Curation and Critique: The Professional Gallery · Professional Practice

Formal and Contextual Criticism

Developing a professional vocabulary to evaluate art through both formalist and historical lenses.

Key Questions

  1. 1Is the value of an artwork determined by its beauty or its message?
  2. 2How does knowing the artist's biography change your interpretation of the work?
  3. 3What artistic elements create the mood that the critic is responding to?

Common Core State Standards

NCAS: Responding VA.Re7.1.HSAccNCAS: Responding VA.Re9.1.HSAcc
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Unit: Curation and Critique: The Professional Gallery
Period: Professional Practice

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