A foundation for critical dialogue is formed as three clusters of propositions: presuppositions for art criticism, proposals for the practice of art criticism, and statements suggesting the significance of art criticism for individuals in society. Based upon these propositions and generally following a phenomenological method of description, a method of art criticism is outlined involving five consecutively ordered yet functionally integrated components: (1) receptiveness, (2) orienting, (3) bracketing, (4) interpretive analysis, and (5) synthesis.
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E. Louis Lankford (1984) studied this question.
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