What vocabulary is associated with responding to works of art?

The preceding list of terms associated with making art will be especially helpful when formulating procedures for developing expressive, art-making skills. This final listing is concerned with the types of terms to be used when examining and evaluating art.

Perceive: apprehend, attend, be acquainted with, be aware of, be conscious of, comprehend, conceive, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, experience, get the idea, grasp- identify, know, look, make out, name, notice, observe, realize, respond, see, sense, view, watch, witness.

React: apprehend, be aware of, empathize, encounter, examine, experience, feel, go through, handle, hear, know, listen, look, manipulate, perceive, react, respond, see, sense, smell, suppose, sympathize, taste, touch, undergo.

Talk: acknowledge, admit, analyze, answer, argue, ask, cite, comment, comment upon, communicate, consider, concede, contend, contest, converse, convey, deal with, debate, declare, disclose, discuss, dispute, examine, express, generalize, go into, handle, hypothesize, investigate, justify, mention, name, note, observe, present, propose, prove, question, rationalize, reason, recall, recite, reflect, relate, remember, reply, report, review, say, speak, speculate, state, suggest, take sides, take up, talk, talk over, theorize, treat, verbalize, verify.

Analyze: account for, arrange, catalogue, categorize, characterize, choose, cite, clarify, classify, compare, contrast, define, delineate, demonstrate, depict, describe, differentiate, discriminate, draw, examine, exclude, explain, explore, express, give reason for, give the meaning of, grade, group, illustrate, list, make clear, match, name, organize, outline, pair, pick, picture, place, point, portray, prefer, prove, question, rank, read into, represent, select, symbolize, test, translate, understand, verify.

Judge: accept, appraise, approve, ascertain, assess, assume, believe, comment upon, conceive, conclude, consider, criticize, decide, determine, disapprove, dislike, estimate, evaluate, favor, feel, find, form an opinion, gather, guess, have an idea, imagine, infer, justify, look upon, object to, oppose, predict, rank, rate, regard, reject, resolve, review, suppose, theorize, think, tolerate, understand, value.

Valuing art: admire, appraise, appreciate, assess, care for, estimate, evaluate, gauge, give im portance to, like, order, prefer, prize, rank, rate highly, regard, respect, think highly of, treasure, weigh.