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John Ruskin (1819-1900), c.1870. Leo Tolstoy described Ruskin as, "one of those rare men who think with their heart." A champion of the work of J.M.W. Turner, Ruskin detested the work of James McNeill Whistler[1] An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites. Art collectors and patrons often utilize the advice of art critics as a way to enhance their appreciation of the art they are viewing. Typically the art critic views art at exhibitions, galleries, museums or artists' studios. Professional art critics are expected to have a keen eye for art and a thorough knowledge of art history. Knowledge, however, provides no guarantee that a critic will know if a work of art, an exhibition, or an artist will stand out in history as "great". The opinions of art critics has the potential to stir debate on art related topics. Due to this the viewpoints of art critics writing for art publications and newspapers adds to public discourse concerning art and culture. Some of today's art critics use art blogs and other online platforms in order to connect with a wider audience and expand debate about art. Many now famous and celebrated artists were not recognized by the art critics of their time, often because their art was in a style not yet understood or favored. Conversely, some critics, have become particularly important helping to explain and promote new art movements Roger Fry with the Post-Impressionist movement, Lawrence Alloway with Pop Art as examples.

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1 Some famous art critics 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 External link 5 References

[edit] Some famous art critics

Lawrence Alloway Guillaume Apollinaire Zacharie Astruc Albert Aurier Charles Baudelaire Sister Wendy Beckett Clive Bell Bernard Berenson John Berger John Canaday Champfleury Kenneth Clark T.J. Clark Robert Coates Clarence Cook Royal Cortissoz Arthur Danto

Denis Diderot James Elkins Flix Fnon Peter Frank Michael Fried Roger Fry Clement Greenberg Dave Hickey Robert Hughes Edouard Jaguer Michael Kimmelman Hilton Kramer Rosalind Krauss Donald Kuspit Julien Leclercq Louis Leroy Lucy Lippard

Giovanni Lista Camille Mauclair Octave Mirbeau Robert C. Morgan Linda Nochlin Frank O'Hara Saul Ostrow Griselda Pollock Arlene Raven Herbert Read Pierre Restany Rainer Maria Rilke Barbara Rose Harold Rosenberg Robert Rosenblum John Ruskin John Russell

Frank Rutter Andr Salmon Jerry Saltz Irving Sandler Meyer Schapiro Peter Schjeldahl Brian Sewell Roberta Smith Rafael Squirru Leo Stein Leo Steinberg Michel Tapi Thophile Thor-Brger Tristan Tzara Louis Vauxcelles Karen Wilkin mile Zola

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douard Manet, Portrait

Jean-Honor Fragonard, Portrait of Denis Diderot, of Zacharie Astruc 1866, 1769, Louvre, Paris. His art Charles Baudelaire Kunsthalle Bremen. He criticism was highly 1855, Photo by was a strong defender of influential. His Essais sur Nadar. Baudelaire Gustave Courbet, and was la peinture was described is associated with one of the first to by Johann Wolfgang von the Decadent recognize the talent of Goethe, as "a magnificent movement. His douard Manet. He also work, which speaks even book of poetry Les defended Claude Monet, more helpfully to the poet Fleurs du mal is James McNeill Whistler, than to the painter, though acknowledged as a Carolus-Duran, Fantinto the painter too it is as a classic of French Latour, and Alphonse blazing torch." Diderot's literature[2] Legros. favorite painter was JeanBaptiste Greuze.

douard Manet, Portrait of mile Zola, 1868, Muse d'Orsay. mile Zola (1840-1902) was an influential French writer, and art critic. He was a major figure in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus. [3]

Paul Signac, Flix Fnon, 1890. A French anarchist and art critic in Paris during the late 1800s. He coined the term "Neoimpressionism" in 1886.

Roger Fry Self-portrait, Guillaume 1928. He was described by Leo Stein (1872Apollinaire (1880Kenneth Clark as 1947), art 1918), 1914, "incomparably the greatest collector/critic, elder French poet, writer influence on taste since brother of Gertrude and art critic he is Ruskin... In so far as taste Stein. Photo by Carl credited with can be changed by one Van Vechten, coining the word man, it was changed by November 9, 1937 surrealism Roger Fry".[4]

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Art criticism Good audio version of symposium on contemporary (2007) art criticism entitled "Empathy and Criticality," sponsored by the Frieze Foundation

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1. ^ [1], from the Tate, retrieved April 12, 2009 2. ^ Joanna Richardson, Baudelaire, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, p. 191, ISBN 0-31211476-1. 3. ^ J'accuse letter at French wikisource See also: Translation of J'accuse letter

4. ^ IAN CHILVERS. "Fry, Roger." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Mar. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.Retrieved 9 March 2009

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