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Art Criticism

Assesses student understanding and application of art criticism principles through the production of an art criticism cube.

Rubric Code: XX2BC86

By LTencke

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Subject: Arts and Design

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Art criticism cube
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 18 pts	Moderate 15 pts	Poor 10 pts
Description 20 pts	Excellent Makes a complete and detailed description of the subject matter and/or elements and principles of design seen in the artwork.	Good Makes a detailed description of most of the subject matter and/or elements and principles of design seen in the artwork	Moderate Makes a detailed description of some of the subject matter and/or elements and principles of design seen in the artwork.	Poor Descriptions are not detailed or complete
Analysis 20 pts	Excellent Accurately describes several dominant elements or principles used by the artist and accurately relates how they are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork	Good Accurately describes a couple of dominant elements or principles used by the artist and accurately relates how they are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork.	Moderate Describes some dominant elements and principles used by the artist, but has difficulty describing how these relate tot he meaning or feeling of the artwork.	Poor Has trouble picking out the dominant elements
Judgement 20 pts	Excellent Uses multiple criteria to judge the artwork, such as composition, creativity, design, communication of ideas, successfulness of the image. Talks about what the artist was trying to communicate and gives clear reasons	Good Uses 1-2 criteria to judge the artwork. Tells whether the artwork is successful or not and talks about what the artist was trying to communicate but could be clearer	Moderate Tries to use aesthetic criteria to judge artwork, but does not apply the criteria accurately. Does not explain whether or not the artwork is successful.	Poor Evaluates work as good or bad based on personal taste. Doesn't comment on what the artist was trying to communicate. Does not explain whether or not the artwork is successful.
Interpretation 20 pts	Excellent Forms a reasonable hypothesis about the symbolic or metaphorical meaning of the artwork and is able to support this with evidence from the artwork. Explains why the artist made the choices he/she did	Good Student identifies the literal meaning of the artwork. Gives a partial interpretation of symbolic meaning with some evidence from the artwork.	Moderate Student can relate how the work makes him/her feel personally. Does not give evidence from artwork, does not talk about the symbolic meaning of the artwork	Poor Student finds it difficult to interpret any meaning in the work.
Sentence Structure 20 pts Word Choice/ Vocabulary Spelling/Punctuation	Excellent Sentences are clear, begin in different ways, and vary in length. Variety of art language is used correctly, including new and challenging vocabulary. There is correct capitalization, spelling, punctuation and grammar throughout.	Good There are no fragments. Sentences are mostly well constructed, with some minor errors. A variety of art vocabulary is used correctly. There are a few minor errors in grammar and punctuation.	Moderate Sentences are sometimes awkward, making the meaning unclear. They don't vary in length. Many sentences begin with the same word. There is a lack of word variety, but common words are used correctly.Spelling is mostly correct. There are a lot of grammatical errors, but the reader can understand what is being said.	Poor Paper is difficult to read because most sentences are incomplete, run-ons, or awkward. Simple words are repeated frequently, art vocabulary is used incorrectly, or words were copied directly from another source. There are so many spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors that the paper is difficult to read and understand.

Keywords:

art criticism

Subjects:

Arts and Design

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Project

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