Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES

University Town, Northern Samar
uep.edu.ph uepnsofficial@gmail.com

WILSON NUNGAY EJERCITO

Special Lecturer, UEP-CAC

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero

 LET’S DO THIS FIRST!

Instruction: Answer all the question provided below.

_________________1. This is the act of responding to and/or interpreting meaning of a certain
artwork.
_________________2. It is like watching a movie for the first time and enjoying it.
_________________3. criticism that seeks to tell the artist not what the critic thinks he or she
ought to have received from the work
_________________4. It is when you take participation of every artwork.
_________________5. It is when you are being too critical that you will not give yourself a time
to partake in the creation of the artwork.

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero

 OBJECTIVES
 Unlock the concept of art criticism
 Criticize artworks using the various types of art criticism

Art criticism

is responding to, interpreting meaning, and making critical judgments about specific works of art.
Art critics help viewers perceive, interpret, and judge artworks. Critics tend to focus more on
modern and contemporary art from cultures close to their own.

NOW WE KNOW!!!

3.2 GOOD CRITICS AND SUBTLETIES

 Good critic is like watching a movie and you just enjoyed it the first time you watched it.
 Subtlety is like achieving the same level of happiness and enjoyment over a movie that you have
been watching for more than one time.

3.3. ACT OF CRITICISM AND ACT OF PARTICIPATIVE ENJOYMENT

 Act of criticism is being too critical without giving yourself the chance to participate in the
artwork that you have observed.

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero

 Act of participative is you take participation in every artwork you are exposed too. And with
that, good judgement comes out from your mouth

3.1 ART CRITICISM

1.Descriptive Criticism
At its most pure, this is criticism that seeks to tell the artist not what the critic thinks he or she
ought to have received from the work, not what the critic thinks the artist intended to convey, but
only what the critic has actually received.
2.Interpretive Criticism
Art criticism is often tied to theory; it is interpretive, involving the effort to understand a particular
work of art from a theoretical perspective and to establish its significance in the history of art.
3.Evaluative Criticism
Evaluative criticism also involves: Communicating an understanding of a work which often
includes but is not equivalent to presenting an account of its meaning (interpretation narrowly
conceived).
4.Contextualism
Contextualism about art is opposed, on the one hand, to different sorts of formalism, structuralism,
and empiricism, and on the other hand, to different sorts of relativism, nihilism, and
deconstructionism.
5.Isolationism
An isolationist theory insists that art is distinct and separate from the rest of life. A contextualist
theory asserts the integrality of art and life. When I use these terms, I intend to designate no
metaphysical or political doctrine, but merely to indicate these two different interpretations of the
meaning of art.

Intentional Fallacy
Intentional fallacy, term used in 20th-century literary criticism to describe the problem inherent in
trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it. Thus,
it suggests that there is no universal interpretation of an art. An artist’s artwork once published,
exhibited, or merely seen by other people, would become a public subject of criticism or
appreciation. His/her interpretation on the artwork would just become one of the interpretations of
the many.

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero

 LEARNING TASKS

Direction. Observe the artwork, “La Maja Desnuda” of Francisco de Goya, formerly Spanish court
painter. Then, perform art criticism using the template below.
Art Title: ____________________________ Artist: ___________________________________

A. Descriptive Criticism

B. Interpretive Criticism

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero

C. Evaluative Criticism

D. Identify the function/s of the artwork. Explain.

E. Is the artwork a work of art or a great work of art? Why?

Credits to: Prof. Brenfred Romero