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Exploring Art Chapter 4

Terms in this set (14)

Formalist Criticism
The first modernist philosophical position which emphasizes formal analysis
Ideological Criticism
Rooted in the writings of Karl Marx and deals with the political underpinnings of art
Psychoanalytic Criticism
Holds that art should be studied as the product of individuals who are shaped by their pasts, their unconscious urges, and their social histories
Structuralist Criticism
Holds that in order to understand a work of art, one must study the structure of art and the complex interrelationship of aa its parts
Post- structuralist Critism
A range of reactions against structuralism, but it is not a homogeneous set of ideas
Feminist Criticism
Concerned with the oppression of groups in a giveb society, along with the oppression of theur belief systems
Visual culture
Attempt to intergrate all of the visual componentd of contemporary culture
Phenomenology
Holds that you, the perceiving subject, engage with an artwork
Iconography
A system of symbols that allow artists and designers to refer to complex ideas
Formal Analysis
The integrated study of the elements and principles of art and the way they are used in a specific artwork
Context
Consists of the external conditiond that surround a work of art
Name three different groups who write about art and describe the role their work plays in helping people to understand art more fully.
1) art critics, who describe works of art and then evaluate their significance
2) atr historians and academics, who primarily research art of the past and art of other cultures
3) curators, who wrute catalog essays, wall labels, and educational material for museum and gallery exhibitions
4) artists, who write about their own work and the work of other artists
Content
An artwork's theme or message. Content is conveyed primarily through the artwork's subject matter and through its symbolic or iconographic references
Symbol
An image or element that stands for or represents some other entity or concept
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