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=**Introduction to art criticism**=



==**What makes a good painting or a good work of art? Is it all based on taste? Is beauty or ugliness only in the eye of the beholder?**== ==**How does one judge a work of art? Can one look at a work and not like it but still appreciate its place and value in our culture?**==

==**Let's begin learning about art criticism by first establishing what your personal criteria are. What makes a work good in your eyes? Decide on a minimum of 5 criteria and list them on your criticism page. What's your taste in art?**==

It could look like this:
==In my opinion, good art should catch and hold my eye for longer than 2 seconds.== ==In my opinion, good art should show skill and care in its creation.==

==You could build your criteria around the formal aspects of the work or even around subject matter== What does "formal aspects" mean?

=In works of art there are 2 areas that you must examine to understand and appreciate a work of art:=

=== 1: Form (how it is made) === === 2. Content (what it is about and the circumstances under which it was created) === . Art also has to be seen in context (what does that mean?)