Abstract
Research has been extremely involved in improving in the art criticism area. These improvements are reflected in scientific articles. This article purposed to investigate the 214 articles in art criticism to explore their main characteristics. These articles published in the Web of Science database of the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) from the period of 1980 till 20 December 2013. Types of articles were article and review which is included in the study. The three top cited (more than 10 times citations) articles in art criticism were published in 1993 and 1999. The 214 articles mean citation rate was 0.87 (SD 2.38) times. Among the various fields, art (58.87%), arts humanities other topics (28.03%), both art and arts humanities other topics (5.14%), both art and education and educational research (2.33%), both art and history (1.40%), art, arts humanities other topics and literature (1.40%), both art and cultural studies (0.93%), both art and philosophy (0.93%), both art and literature (0.46%), and both arts humanities other topics and cultural studies (0.46%) were the most popular fields of research. The results showed that researches were done in the United States had highest citation which was written in English language.
Highlights
In the sixteen century scholars collected and produce information on philosophical doctrine and critical approaches (Cromer, 1990). Lankford (1984) stated that achieve knowledge in art criticism may benefit one encounter other skills principal to life
Because this study only proposed to look for articles related to art criticism and relevant subjects, the exploration for all relevant articles to “art criticism” was managed by Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Knowledge database
The results showed that Art Criticism published 21 articles following by Journal of Aesthetic Education (16 articles), Artforum (13 articles), and Art Magazine (10 articles)
Summary
In the sixteen century scholars collected and produce information on philosophical doctrine and critical approaches (Cromer, 1990). Lankford (1984) stated that achieve knowledge in art criticism may benefit one encounter other skills principal to life. Lankford (1984) stated that achieve knowledge in art criticism may benefit one encounter other skills principal to life. Art criticism elevates appreciation of art and the procedure of critical thinking. Risatti (1987) believes that involving art criticism may assistance learners to improve critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills. Art criticism around the world is in crisis. Art criticism has a poor voice, and become solve into the antecedent irregularity of glancing cultural criticism. Its decline is not the usual ultimate weakness pressure of a workout that has continue its period, because at the similar period, art criticism is as well as better than forever (Elkins & Engelke, 2003)
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