Feldman Method of Art Criticism

Question 1

What do you see in the piece?
What materials were used in the making of this piece?
Can you tell what techniques were used to create this piece?
Can you describe the texture of the piece? What colors are in this work?

Answer 1

Description

Question 2

What is the mood of the piece?
How does the technique used add to the piece?
Is the piece balanced? Why?
Where is the focus of this piece?

Answer 2

Analysis

Question 3

What does this piece say?
Why did the artist decide to create this?
Why did they choose this medium to work with?
Why did they choose these colors, shapes, lines?

Answer 3

Interpretation

Question 4

Do you think this was a successful work? Why?
What would you change about the work?
How would you go about doing this yourself?
What did you like best about this piece? Why?

Answer 4

Judgment