Ch 7 Developing Critical Thinking Flashcards
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Cause-and-effect critique
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A critique in which the viewer seeks to determine the cause for each visual or emotional effect in a design
2
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Context
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The set of circumstances/facts that surround when an artwork was made, where, how, and for what purpose
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Descriptive critique
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A critique in which the viewer carefully describes what she sees when observing a design
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Formal analysis
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A type of critique in which compositional causes are connected to compositional effects
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Objective criticism
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The assessment of strengths and weaknesses in a design based solely on the visual information present
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Subjective criticism
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The assessment of strengths and weaknesses in a design based on no objective criteria (narrative, cultural, personal)
