An art critic is normally a person who have a speciality in giving reviews mainly of the types of Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. It is also used to describe high-quality works from these fields. Fine art differs from useful art (craft) in that it is purely aesthetic, whereas crafts are made to serve a practical purpose. Example... fine art you will find on "display". Typically the art critic will go to an This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a dictionary definition, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wiktionary guidelines in preparation for the move. Art exhibitions... art exhibition where works of art are displayed in the traditional way in localities especially made for such exhibitions. A professional art critic could be expected to have great knowledge of both contemporary art and the history of art, and thus being able to make informed assessments of the art in question. Knowledge however provides no guarantee that a critic may be able to know if a piece of art, an exhibition or an artist will stand out in the history as "great".

Many now famous and celebrated artists were not really recognized by the contemporary art-critics, often because their art was in a style ahead of their time. Conversely, some critics have helped to explain and promote new An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time (usually a few months, years or decades). Art movements were especially important in modern art, where each consecutive movement was considered... art movements which is what Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 - 9 September 1934) was an English artist and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury group. Born in London, he studied at Kings College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles. After taking a first in the Natural Science tripos... Roger Fry achieved with the Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. It was first used by the critic Roger Fry, and is applied to the group Les Nabis and other... Post-Impressionist movement.

See also

• Art criticism