Practice 1A: Critical Thinking

Important characteristics of a critical thinker:  

• Flexible

• Open Minded-Binary Positions, Multiple viewpoints, outside perspectives

• Acceptance of new ideas

• Changes position when appropriate

• Objective

• Subjective

• Holistic -  Sees the bigger picture, mind of the artist

• Ask questions

• Recognize emotions

Questions to ask:

• When the work was made

• What were their influences 

• Their contemporaries 

• Art movements

• Politics