Performance Task in EAPP
Directions: Write a balanced/objective critique or review of this painting. Refer to module 7
for your guide in writing it. Write your critique or review on the sheet provided.
                                         Rubric in Art Review
                          (5)                      (4)                     (3)                      (2)
Introduction     Introduction explains    Introduction explains   Introduction             Introduction does
                 author’s selection of    author’s selection of   mentions where the       not present or does
                 the artwork in a         the artwork and that    author came              not explain how the
                 thoughtful manner.       caused him to           across the artwork       author selected the
                                          consider it further.    but does not put         artwork.
                                                                  much effort into
                                                                  explaining what
                                                                  attracted him to
                                                                  pursue it.
Description      Author thoughtfully      Author answers the      Author somewhat          Author does not
                 answers the              question What do I      answers the              answer the question
                 question What do I       see? Discusses          question What do I       What do I see?
                 see? Discusses the       most of the ff: size,   see? Discusses           Makes a weak
                 size, medium,            medium, process         some of the ff: size,    attempt to describe
                 process used and         used and subject.       medium, process          the artwork
                 subject. Author          Author discusses        used and subject. A      describing very few
                 shows strong             most of the             few elements used        elements in the
                 understanding of the     elements: line,         in the work are          work.
                 elements: line,          shape, space, color,    discussed.
                 shape, space, color,     texture, and value.
                 texture, and value
Analysis         Author answers the       Author answers the      Author somewhat          Author does not
                 question: How is the     question: How is the    answers the              answer the
                 work organized?          work organized?         question: How is the     question: How is the
                 Thoroughly               Discusses the major     work organized?          work organized?
                 discusses the major      principles of art in    Discusses a few of       Makes a weak effort
                 principles of art in     the work.               the principles of art    to mention the major
                 the work.                                        in the work.             principles of art in
                                                                                           the work.
Interpretation   Author thoroughly        Author answers:         Author somewhat          Author does not
                 and thoughtfully         What is the artist      answers: What is         answer: What is the
                 answers: What is         trying to               the artist trying to     artist trying to
                 the artist trying to     communicate? The        communicate? The         communicate? The
                 communicate? The         interpretation is       interpretation is        interpretation is not
                 interpretation is        based on some           based on a few           supported by visual
                 based on visual          visual facts and        visual facts and         facts and clues
                 facts and clues          clues collected.        clues collected.         collected.
                 collected.
Conclusion       Author concludes         Author concludes        Author concludes         Author concludes
                 with an engaging         with an interesting     with a somewhat          with a shallow
                 and interesting point    point about his         interesting point        reaction to the art
                 about his reaction to    reaction to the art     about his reaction to    work.
                 the art work.            work.                   the art work.
Mechanics        No errors in             A few minor errors      A few minor errors       Distracting and
                 punctuation,             in punctuation,         in punctuation,          major errors in
                 spelling, grammar or     spelling, grammar or    spelling, grammar or     spelling, grammar or
                 capitalization.          capitalization but      capitalization that      capitalization.
                                          they do not distract    while distracting, the
                                          the over-all meaning    meaning can still be
                                          of the essay.           discerned.
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