Where in europe , did the art of criticism have its beginnings?
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Art of criticism began in England. Started in the 18th century by Jonathan Richardson and he was a painter by then. Jonathan Richardson had a role of collecting drawings, and he was a writer on art work. His idea of art of criticism was mainly based on paintings. He and his colleagues developed traditional models through the use of art which faced a lot of rebellion hence leading the development of the term art of criticism.
The earliest use of the term art criticism was by the English painter Jonathan Richardson . In 1917 his publication An Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism. tried to create an objective system for the ranking of works of art.
Seven categories such as drawing, composition, invention and colouring, were given a score from 0 to 18, which were combined to give a final score.