Denis Diderot
Formal, sociocultural, and expressive
Art nouveau
Realistic
There were no art schools in the 16th century. You had to be apprenticed to an older artist.
Art criticism began in the mid-eighteenth century due to a growing interest in evaluating and analyzing art as a reflection of society and culture. The Enlightenment period also emphasized critical thinking and the importance of examining art in a more intellectual and analytical way. Additionally, the rise of art institutions and academies created a platform for discussing and critiquing artworks.
It evolved in the late eighteenth century into forms such as vaudeville.
educating the public about art.
As a matter of philosophy, I would say, check out the art history - who the artist was, where he was located, materials he used and perhaps, who his contemporaries were. Art criticism is more about how successful the artist was in achieving his goal. With a knowledge of art history you would be able to understand more about the criticism.
Clare Le Corbeiller has written: 'French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth' 'China trade porcelain: patterns of exchange' -- subject(s): Art collections, Catalogs, China trade porcelain 'Eighteenth-century Italian porcelain' -- subject(s): Italian Porcelain 'German porcelain of the eighteenth century' -- subject(s): Catalogs, German Porcelain, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Porcelain
Donald A. Stauffer has written: 'The art of biography in eighteenth century England' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Biography, Biography as a literary form, English literature, History and criticism 'Shakespeare's world of images' -- subject(s): Religion and ethics 'The saint and the hunchback'
Susan Margaret Ganis Auty has written "The Art of the Chola Period," a book that explores the art and culture of the Chola dynasty in ancient India.
David. Bindman has written: 'Essays on British Narrative Art' 'Hogarth' 'Blake as an artist' -- subject(s): Art, English, Criticism and interpretation, English Art 'Roubiliac and the eighteenth-century monument' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, Catalogs, Sepulchral monuments, Modern Sculpture 'Hogarth and his times' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Social life and customs 'Divine Comedy of William Blake' 'Hogarth' -- subject(s): Biography, Artists, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 'Hogarth's Election Entertainment'
Ronald Paulson has written: 'Satire and the novel in eighteenth-century England' -- subject(s): English Satire, English fiction, History and criticism, Romans, Satires, Satire, Histoire et critique, Roman anglais, Engels, Roman, Satire anglaise 'Theme and structure in Swift's Tale of a tub' 'Hogarth's Harlot' 'Emblem and expression' -- subject(s): Allegory, Emblems, English Art, History 'Hogarth: his life, art, and times' 'The beautiful, novel, and strange' -- subject(s): Art and literature, British Aesthetics, English fiction, Fiction, History, History and criticism, Literature and society, Technique 'Representations of revolution, 1789-1820' -- subject(s): Art, Art and the revolution, Arts and revolutions, France, History, Neoclassicism (Art), Revolutions in art, Romanticism in art, England in art, English Landscape painting 'The art of Hogarth' 'Satire: modern essays in criticism' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Satire 'The fictions of satire' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Satire 'The modern novelette'
James Lowry Clifford has written: 'Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale)' -- subject(s): Biography, English Authors, Intellectual life, Marriage 'Eighteenth-century English literature' 'Samuel Johnson; a survey and bibliography of critical studies' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Criticism and interpretation, History 'Biography as an art' -- subject(s): Biography as a literary form 'Johnsonian studies, 1887-1950' -- subject(s): Bibliography 'Later eighteenth-century English literature (English 214)' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English literature, History and criticism 'Samuel Johnson'
Western art criticism focuses on theory and philosophy.
The Parisian courtiers in the eighteenth century lost interest in portraits due to changing tastes and a shift towards more informal and naturalistic styles of art. Additionally, the Enlightenment ideals of reason and individualism fostered a desire for more intellectual and socially conscious forms of artistic expression, leading to a decline in interest in traditional portrait painting.