The second half of Chapter 1 begins by detailing a variety of art critics from the 1500s to present. Many of these critics have different approaches to art criticism, as well as different backgrounds and focuses within their work. For example, Giorgio Vasari was an Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, architect, collector, and writer. He greatly admired the art of Raphael and Michelangelo. Denis Diderot was a French critic during the 1700s who created an encyclopedic dictionary of the arts and sciences. Diderot made sure he understood the work and special techniques involved in creating works of art by talking closely with many artists to learn how they made art. Lucy Lippard, a modern critic of the current era focuses a lot of her work on advocating for underrepresented groups of artists such as women and minorities.
After discussing the aforementioned critics, as well as quite a few others, the chapter goes on to look at how different critics define art criticism, eventually ending up with a general definition: Art criticism is usually written for a particular audience (the public or a portion of it) and comes in many forms. Critics appreciate, describe and interpret art. Some of them believe judgments are important, while others believe they are not. Critics want to interest people in art and the issues and thoughts different pieces provoke.
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