Critical Visual Analysis - How to Analyse Artwork
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- čas přidán 7. 10. 2020
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Been intending to do a video like this for a while now, I hope I've given a fairly reasonable approach to analysing artwork and feel free to drop me a dm on Instagram if you have any questions art related!
Currently I've got no internet and I'm uploading from my phone's data, let's hope I don't run out before it gets fixed 😆
The steps recommended for critical analysis of art:
1: do you know the artist? Is this typical for their style?
2: make sure you can see the artwork.
3: what medium is the artwork made with? Is it a painting, a sculpture, on paper, canvas, cardboard or is it an experience?
4: can you describe it with your own words?
5: after doing the visual analysis you can ask yourself: can I draw out any meaningful details about it? Is there anything culturally significant in this particular piece?
6: why do we care about this artwork in the particular contemporary context? And does it have a historical context?
7: is it referencing any other artist or artworks? If so what effect does this have on the artwork?
8: what meaning does this artwork have? Look at what the artwork is describing, but also what the artist avoids doing, what people choose not to do can empower the meaning behind the action’s that were taken. ( remember that there’s more right answers to this question than wrong answers. Any answer is right if you can use the answers from the previous questions to back up your argument correctly. As you can only make an educated assumption about the intent behind the work.)
That's my issue in art history everyone, including the teacher, is using overly big words or words that don't make sense to me in the class. It just seems a lot for a simple as an explanation of the art they are talking about.
Sometimes big words are used to cover up complete misunderstanding of a topic lol. Someone who truly understands what they're talking about can explain it to you using very basic vocabulary. Some speakers are just so out of touch with the audience they're presenting to.
I'm currently going to have an AH class and I feel exactly the same lol hence why I'm here
@@lilkiba4485Hello. I'm an art curator and freelancer specialising art history. If you need any help please help let me.
I really enjoyed your video. I liked the fact that you spoke so plainly and clearly. I do agree with you about students using complicated terms to try to hide their insecurities. I will definitely use this video in my classes. I hope you don't mind.
Thank you for the kind words! Of course haha.
i love how calm your voice is as you analyse the art pieces. It really helps you get into it and start analizing with you!
Glad you think so 😎 thanks for watching!
Came to learn how to analyze some of my favorite artworks, left with a new realization of my own preferences, interests and style! Thank you so much!
When you addressed the second piece, you mentioned pop culture and something clicked--i began to reflect on my favorite artists, which had one thing in common--pop culture. They send a strong message within the cultural references, bringing light to issues interwoven with the things we are all familiar with showing a new side, a dark side, a hidden message, an injustice. Grabbing your attention with cultural familiarity, then twisting that into a new perspective on society as a whole.
I have never done a formal analysis before, and am aware I have a long way to go. But I wanted to share the spark of my initial understanding anyway :)
Great takeaway, thank you for watching! I'm actually tempted to make a video on taking apart a piece of work practically/more visually focused than what I maybe went over in this video. Less on concept, more on technique 😎 it's great when you start realising the way your favourite artists might think about / put an image together. Keep going, seems like you're already onto something haha 😄
this video has made me feel less stress about my exam and help me learn something about criticaly analysis artwork. thank you
Glad I could help 🙏
This video is exactly what I needed.
Thank you for sharing. This video helped me with my art projects at uni. I appreciate your comments about using simple language. This is something I worried about because I wasn't sure how to express reflection and critical analysis of my own projects. 😄
Academic language is fine, but it's when it becomes a riddle to work out what the hell someone is saying that it gets really silly 😆
thank you! background music is very zen and makes your information even more digestible
You need to be a lil bit zen to analyze properly 😆😆😆
Your explanations on writing/dissertations for creative/arts is great! Most is geared towards science etc thankyou x
Appreciate the kind words thank you! 😄
I'm not a fine art person, I just came across this because I have to use this method to analyze propaganda. I hope your channel finds success though, this is a wonderful video! You have a calming presence and good quality.
Appreciate the kind words thank you! 😄
Thank you for the video. It was enlightening.❤️
You really made me understand how to analysis,worth to subscribe
Glad it was helpful 👊🏻
Wow thank you so much for this video. Its been helpful to listen and take information l need from this video
Glad it was useful for you, thanks for watching!
Ahh - thank you for mentioning the problem of over complicated language when discussing art. I have just been reading a book about Edward Hopper, only to find myself reading the same line 3 times in order to try and understand what is actually being said. Just get to the point; in simple English and then we can all have a better understanding.
The funniest thing is Edward Hopper has a beautiful simplicity about his work 😆 there's no need for complex language lol
Thank you for your reply. How right you are about Hopper. I’ve purchased the fabulous Ways of Drawing (one of your Favourite Books for Artists). And, whilst I haven’t yet read it from cover to cover, I did see Hopper mentioned by Mark Cazalet - he is ‘moved by the alienation of Edward Hopper’s lonely New Yorkers’. No complex waffle there.
Bonnard’s colour - you are spot on. Saw a visually beautiful exhibition at the NGV (I’m from Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺) last year. He certainly was not afraid to investigate colour. Thanks again for your wonderful videos.
@@janegrew9485 Mark Cazalet is one tutor I've had that I owe a massive part of my development to, fantastic teacher and funny guy haha.
Bonnard will always be an all time fave of mine, and thanks for watching!
Thanks!!
Thank you so much, I've been scared to do my exam. This video helped me so much!!!!
Don't worry 👊 just break things down into chunks and questions, hope it goes well!
my issue is looking too much at symbolism but not what's actually in the painting, I need to work more on identifying techniques and how the actual painting has been constructed
Yup, I'd rather like art history discussing actual techniques used, in detail, instead of trying extra hard to guess the meaning artist's put into it
this was fun but your accent is the most fun : )
You didn’t say whether an art work is typical of an artist is good or bad. Which is it?
This video is so good, why people aren't seeing you? So unfair
Gotta keep putting out stuff with consistency and patience haha 😆 thank you for the kind words, really appreciate it 👍🏼
7:00 I think that we need to use simple language during discussions, because then no one feels left out. But I'm studying IB Diploma Art. If we don't use subject-specific vocabulary, we loose grades because the examiner then doesn't know if we trying to be simple or we were unconsciously trying to convince ourselves of something we haven't understood properly.
Thanks for the video! My teacher took two classes trying to explain what critical thinking is, but mostly she just kept saying, "To critically analyze the artwork, you need to look at it in a critical way and analyze it so that it's a critical analyses." lol. You're video really helped me know that the stuff I've written for this big project is actually critical analysis, without me knowing it.
loool to paint an amazing painting, you have to use the brush in an amazing way so the painting is amazing! Yeah I think the simple vocab obviously depends on the context of your audience, but I think the deeper you understand something the more capable you are of explaining it in a simple way.
do you have any recommendations of good artists?? im trying to find some inspiration :((
What kind of work do you enjoy? Painting? Sculpture? Abstract or realism?
Only just discovered you! Any tips for critical writing and reading? :)
I have a dissertation video you might find helpful! I'll have to have a think and add those to the list for the future 😆 I guess the way to develop critical writing or thinking is to be as well informed as you can be about whatever subject you're interested in. A great way to look for good references and things to read is to look at essays written on the subject you're interested in and steal or use their references. Feel free to dm me if you have more questions 👍🏼
czcams.com/video/JUMscoQ3uR0/video.html Dissertation video 👍🏼
I love this video, but I'm still confused with how to analyze an artwork through colors, balance, tone etc. sort of thing, I kind of know the meaning of using one particular color, but I can't write it in a structured paragraph.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Sometimes colour is used in a very particular way that can suggest meaning, or reflect the subject of the painting, but there's not really a single way of looking at it. Depends on the context of the work 👍🏻
it is a very funny way to look appreciate art⋯⋯
I have an essay for critical studies in art due in less than two hours and I haven't started let's gooooooo
How'd it go 🤣
@@TomasFolanHasici i didn’t exactly fit the parameters of the assignment… lol🥲
@@chandlerbana working outside the box I see 😆
It will be a help if the names of the artists can be added as subtitle.
I do this on my videos now 👍🏼 this is an old one 😄
I have to submit a giant artwork I have not started and a critical evaluation in the next 6 hours T_T
Go with the theme of invisible artwork and write up some fantastic conceptual nonsense to go along with it 🤣
How is this not clickbait? Why feature Klimt's Kiss in your thumbnail and not cover it in your video?
The video isn't about Klimt, it's just an iconic piece which is busy enough to make a good thumbnail out of. The video is about how to approach analyzing artworks, not a specific breakdown of any particular painting so I wouldn't say it's clickbait.
Do artists ever admit any art is bad? Because I swear to God I see people constantly praising splashes of paint on a canvas. Like how do you know what art to dismiss and what to appreciate if abstract art is literally just shapes and colors?
You clearly need to go around London galleries with myself and my mate, we literally go around cussing out most work and hyping up others 😂
Kindly avoid running your fingers through your hair. It's attractive but also distractive. Just a suggestion.
Noted 😆 thanks for watching!
ciao
Ciao 😎
That's my issue in art history everyone, including the teacher, is using overly big words or words that don't make sense to me in the class. It just seems a lot for a simple as an explanation of the art they are talking about.
Usually if someone is using rather silly language to explain something it's because they don't understand what the hell they're talking about 😂