Art criticism is the process of gathering facts and information about a work of art and the artist to describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate art. For this assignment, you will chose one work of art from the following artists to critique. Choose a work from the following artists: Mary Cassatt Paul Cezanne Pierre-Auguste Renoir Claude Monet Edgar Degas Complete the following: Identify the artist, the title of the artwork, and the date it was completed in the first paragraph. Paste an image of the painting in your paper. Examples of each of these artists can be found in the textbook. (The images in the textbook are copyright-protected and cannot be copied. To find the exact painting, search the Internet by the artist’s name and the title of the work. Right-click and copy the image. Open a Word document and right-click and paste. If the image does not paste into your paper, try another image. Sometimes images are protected and cannot be copied. Wherever you do find the image, make sure to cite your source in APA style. If you are unsure how to cite an image,  this resource can help you .) Use the four steps to critiquing art that are found in Chapter 10 of Embracing Art to develop a critique of the work. Be sure that you write a well-developed paragraph on each of the four areas indicating specific areas in the painting in your explanation: Description Analysis Interpretation Evaluation Can art be "aesthetically pleasing" even if it isn't beautiful? How would the viewer respond to the work at the time it was created? Part 2 Using a camera or cell phone, take 3 photographs from your immediate environment that exemplify each of the following styles of art (be creative!): Realism Impressionism Post-Impressionism You can manipulate your photographs with any software effects to achieve the appropriate results. For example, you can take a photo of a friend or family member, and using software, blur the image to represent impressionism. Include your 3 original photographs in your paper. (Save the photos to your desktop. If you use your phone camera, you can e-mail them to yourself. Open the image and right-click and copy. Open a Word document and right-click and paste.) Answer the following questions in paragraph style: Number each photo and identify the style it closely resembles. Explain the characteristics of each style that you tried to emulate. What style of art would best be used to communicate a direct message? Explain What style of art would evoke an emotional response? Explain. Identify 3 examples of Realism in art or design that you see on a daily basis. Describe a situation in which the style of Impressionism might best be used in art and/or design today? In-text citations and a list of references are required when including or paraphrasing any idea, fact, date, or other information from the textbook or other references. Reference Hume-Pratuch, J. (2010).  There's an art to it . APA Style Blog. Retrieved from http://blog.apastyle.org/apas.

1. Art criticism is the process of gathering facts and information
about a work of art and the artist to describe, analyze, interpret,
and evaluate art. For this assignment, you will chose one work
of art from the following artists to critique.
Choose a work from the following artists:
Mary Cassatt
Paul Cezanne
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Complete the following:
Identify the artist, the title of the artwork, and the date it was
completed in the first paragraph.
Paste an image of the painting in your paper. Examples of each
of these artists can be found in the textbook. (The images in the
textbook are copyright-protected and cannot be copied. To find
the exact painting, search the Internet by the artist’s name and
the title of the work. Right-click and copy the image. Open a
Word document and right-click and paste. If the image does not
paste into your paper, try another image. Sometimes images are
protected and cannot be copied. Wherever you do find the
image, make sure to cite your source in APA style. If you are
unsure how to cite an image,
this resource can help you
.)
Use the four steps to critiquing art that are found in Chapter 10
of Embracing Art to develop a critique of the work. Be sure that
you write a well-developed paragraph on each of the four areas
indicating specific areas in the painting in your explanation:
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation
Can art be "aesthetically pleasing" even if it isn't beautiful?
How would the viewer respond to the work at the time it was

2. created?
Part 2
Using a camera or cell phone, take 3 photographs from your
immediate environment that exemplify each of the following
styles of art (be creative!):
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
You can manipulate your photographs with any software effects
to achieve the appropriate results. For example, you can take a
photo of a friend or family member, and using software, blur the
image to represent impressionism.
Include your 3 original photographs in your paper. (Save the
photos to your desktop. If you use your phone camera, you can
e-mail them to yourself. Open the image and right-click and
copy. Open a Word document and right-click and paste.)
Answer the following questions in paragraph style:
Number each photo and identify the style it closely resembles.
Explain the characteristics of each style that you tried to
emulate.
What style of art would best be used to communicate a direct
message? Explain
What style of art would evoke an emotional response? Explain.
Identify 3 examples of Realism in art or design that you see on
a daily basis.
Describe a situation in which the style of Impressionism might
best be used in art and/or design today?
In-text citations and a list of references are required when
including or paraphrasing any idea, fact, date, or other
information from the textbook or other references.
Reference
Hume-Pratuch, J. (2010).
There's an art to it
. APA Style Blog. Retrieved from
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/04/theres-an-art-to-
it.html

3. This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria
provided
here
.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials.
Grading Rubric:
Purpose of Assignment and Content Development
Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and
compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main
idea, and purpose.
Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human
perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and
context.
Graphics accurately reflect the assignment requirements.
30%
Organization, Grammar and Presentation
Organization is clear.
Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and
content relevant to the assignment.
Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where
applicable).
Audience, style, tone and perspective are consistent and
appropriate to assignment.
Format is consistently appropriate to assignment, and follows
assignment requirements.
Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
30%
Information Literacy and Research
Demonstrates outstanding selection and use of high quality,
credible, and relevant sources to develop ideas that are
appropriate to the assignment.
Sources are consistently cited according to required style sheet
(e.g., APA), with no errors beyond punctuation. Manuscript
style is completely correct, according to style sheet guidelines.

4. 5%
Critical Thinking
Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary ability to analyze
assumptions and evaluate evidence, complexities of issues, and
alternatives. Where required, demonstrates outstanding or
exemplary ability to use creativity and originality in problem-
solving.
Quantitative literacy - Demonstrates outstanding ability to
provide accurate understanding and explanations of information
presented in mathematical forms.
Calculations attempted are essentially all successful and
sufficiently comprehensive to solve the problem.
35%