By looking at why we like things we like, we can understand what makes good art good. For this exercise, try first to identify the critical components of a food dish or drink you truly enjoy. Use this everyday dining experience to illustrate your critique process.
For example, when choosing a fast food restaurant for a hamburger, you may evaluate the menu, perhaps on taste, price, or nutritional value. You will critique how the hamburger is assembled. How are the ingredients balanced? Can you have too much of a good thing? Too much bread, cheese, or meat? How is unity achieved despite the variety? You have to admit, the elements of a cheeseburger are quite disparate - grilled meat, fermented milk(cheese), baked bread, processed condiments, and veggies. Yet, they are colorfully assembled into a tasty whole. In the process of making the choices, individuals develop their own criteria to evaluate.
Your analysis will take two parts. First, address the elements/ingredients of something you identify as good, hopefully something you love (anything from an amazing burrito to a favorite cocktail). Secondly, do you see any parallel to our approach to evaluating art? In this second part, you don't need to find a 1-to-1 comparison, like "The cheese is line; the bun is texture; the lettuce is light.” All you should do is to look for similarity or dissimilarity in the evaluation process. So, given how we evaluate things like good sushi, is the evaluation of art any different? Is there any comparison between food ingredients and visual elements? Is there any parallel in the principals of visual design and the assemblage of our food or the mixing of our drinks? Is this the whole of what we're consuming at all like the visual field of artwork (like a canvas)? Please keep your response to 400-500 words.
Your essay should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides. You should use a clear font that is highly readable. APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Citations should be in APA format.
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