| Criticism | The analysis and evaluation of works of art.
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| Descriptive criticism | The description of the subject matter and form of a work of art.
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| Interpretive criticism | Explication of the content of a work of art.
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| Evaluative criticism | Judgment of the merits of a work of art.
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| Symmetry | A feature of design in which two halves of a composition on either side of an imaginary central vertical axis are more or less of the same size, shape, and placement.
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| Region | In painting, a large part. See detail.
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| Regional relationships | Significant relationships between regions. See structural relationships.
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| Structural relationship | Significant relationships between or among details or regions to the totality. See regional relationships.
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| Form-content | The embodiment of the meaning of a work of art with the form.
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