Unit 4: Formalist Criticism.

Although formalist criticism is somehow a very superficial way to interpret art, there is another possibility of understanding its point of view. Because formalist criticism do not look at the emotions, meaning and history of the paintings or arts of work, its interpretation of things are purely oriented by the technique, forms shapes and colors used in the works. It is hard to understand how formalist criticism intends to work with only the non-emotional elements of art when art is actually the expression of emotions. Art is the representation of whatever painters feel, live or see. That is the reason for a painter to paint. Emotions. So, when criticizing a piece of art from this perspective I cannot see the purpose why a person would bother to examine it. From my perspective, there is not a possible way for interpreting or criticizing art without feeling something each time an art work is displayed. People even associate forms, colors and textures with feelings that may give reference to a place, a situation or even a dream. Therefore, I personally think that when people try to criticize a painting from this point of view, they overlook what really art is and also, they try to stop being human, and that is something impossible.