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Answer & Explanation:Choose one piece from five options: Alloway, Greenberg, Rosenberg, Schapiro, Steinberg You will read one assigned text closely and carefully. You should introduce the text by
providing the full citation and identifying the author (who are they?). You will then identify the
author’s subject, leading questions, and central claims. In essence, you will outline their
thematic concerns and summarize their critique. What is their overall point of view?
Questions to consider: Does the critic have a big-picture issue or question that they are
attempting to address or answer? Do they reference particular artists or artistic institutions?
Who and how? Do they appear to be responding to a particular exhibition or gallery show? How
often do they use the first person (I) or indicate a subjective (personal) response to the work of
art? Do they close out their writing with a directive or proposal for the future of art? If so, how
do they characterize the current (when the writing was published) state of the art world? I am interested not only in the content of the text you are reading, but also in the way that the
author formulates their argument. Think of this text as an active conversation. Critics present
opinions and publish them for a public audience of readers – this is different than a scholarly
article that relies on evidence and has a small audience. Think about how the critic pushes their
opinion or perspective through the organization of ideas and the language that they choose. Are
you persuaded of the author’s ideas at the end or not? Are there elements they could have
improved or points where they lost you? You should end your assessment of the critic’s text with a paragraph on how you think this
critic would respond to the contemporary art world. What would their response be to the turn
away from tradition painting and toward installation art, performance art, kinetic sculpture, and
multi-channel video work? You should not use first person (I) in this review. I also don’t want to know if you personally
liked the text. Your pap

er must be 2 pages double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point type.
You should include a title for your review that indicates your assessment (for example, “Being a
Critical Critic”), your name, and page numbers. Some tips: You will absolutely want to read the article more than once. Take notes, highlight or
underline important elements and phrasing while you read. Pay attention to the first sentence of
each paragraph, as they may indicate the paragraph’s content. In addition, look for sentences
that end with a questions mark or start with “I”. These often indicate “big picture” questions and
should be considered as primary or secondary lines of inquiry. Your review must include at least three citations from the article. References or citations from
the article should be followed by a parenthetical citation. For example: The author claims,
“painting is the next big thing.” (73) There should be no citations to outside material in this
review. You must also include one image from an artist that the author references. Provide a
caption for the image: Artist, title, date. Medium, dimensions, location. List of critical texts: choose one to write in the following file.Clement Greenberg, “Abstract Art,” The Nation 158 (April 15, 1944): 450-451. In Patricia
Hills, Modern Art in the USA (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2001)., 146-150. Harold Rosenberg, “The American Action Painters,” Art News 51, no. 8 (Dec. 1952): 22-23, 48-
50. In Paul Fabozzi, Artist, Critics, Context (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2002), 23-32. Meyer Schapiro, “The Liberating Quality of Avant-Garde Art,” Art News 56, no. 4 (Summer
1957): 36-42. In Patricia Hills, Modern Art in the USA (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2001)., 157-
160. Lawrence Alloway, “The Arts and the Mass Media,” 1958, In Paul Fabozzi, Artist, Critics,
Context (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2002), 115-119. Leo Steinberg, “Contemporary Art and the Plight of its Public,” Harper’s 224, no. 1342 (March
1962): 31-39. In Patricia Hills, Modern Art in the USA (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 2001)., 221-
225.
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