ARTIST INFORMATION

Name ________________________   Class __________________   Date __________

 Name of Artist ___________________________

1.  List date and place of birth. 

2.  In what country or countries did this artist work? 

3.  Was the work of this artist accepted by the people of the time? 
     Why or why not? 

4.  What style and time period is the artist’s work from and what historical events were happening at the time? 

5.  What art media and techniques, such as painting, sculpture, and weavings, did this art use?

6.  What were this artist’s most famous works and where are they today?

7.  Did this artist create portraits, landscapes, or abstracts?  What seems to be the favored subject matter of this artist?

8.  How do you feel when you look at the work by this artist? 

9.  How did this artist learn art techniques?  Be specific about art schools attended, whether taught by a master, self-taught, and so on. 

10.  Date of death or current age. 

11.  Make a sketch of 2 of the artist’s works.  Include the title, date, location and media of the artwork.

 A.

Title  ___________________________________________

                        Date  ___________________________________________

                        Location  ________________________________________

                        Media  __________________________________________

  B.

Title  ___________________________________________

                        Date  ___________________________________________

                        Location  ________________________________________

                        Media  __________________________________________

  ARTIST CRITIQUE

 Name _________________________________   Class __________________   Date __________

Name of Artist ___________________

Title of Work _____________________         Location _______________________________

Medium _________________________         Date of Work ___________________________

DESCRIBE – Record the facts only: The size of the work, the medium, and the process used; the subject, objects, and details; the elements of art used in the work and the placement of shapes and other objects.

ANALYZE – Analyze your facts by focusing on the composition or the way the art principles are used to organize the art elements.  What type of composition has the artist used and where is the focal point?

INTERPRET – Ask yourself: What single large idea or concept seems to sum up or unify all separate traits of the work?  What is the overall mood of the work and why?  Use your feelings and impressions to help you with the interpretation.

JUDGE – Use at least one of the properties of artworks – subject, composition, content- to judge this work.  Explain why you like or dislike the piece. (Subject view – A successful work of art is one with a lifelike subject) (Composition view – In this view, what is most important in an art work is its composition – Have the art elements and principles been used to create a design that is pleasing? How have light and dark values been used?) (Content view – In this view, what counts most is the content, or the mood or feeling, an art work communicates.)

Make a sketch of the artwork you chose to critique.