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When you examine a work of art, should you begin with the art crit-icism operations or the art history operations? Why?

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Six Steps to Understanding What You See

LOOK. The first step in the Art of Seeing Art™ process, looking may seem pretty obvious. ...

OBSERVE. Observation is where close looking comes into play. ...

SEE. Looking is a physical act; seeing is a mental process of perception. ...

DESCRIBE. ...

ANALYZE. ...

INTERPRET.

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