This is basically a small gallery I'm still working on  Since I'm a writer, probably the majority of it will be my story "The Calibre Key", giftie stories I'm working on for others, stories of my character Ace's adventures, and who knows  I may also submit other stuff, like game reviews I do, art from school. |
Art Criticism: The Real DealHow many of you think of art criticism in a more or less negative way?Art Criticism: The Real Deal by ^Katmomma
I read an incredible book by Terry Barrett called "Criticizing Art" for My Visual Cultures & Critical Practice class in my senior year of college. This author and the class has enlightened my view of what art criticism is and the components of it. And I'm posting this here on dA to share it with you.
This community is part of the bigger Art World, believe it or not. And every person who posts a comment on an artwork is practicing a form of art criticism. You don't have to be some snobby Art Historian from New York to be an Art Critic. Critics come from many different backgrounds- poets, musicians, historians, artists and everyday people- using what they write about to add to communicate what is "likeable" to the community. Critics are what drive the popularity of artwork- which essentially drives the interest in the communities they work in as a whole.
So here are some REAL Art Wor
Yes; I do critiques to  |
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. Of course the same can't be said for grandma; while her physical health was doing alright, her mental health was basicaly spiralling out of control; she called me a thief for stealing money from her and grandpa based on bank records she had with her that are nearly TEN YEARS OLD XD. Not only that, with her teaching her pet dog Sammy all the wrong things and being rather abusive towards him, yet also loving him and doting him, the dog was really becoming a hassle and was wearing my dad's patience thin. The straw that broke the camel's back happened around September. Ruby and Sammy got into a fight with grandma in the crossfire, and had her finger severely cut from the teeth of one of the dogs; which I'm still not sure who managed to do that. A couple of days later, Dad caught Sammy peeing on the floor and was not very happy; so he grabbed Sammy while he was in the middle of his peeing session and severely bit Dad's hand. Of course this resulted in a nasty spat between Grandma and Dad, and seeing as she has become too much for us to care for her, we called an ambulance to have her be treated, as that cut was really infected now. As for Sammy, well since Dad never liked Sammy to begin with; we were really close to sending him to the humane society to have somebody else take care of him, but we -mainly me, mom and my older sister Justine- managed to convince him to allow us to keep him. In return though, he have to refom him to be a properly behaved dog. So far, it has been an uphill battle, but thankfully we are making progress, and since we now found a retirement home for Grandma to stay in that can treat her Alzheimer's, her bad influence won't effect Sammy anymore o:
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