Nelson Museum piece
A Model for Art Criticism
INTRODUCTION:
ln a three to five page double spaced paper with l” margins on top. bottom and both sides. your name in the top right hand corner, center your (own) paper title (example above). Use a Style of your choice (MIA. APA. Chicago.) Describe and ‘map meaning” on mzo“ C Work that you personally viewed and experienced at the Nelson~Atkins MuseumofArt.Usetheexaetheadingsinthismodelasaguideandas
headings in your paper.
Begin your paper with a one-paragraph introduction that tells the reader what the paper is about. Note the name of the anist(s). the date. and other information appropriate for an introduction. The last sentence in this paragraph dchlops a transition to the next section of the paper. For example. and feel free to use this example. with appropriate modifications: “ln this art criticism paper about Robert Rauschenberg‘s, exhibited in tthclson Atkins Museum of Art, a description, context and summary will help the reader understand and appreciate this 2oth Century American artwork.” Choose a 20′” C artwork you particularly like or dislike.
DESCRIPTION:
l’his part of your art criticism paper accounts for about halfof your paper and answers the question “What’s there?” Describe the work as accurately as you can, noting the visual elements and principles of design. Describe the work so accurately that. a person who is unable to see this particular artwork personally can form a picture in their brain of what it looks like. Don’t forget media. size. direction and location of colors and shapes, texture etc. Test your description on a friend who has not seen the work. Ask them to sketch it from your written description. Check the drawing to see what you may have forgotten to write in your description. After you have tested your description, write:
CONTEXT:
This part of your’ paper answers the question “What is the artwork about?”
What is its meaning, or content? Use the descriptive claw