Rasmussen Humanities Self-directed Assessment 02 – Visual Art 2021

Competency

Develop a vocabulary for criticizing, evaluating, and describing works of art.

For this assessment task, you are asked to act as an art critic and analyze a series of works. When art critics discuss art, they describe art works in terms of style and medium. Art critics interpret meanings of art and make judgements of a work's validity to the importance of a piece in the larger context of art history and culture. Art critics also evaluate art in the context of aesthetics.

Please watch the presentation below as a refresher on this deliverable’s content. The presentation will not tell you everything you need to know to pass this test-out, but it should serve as a refresher.

Competency

Develop a vocabulary for criticizing, evaluating, and describing works of art.

Instructions

For this competency, you will assume the role of a critic. View each piece of work listed below and analyze it as a piece of art, identifying key elements of the work and using terminology common to the discipline. Using a few concise paragraphs for each piece, your analysis should discuss each work as a critic would and include, using the proper vocabulary, what you think the work is about.