This May be Satire: Critical Understanding May Vary

Liberal Arts: Absolutely everyone can have an opinion on a work. That’s the beauty of the medium! But to critically understand a work requires more. First, there’s proficiency in the native language of the work. Second is cultural and historical expertise to locate a given piece alongside its contemporaries within a specific context of a movement or time. Finally, a deep understanding of the creation process to understand how and why the work arrived in its received form.