Art History and Critical Response · Art History

Reading a Work of Art

Applying the Feldman method of art criticism: description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment.

Key Questions

  1. 1What do you see that makes you say that?
  2. 2How do the artists technical choices support the story they are trying to tell?
  3. 3What would this artwork sound like if it could make noise?

Common Core State Standards

NCAS: Responding VA.Re7.2.3NCAS: Responding VA.Re8.1.3
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Unit: Art History and Critical Response
Period: Art History

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