Art criticismArt Criticism is concerned with judging the value of art., is the analysis and evaluation of works of artArt refers to a diverse range of human intellectual and expressive activities and the outcomes of those activities. Within this context art is further defined.... More subtly, art criticism is often tied to theoryA theory of art is intended to contrast with a definition of art. Traditionally, definitions are composed of necessary and sufficient conditions and a single counterexample...; it is interpretive, involving the effort to understand a particular work of art from a theoretical perspective and to establish its significance in the history of art.