Evaluating Works of Art

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Evaluating Works of Art
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Criteria

• Craftsmanship
• Design
• Aesthetic Properties

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Craftsmanship

• QUALITY
• DURABILITY
• FUNCTION

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Craftsperson

• skilled in the use of materials and tools
• Produces well made objects of above-average
  quality

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Design

• Purpose
• Planning
• Intention

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Aesthetic Properties

• Sensory Properties
• Formal Properties
• Technical Properties
• Expressive Properties

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Sensory Properties

• Elements of art that we
• recognize by sight and touch

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Formal Properties

• The principles of art that help us see how the
  artist organize the elements of art to express
  their ideas effectively.

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Technical Properties

• The media, tools and equipment
• used to make the work of art.

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Expressive Properties

• The characteristics of an artwork that
• cause us to respond to it with
• feeling and emotion.

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How do Art Historians identify works of art?

• Craftsmanship
• Aesthetic Properties
• Classic examples of society (Paradigms)

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Art and Society

• Provides or confirms
• information about cultures

Image depicted, the materials used, and the style
of the piece all help to place the object in a
particular time and place.