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Two Methods of Art CriticismStanley Horner's MethodForgettingTry to forget everything else and imagine that you are entering the space/time surface of this work of art. Can you tell me about your trip when you return. Remembering Try to describe what you were feeling at each stage of your journey through the work. From where did you enter the image? Can you tell me where you went and where you stayed longer, and/or places that you stayed a way from? How would you move in that space? What kind of noises do you hear? Did you touch or hold any part in the painting? Reflecting Situate yourself somewhere in the work. Imagine that you are one of the objects or beings within the work. How would you feel? How do you out here respond when you hear/ see the other you inside the work? Can two of you dialogue? Revealing If you were the artist, how would you change this work? What parts would you keep? Any? Some ? all? Feldman's critical processDescriptionDescribing, naming and listing what is there. What do you see? What are the components in this paintings, name all the visual elements? What kind of shapes? Lines? What and how the material has been manipulated? Analysis Describing relationships between elements already listed in stage one. Look for the following principles: contrast, similarities, size, movement, space, rhythm and repetition. Is there a shape that is repeated? What space is created by the arrangement, flat or deep, open or close, overlapping? How does your eye move? Interpretation Explain the underlying idea, concept, aim, purpose or mood. What does the art work means to you? What is the message? Judgement Based on a point of view of what art is, could be a personal philosophy, students decide on the value and significance of the art works. Some criteria for judgment are:
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