Good Art/Bad Art Post

For your first blog post, you will consider the topic “Good Art vs. Bad Art.” To begin, watch the video below.

One of the greatest qualities of art is that everybody is entitled to their own opinions. We are all individuals who come from unique backgrounds and experiences. So, why should we agree on what makes one thing “good” and another thing “bad”? For this prompt, tell us your opinion about what makes good art good and bad art bad. There are no wrong opinions. All that I require is that you present a thoughtful analysis of why you appreciate a certain type of art and not another.

The writing should be at least two paragraphs in length. One paragraph devoted to good art, one paragraph devoted to bad art. After your writing, upload two works of art that best describe your two viewpoints. Google Images is a great search engine for finding work: http://images.google.com

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a searchable image database: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/

And so does the Museum of Modern Art: http://moma.org/explore/collection/index

If you still have a hard time finding examples to talk about, feel free to use works of art that I discuss in the lecture videos (just be sure to describe them in your own words!). To upload your images, follow the instructions in the “Adding Images and Links to Your Blog Posts” document.

Before you publish your post, write "good art bad art" into the labels field.