Art Criticism

1. DESCRIBE: What do you see?
I see a big thing maybe a person eating another person. The person looks like a woman.
2. ANALYZE: How is the work composed (use art terms! Ex: value, shape, line, texture, color)
The color brings out pain and suspicion. The texture is smooth and rough at the same time and the only thing you can see is the main idea.
3. INTERPRET: What message does the artwork communicate to you? (What is going on? What was the artist trying to tell the world? What is the overall mood? Is it making fun? Is it serious?) It seems angry and mad and cannibalism. It seems like it’s trying to portray the time period in which these people lived in which is romanticism.
4. JUDGE: What do you think of this work? Is it successful? (The “couch test” question):
I will not put this on my wall. It’s very disturbing.

second picture

1.       DESCRIBE: What do you see?

I see an unconscious guy who seems like he was writing. He was in the middle of something important it seems.

2.       ANALYZE: How is the work composed

The color looks bright. Also he is slouched in the tub so curvy lines.

3.       INTERPRET: What message does the artwork communicate to you? (What is going on? What was the artist trying to tell the world? What is the overall mood? Is it making fun? Is it serious?

It seems like he got murdered. And the message seems solemn but unexpected.

4.        JUDGE: What do you think of this work? Is it successful? (The “couch test” question):

It does seem brighter but I don’t think I’ll put it in my house. It’s not really my style.