Posted: September 14th, 2017

critique of a drawing, painting, sculpture or photo on display in a museum

. This form should not be used for works of art on display for sale. Not all museums are “art” museums! To complete this assignment you must select a work on display at a museum that was created by an artist as an art piece. This may seem obvious, however not all museums a focused on fine art.

Part One: Basic Descriptive Information (5% of the grade)
Student’s name
Title of the work you selected
Name of the artist
What is the artistic media? If the artistic medium is not one covered in the artistic media lecture, explain what the media is.
Year the work of art was created. This may be a span of years or an estimated date.
Physical dimensions (metric or imperial units)
Name of the museum
Ownership of the artwork
How did you discover this museum?
Part Two: Biography (17% of the grade)
Provide a biography of the artist. (200 – 500 words)

Provide an MLA formatted citation for the source of your biography.

Part Three: Description (17% of the grade)
Describe the subject matter in detail. Do this in your own words.

Part Four: Artistic Movement (17% of the grade)
Identify the artistic movement of the piece. Keep in mind that there are dozens of artistic movements in our history. Only a few are covered in class. (Do not respond with “Modern”, “20th Century”, or “Contemporary.” These designations are not specific enough for this question.)

Provide a definition of the artistic movement you identified in the previous question.

List some elements of the artwork that fit the artistic movement defined in the previous question. You must be specific here. Make clear connections between elements of your definition and elements of the selected artwork.

Part Five: Interpretation (17% of the grade)
What is your INTERPRETATION of the artwork? What is its meaning?

How have other critics INTERPRETED this artist? Sources for interpretive criticism by others may include books about the artist, scholarly journals, newspaper, and magazine articles.

Provide MLA formatted citations for your sources in the previous question.

Part Six: Commonality (5% of the grade)
What does the work of art have in common with the other works of art that it is displayed with at the museum? Is there a common subject matter, artistic movement, or artist?

Part Seven: Evaluative (17% of the grade)
What is your EVALUATIVE assessment of this work of art? Provide some justification for your response.

How have other critics EVALUATED the merits of this artist? Sources for evaluative criticism by others may include books about the artist, scholarly journals, newspaper, and magazine articles.

Provide MLA formatted citations for your sources in the previous question.

Part Eight: Terms (5% of the grade)
Describe the work in terms of the elements of visual arts that were covered in class during week one.

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