Week 15 Video Review

Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T.J. Clark1. Greenberg stated that "writing about visual art is much tougher than writing about literature or music". He said he believed in modern specialization and that criticism can be relevant, not merely scientific.
2.Yes, because my project contains many different pieces, from sculptures to realistic paintings to fantastical paintings, but they all have a common theme nonetheless.

Greenberg on Pollock: An Interview by T.J. Clark
1. In this video, Greenberg talked about Jackson Pollock. I liked how his ideas from the first video can be seen in this video (saying that although a little out of the norm even for the Avant Gard.
2. Just like I said about the first video, this pertains to my art criticism project because there are a few "unusual" pieces in there that, although not to the extreme as Pollock's, would probably not fit in quite so easily to contemporary ideals of a painting.

An Intorduction to the Italian Renaissance (Giorgio Vasari)
1.Talks about how the great works are all intertwined because each great artist built upon the ideas/woks of their predecessors.
2. Yes because my pieces range from over 20,000 BCE to only a few years ago and in all of the artworks that I chose, they depict horses. Although for many reasons, these reasons all in the end point to their importance. The earliest forms of art have the basic shape of the animal while later ones can be more precise due to technology and innovation.

The Critics: Stories from the Inside Pages
1.Talks about how critics serve the public because they get the public to think, and that art criticism is in and of itself a form of art.
2. I definitely agree with this video in saying that art criticism is a form of art. They have to eloquently word their criticism and are trying to perusade someone to think or to share their view of a piece. Everyone is going to have a different opinion, and I think my art criticism project holds into account the fact that others are going to be viewing it.

The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture
1.This video talks about how western ideas have influenced the true authentic cultural interaction.
2.This could possibly pertain to my art criticism project: while the oldest pieces don't really have any western influence on them (because of their age), any one of the other pieces may have had influence from another culture (not only Western).

Jackson Pollock: Michael Fried and T.J. Clark in Conversation
1.Critic Michael Freid is a proponent of aesthetically based views of painting and sculpture. However, some works, such as Jackson Pollock's, might be more abstract and not particularly aesthetically pleasing. I agree with the point made in the video that the art critics during the time the art was made will have a different view than a critic in the future because the work might not be applicable anymore during that time period.
2.The cave painting might have been a great masterpiece back then, but today although it is very important, some critics might say it is not as detailed or refined as more current works depicting horses.



3. I think the films do add depth to understanding art criticism; I especially liked the idea that over time, critics' views of an art are going to change (like I stated in the last review, under question 2). I think history does play a role in art criticism, and that we might not take that into consideration as much as it should be. I also learned about how wester art is influencing the art of other cultures and that might not be a good thing because it detracts from their traditional/cultural artistic ways and value.