1.)
There are several important concepts to
be learned from the video entitled "Greenberg on Art Criticism: An
Interview by T.J. Clark." This
video is an interview conducted by T.J. Clark with art critic Clement
Greenberg. Throughout the video they discuss
the evolution of art criticism and issues surrounding modernist painting. Greenberg shares a number of insights on the
relationship between art and history including the post-WWI culture boom.
Greenberg states that he believes that
writing about visual art is much tougher than writing about literature or
music, because he actually reads the music, but art involves
interpretation. He also feels that best
art over the last 50 years was predominantly abstract. He states that the great critics of the past
like Ruskin and Sylvester weren't philosophical but knew the nature of the
value judgment. That being said he
places emphasis on intuition, reasoning and relevance in art criticism. Finally he discusses his belief that art
criticism must involve some sort of argument about the basis of the critic's
judgment, which must include history.
The second video entitled “The Critics:
Stories from the Inside Pages,” offers several important concepts about art
criticism as well. In this video Dr.
Dwight Dwerth-Pallmeyer travelled the country interviewing prominent commenters
including; film reviewer Joel Siegel, film critic Richard Schickel and music
critic Bill Friskics-Warren. This video states that criticism is actually the
practice of analyzing, classifying, interpreting or even evaluating artistic
works. It argues that someone willing to
take a stand and make an argument generally delivers criticism. It also stresses the importance of emotional
impact in criticism. Emotional impact
helps make a persuasive argument either in favor or against the art or artist. In order for criticism to be effective it
requires logic, emotional support, and personal credibility of the critic.
The video also states the positive
contributions that critics have on the type of art they are critiquing. Or example, book critics are likely the most influential
in their ability to benefit new writers.
They can help promote new, good books by writing positive reviews. Film critics also help people get the most
out of their film dollar. Most
importantly, critics get us (the general public) to really think about the type
of art in which we are viewing.
2.)
These videos relate to the creation
of my Art Criticism project in several ways.
The first video I watched was an interview with Clement Greenberg, a
renowned art critique. He offered
several important insights into conducting a proper art critique. He stressed
the importance of intuition, and reasoning when conducting a critique. His experience and understanding of art
criticism was very helpful when creating my project. The second video helped me understand the
importance of emotional impact when critiquing.
It showed me that it is important to consider our emotions when viewing
the piece of art.
3.)
I really enjoyed both of these
videos. Both videos were very helpful
when doing my art criticism project because they gave me important advise on
how to conduct an effective critique.
They also helped me realize that critics are not here to serve a
negative purpose; they benefit both the art in which they are critiquing as
well as the general public.
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