you think or feel:
Present your opinion of the work's success or failure:
Writer
Joyce Payne
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Joanna McKee
Updated
November 26, 2019
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