ART 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Santa Barbara City College, Art Criticism, Rational Basis Review
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Many of the world"s largest and most well-funded art museums, such as the louvre, the. Most countries have a national gallery, with an explicit mission to conserve the government-owned cultural heritage irrespective of what cultures produced the art and an often tacit mission to promote the own cultural heritage of that country. Therefore, the national gallery of art displays art made in the united states but also holds objects from all over the world. Art criticism is the debate or evaluation of visual art. Art critics typically criticize art in the form of esthetics or beauty theory. The pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation is a goal of art criticism but it is doubtful whether such criticism will overcome prevailing socio- political circumstances. The diversity of artistic trends has resulted in a division of art criticism into different disciplines that may each use different criteria for their assessments.
