Art critiques
Subtitle: a guide
By: James Elkins
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
Publisher: New Academia Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780986021619
Subjects: Art; Study and teaching (Higher); College students' art; Evaluation; Art criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Time for critique!; title: A sample critique; title: Critiques aren't just conversations; title: Critique formats; title: How long should a critique be?; title: The first ten seconds of the critique; title: The last ten minutes of the critique; title: Music critiques, dance critiques, theater critiques; title: That critique room; title: What if you didn't put in much work on your art?; title: Managing interdisciplinary critiques; title: What if you make very different kinds of work?; title: Student + teacher + artwork = confusion; title: All the ways to fail; title: Five kinds of critiques: 1. The silent teacher critique; title: What if you're asked to talk about your work?; title: Five kinds of critiques: 2. The conceptual critique; title: Five kinds of critiques: 3. The boot camp critique; title: Five kinds of critiques: 4. The silent student critique; title: Five kinds of critiques: 5. The anti-critique; title: Critiques don't always build on one another, but start again and again from scratch; title: Critiques drift from topic to topic; title: Teachers make their own artworks, different from yours; title: When the teacher is bored, and the work is just average; title: Teachers make idiosyncratic pronouncements; title: Five allegories for critiques: 1. Critiques are like seductions, full of emotion; title: Five allegories for critiques: 2. Critiques are like different languages, all spoken at once; title: Five allegories for critiques: 3. Critiques are like storytelling; title: Five allegories for critiques: 4. Critiques are like battles; title: Five allegories for critiques: 5. Critiques are like trials; title: Does your teacher like the other teachers?; title: Therapy; title: Being close to your work, being too close to your work; title: Five purposes of criticism; title: A sixth purpose of criticism, and some words for success; title: M.H. Abrams's theory; title: Criticism, critique, crit, criticality, Kritik; title: Talking about composition is easier than talking about race; title: Some teachers are judicative, and others descriptive; title: Tinkering with the critque format; title: Three big projects: 1 Investigate the chain of questions; title: Three big projects: 2. Transcribe your critique; title: Three big projects: 3. Do a six-hour critique; title: The world of the PhD; title: Why PhD programs leave critiques behind; title: PhD programs are mainly concerned with research ...; title: ... and knowledge; title: The future of the Phd.