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Art History
Chapter 6
Art Criticism Practice
DIRECTIONS:
Compare and contrast using art criticism methods the following
two pieces of art
depicting bullsone from the Lascaux Cave dating 17,000 years ago
and an
Ancient Mesopotamian (Sumerian) piece from 3300-2900 BC.
Sumerian Bull
Lascaux Bull
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Criticism Requirements:
For each work of art, the following is the minimum required:
Description (5 statements), Analysis (3 statements + Design
Chart markings [one
chart, two colors keyed to the two pieces of art]),
Interpretation (2 statements),
Judgment (3one for each theory: formalism, emotionalism, and
imitationalism).
The judgment statements should follow this format:
This work(is/is not) a successful piece of art according to
(formalism/emotionalism/imitationalism) because [insert at least
one solid
reason here].
Final Synthesis Statements:
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks in the statements with
appropriate words or
phrases to help you create a final synthesis compare/contrast
expression.
General Description Differences
The Sumerian bull has
___________________________________________, but
the cave art bull has
________________________________________________.
The Sumerian bull uses
___________________________________________, but
the cave art bull uses
_______________________________________________.
General Description Similarities
The Sumerian bull has similar __________________________ to the
cave art bull.
The Sumerian bull has similar __________________________ to the
cave art bull.
General Analysis Differences (use only if there are two
different ones)
The Sumerian bull uses the design chart pair
______________/______________while the cave art bull uses
______________/______________.
General Analysis Similarities (use only if they do share a
pair)
The Sumerian bull and the cave art bull share the use of the
design chart pair
______________/______________.
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Interpretation Differences
The Sumerian bull may communicate _____________________________,
but the
cave bull communicates _________________________________
instead.
Interpretation Similarities
The Sumerian bull and the cave art bull both communicate
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________.
Judgment Differences (use only the statements that apply)*
The Sumerian bull is a successful piece of art according to
_____________________ theory of art, while the cave art bull is
less successful in
this area.
Judgment Similarities (use only the statements that apply)*
The Sumarian bull and the cave art bull are both successful
pieces of art according
to the ____________________ theory of art.
DIRECTIONS: Put what you just organized into compare/contrast
statements in
to paragraph form. The topic sentence is already provided for
you.
If we compare the Sumerian bull with the cave art bull, we find
many
differences as well as similarities using the description,
analysis, interpretation, and
judgment methods of art criticism.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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*I assume that the piece of art is a success in at least one
theory of art.
